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Across the Fence:  Got a hula hoop!  |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
 Posted - May 20 2011 : 7:43:53 PM
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I actually got one last week but needed to exchange it when I found out I had gotten one that was too small for me. (Website says it should stand between your tummy & chest in height) Plan on trying it out tomorrow.
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2011 : 7:50:07 PM
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I've been thinking of getting one, did you get a special one of some kind? I have seen some weighted ones that are supposed to be pretty good.
Kathy |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
1599 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2011 : 07:22:03 AM
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That's what I need! However, my "shelf" my present a problem....but that's a great idea! 
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
1825 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2011 : 08:06:51 AM
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| My girlfriend made a hula hoop from well tubing. Works great for her. At the website yourhoop.com, they have great recommendations designed to help you figure out which of their products to order. You can use that info to make your own, or order a custom one from them. Pretty cool! It's great exercise. |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13645 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13645 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2011 : 10:11:40 AM
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I've had one for years . . . I think I got it at Walmart or K-mart. I use it too.
They were THE RAGE when I was in school . . . all the girls had one, took them to school with our names on them, stacked them in a corner until recess and then at recess had a hula-hooping good time!!
Those were the days!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2011 : 4:12:25 PM
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I used to be able to do two at a time, never tried more than that.
Kathy |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2011 : 8:35:38 PM
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I came in second place in our hula hooping contest at our team picnic at work last summer! It had been YEARS since I hula hooped!! It was a blast!
-Paula-
'Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift' - Eleanor Roosevelt |
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sissarge
True Blue Farmgirl
502 Posts
Linda
Montgomery
Texas
USA
502 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2011 : 9:24:06 PM
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| Ladies back in 1959 I was 9 years old, and I won the Hula Hoop contest at the local shopping center. I was on the front page of the newspaper, I had the article until our house flooded in 1978. I won 1st place by doing 27 at one time. And yes at 60 yrs of age, I can still hula hoop but not more than 3! My twin grandaughters are so impressed--we have about 6 of them on the porch and my daughter and DIL and whoever else is here all get to doing it. It is still fun. Last weekend my MIL and all the family had a cook out on the porch and wow she even did the hula hoop, and she is 84 years old. Hope I am still hula hooping at that age. We videoed her, knowing we will watch that many times in the future and our youngest member of the family at 4 learned how to do it. I have several sizes, including a small one for the small ones. Great topic, thanks for the memories, but we still hula hoop out here on the farm. Farmgirl #946 Linda |
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Maryjane Lee
True Blue Farmgirl
2195 Posts
Maryjane
CA
USA
2195 Posts |
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
1251 Posts |
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Simply Ann
True Blue Farmgirl
163 Posts
WI
USA
163 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2011 : 08:35:55 AM
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I love to hoop and it is a great form of exercise and way to relax. I do it while watching TV and reading. I just have a cheap one from WalMart but you can get the weighted hoops from Canyon Hoops, which add a little more of a workout.
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embchicken
True Blue Farmgirl
1487 Posts
Elaine
Ocean
NJ
USA
1487 Posts |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1507 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - May 22 2011 : 8:48:33 PM
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When I was on drill team in junior high school we did a routine where we worked a big hoop around our waist and a smaller one around each wrist at the same time - for a total of 3 hoops at once. I haven't tried that recently, but I do have a portable weighted hoop that I love to spin for exercise and stress relief while I'm listening to my favorite music.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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kathleenshoop
True Blue Farmgirl
102 Posts
kathleen
oakmont
pa
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2011 : 06:58:24 AM
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I got a hula hoop, too. My daughter had one of those small ones, but they're nearly impossible to use unless you're already good--or very very small! It's great exercise...30 seconds feels like ten minutes when your waist is out of shape.
Kathie
The Last Letter
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Originally posted by knitnpickinatune
I actually got one last week but needed to exchange it when I found out I had gotten one that was too small for me. (Website says it should stand between your tummy & chest in height) Plan on trying it out tomorrow.
http://www.mandolinbabe.com
http://www.fiddlebelle.com
http://www.gigulele-bag.net (Zibbet Store)
@MandolinChick on Twitter
mando pickin,uke strummin, & fiddle sawin' Farmgirl #702
Author, The Last Letter, The novel for every daughter who thinks she knows her mother's story... |
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2011 : 09:39:51 AM
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This is such a fun topic! My kids found my hola hoop from color guard, and, well, I believe I buy about for a year now! Lol. Good thing they are cheap. I can still do four at once, waist, neck, and arms, but I haven't tried more in years. It is so fun to play with the kids. We laugh til our sides hurt, especially when my mama is up for a visit and tries. My DH gets into it too, but the hola hoop has nested him, as of yet.
Great to read this. I will now go get ours from the garage, and put them in the playroom, and after school, we will all probably be hooping into obnoxious laughter! Thanks!!
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BarnChickCecily
True Blue Farmgirl
673 Posts
Cecily
Corydon
IN
USA
673 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2011 : 09:54:17 AM
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What a motivating topic :) I'm gonna go get me one the next time we ride into town...good exercise and inexpensive fun!
Farmgirl Sister # 241
www.thebarnchick.blogspot.com/ |
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CMac
True Blue Farmgirl
1074 Posts
Connie
Ashland City
TN
USA
1074 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2011 : 10:08:51 AM
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Thanks for the memory prompt!
Connie
"I have three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for company."
Author: Henry David Thoreau |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2011 : 10:45:05 AM
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how fun, lol, glad to know i am not the only one hooping! I have a 3 pound weighted one as well as an unweighted one that i have been learning tricks with. Such fun and good tummy workout as well!
Raggedy Ann stuck in a Barbie Doll World
FarmGirl#1737
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duckmama
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Robin
Minnesota
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2011 : 11:30:18 AM
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Where do you find weighted ones? I will go to town for this...
Duckmama
Driven 2 Distraction
Designing Green
Living Green |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1507 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2011 : 06:06:58 AM
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I bought mine on Amazon.com Canyon Hoops also sells them online. I looked at several stores here first and couldn't find any hula hoops so I just ordered one.
Cheers! ~ Marilyn
Farm Girl No. 1100
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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cynfullypurple
True Blue Farmgirl
190 Posts
Cynthia
Endwell
NY
USA
190 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2011 : 06:26:58 AM
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I used to love hula hooping! Now I do it with the Wii, and let me just say I get quite the workout when I'm doing it!! I should go out and get a real one as well and give it a whirl again
Cyn~
Farmgirl #2817
#8206;"The time is when a library is a school, and the librarian is in the highest sense a teacher, and the visitor is a reader among the books as a workman among his tools." ~Melvil Dewey
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
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lulu bell
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Karen
Ashland
NE
USA
94 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2011 : 07:32:30 AM
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| Oh how fun to see this topic I had just got some for my daycare and the little kids spent hours with them yesterday and when my older kids got home they all had to take a turn at it too. I never was very good but now I may have to secretly try it again. I love the old "toys" we use to play with as kids! |
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