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Permalink Reply by T.W. on May 10, 2010 at 8:19pm

You must be one of the lucky ones! Chest hooping is a challenge for many (or so I've heard...) Thanks for responding.

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Permalink Reply by Kelly on May 10, 2010 at 6:39pm

Chest hooping is ridiculously hard to me. I have just started a few days ago, but I am having a super hard time figuring out how to do this. I can shimmy kinda okay, but chest hooping to me is sooooo hard with arms it looks soo horrible and without arms the hoops simply falls off...it just doesn't work. Seeing all the experts do it like nothing makes me appreciate the move even more, because I know how hard it is to me. Hopefully I will get it. It does take practice. Practice makes a good chest hooper :P

Good luck! Hopefully we will hear from you telling us how awesome you are at chest hooping, then you can give us all some tips!! :P

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Permalink Reply by T.W. on May 10, 2010 at 8:18pm

That's the plan, Kelly! It's good to know that I'm not alone in the struggle. I'll keep everybody posted. Thanks for responding!

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Permalink Reply by Khaanee on May 17, 2010 at 11:06am

I am still stuck on this move and trying not to get discouraged. I can shimmy the hoop up but when it gets there I somehow grab it ad lift it up. I can get one arm in but I seem to lose it. I have started on my neck, put the arm in and even got the shoulders in,,then 2 rounds and I lose it. It looks so easy ...but it doesn;t quite work like that! I'll keep trying.....

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Permalink Reply by T.W. on May 19, 2010 at 8:38pm

I just keep tellin' myself that it's really all about the journey/experience. I think it's one of those moves that when the "A-HA!" moment occurs, it'll happen! In the meantime, you can't beat the calorie burn!! It takes a lot of energy and work!!

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Permalink Reply by Fox Red -- HoopsterFoximus on May 24, 2010 at 9:13am

Im stuck with the same thing!!!

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Permalink Reply by T.W. on May 24, 2010 at 1:33pm

I am a work still in progress! For some reason, I can't do SaFire's "shimmy" move to save my life! I do like moving my (upper) body like Jell-O and feelin' the hoop move up! You may want to try that; just shake-shake-shake it and the hoop should move up. Do it 10-20X movin' the hoop up and then let it fall back down to your waist. You may not have the momentum to keep it on your chest, but you cannot beat the calorie burn! Feel free to keep me posted on your progress...you may be schoolin' me on this!

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Permalink Reply by Lili *Hoopsessed* on May 26, 2010 at 7:21am

I'm also having some problems with chest hooping with my arms in. I can do the shimmy but, then, hooping is very hard! I'm trying to do the "push forward-backward" movement and it helps me a bit, but maybe it's a wrong movement because all the other hoopers are suggesting to move in a circle...I don't know =)

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StudentPermalink Reply by Ishkara on May 26, 2010 at 10:58am

I don't do the circle thing either. I go either forward and back, or side to side. If it works I don't think that there is a "wrong" movement. I think that everyone is going to have their own little ways of doing various things. Sometimes it is neat to try to do something exactly like someone else, for the challenge, but, really, we all have different bodies and different minds - and there is more than one way to do just about anything...

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Permalink Reply by T.W. on June 4, 2010 at 8:37pm

I haven't learned the chest hooping with my arms in yet. It's all I can do to keep the friggin' hoop on my chest! Remember what SaFire said about the square peg (body) fitting inside a circle (hoop). Maybe this visual can help (you've probably heard this one before): Pretend that you're using the sides of your body to paint the inside of a barrel. There's also something about a "leading arm/shoulder" that helps push the hoop while the other does nothing. Whichever direction you hoop in will help you determine which arm/shoulder you lead with. "Cat/Cow" stretches help out A LOT as well!! Enjoy the journey!

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StudentPermalink Reply by Kathryn on July 13, 2010 at 12:59pm

This is encouraging thanks! I have felt stuck for a while now but I am determined to get this down!

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