Your favorite childhood activity is now a fun and effective workout. PokPak05/Getty Images Remember spending hours with a hula hoop as a kid, swaying in those playful, circular motions to keep that ...

Nicole Tucker, a senior at SUNY Cortland, is president of a club that lets students flash back to the 1990s, a nostalgic time when the Backstreet Boys and hula hooping were among the latest trends.

8News got a visit from two special guests on Friday to learn about having fun while exercising.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Hula Hoops, those baby boomer toys that fired a worldwide craze in the1950s, have come back as must-have fitness tools to strengthen the core and battle the love handle. The ...

With an inspiring documentary film on Sunday (and new fitness classes), New York's hooping community wants you to know that hula hoops are not just for kids. A “hoop jam” in Washington Square Park.

Lately, I have been inundated with ads on social media for those brightly-colored, weighted hula hoops that are attached around your waist. Maybe you’ve seen a barrage of them, too? With such a ...

Twirling a hula hoop isn't just kiddie business these days. Some adults are channeling their younger selves and gaining health benefits by hooping, rolling their hips and performing tricks they may ...

Bottom line: Keeping the hoop moving around your waist, hips and arms strengthens your core, increases your heart rate and tones abdominals, hips and butt. Who knew there was this much technique and ...

Fitness instructor Wendy Iverson was using a Hula Hoop to exercise alone in the basement of her Milwaukee home some years back when inspiration struck. If she could just add weight to the popular ...

Cardio (also called cardiovascular exercise or aerobic exercise) is an important part of staying physically fit. During cardio, your heart beats faster, pumping oxygenated blood throughout the body.