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StudentPermalink Reply by Isabel on April 15, 2012 at 12:53pm

Maybe this will help?

http://www.acefitness.org/certifiednews/images/article/pdfs/HulaHoo...

This was cited in the wikipedia article for hooping under the fitness section. There were a few other citations but this one seems the most legit!

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Permalink Reply by Ashley britner on April 15, 2012 at 1:27pm

I believe that ACE did research on calories burned during hooping. The research is out there im sure. Ive always heard u can burn up to 600 calories an hour. I believe that ACE found y burn about 400 an hour. Hope this helps.

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Permalink Reply by Holly Roberts on April 15, 2012 at 3:06pm

Thanks, guys! I edited my article to cite the ACE study. So nervous about submitting to the editors! It has been years since I have written anything to be evaluated by someone! *fingers crossed*

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Permalink Reply by Jade Lilian White on April 16, 2012 at 12:24am

well then you should probably work out and then come to your own conclusion =)

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Permalink Reply by Holly Roberts on April 16, 2012 at 5:19am

*grin* I hooped for half an hour yesterday, but I have no idea how many calories I burned, no idea what how much my heartrate increased, and not the first clue if my results would be average even if I did know these things. Though it could totally make writing the article much easier... "Hooping burns lots of calories and works lots of muscles because I just hooped and I can feel it in my calf muscles!"

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Permalink Reply by Sairz ward on April 16, 2012 at 9:03am

Muscle groups I've noticed major changes in (AKA: Hooping formed muscle that I didn't know existed) the following muscle groups (if you want to do research for how to tie it in to your article:

oblique   

brachioradilis

Glutes   

Thigh muscles  (minor changes.. this is where my family stores our fat lol)

Shoulders - especially on my back region, loads of definition that I didn't know existed   =P

Those are the muscles that I saw changes in,not muscle growth so much, but really nice definition.

I think it falls under anaerobic exercise as it really hits your whole body.

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StudentPermalink Reply by Nina Leib on April 16, 2012 at 11:08pm

Hi!
In Human Movement Science 27 (2008) 622-635, Cluff, Robertson and Balasubramaniam studied muscles utilized when hooping. they studied which muscles were active in the lower limb.
good luck with your article!

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