Lessons she learned from her nearly 25 years in the circus help with her current job as a stage rigger — someone who wears harnesses and handles ropes and cables that performers hang from. She works ...

A series exploring Boston’s most unique fitness classes by someone who hates fitness classes. Hula Hooping was a summertime staple in our neighborhood growing up, as I’m certain it was for many. So ...

Sisters Rowan and Blythe TwoSisters (their legal last name) were relaxing one evening in Rowan’s Houston home, when a hoop dancing DVD showed up months after Rowan had ordered it. Its arrival led to ...

Round and round go the pounds, according to hula hoop fitness instructor Allyson Makiej. Makiej is introducing students to hula hoop training as the latest exercise regimen targeted to tone muscles, ...

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Warmer weather is guaranteed to make you feel like a kid again, so it’s time to embrace the feeling and take your workout back to the playground. Hula-hooping with an adult-sized weighted hoop (you ...

Many types of cardiovascular workouts are hard on your joints, expensive or both. Exercising with a weighted hula hoop, on the other hand, is low-to-no impact and budget-friendly. Plus, it’s an ...

MASON, Mich. — In a pastoral campground south of Lansing, many attendees at the Michigan Hoop Dance Retreat were hooping as if their hair was on fire. Then, Missy Cooke’s hair caught fire. Dancing ...