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The San Jose Mercury News invited a few fitness experts to sound off on five fitness trends, including the hula hoop. Some of their so called experts though didn't know what they were talking about. Valerie Orsoni (pictured), celebrity coach and owner of Le Boot Camp is a smart one. She explained, "If you...  

Instructor Allison Miller, right, and student Rebekka Armstrong participate in a hula hoop class at the Carmichael Recreation Department in Carmichael, Calif., on Nov. 30, 2009. The generation-old fad of hula hooping is making a comeback as a fitness ...  

The Washington Post turns the spotlight on hooping in their guide to spreading holiday cheer with fitness gear for the new year, specificially the Hoopnotica travel hoop. They write, "Michelle Obama has been spotted showing off her hooping skills, so help your first lady do the same with this pull-apart, adult-size hoop that lets...  

Jodie Shupac, National Post If Google has taught us anything, it's that it knows everything. So when Google Zeitgeist , the empire's trend-tracker tells us that this year people searched "hula hoop exercise" like wildfire, it's time...(read more)  

Instructor Allison Miller twirls one hoop around her as she jumps from hoop to hoop on the floor, leading her Carmichael class.Undulating her hips hypnotically, Allison Miller can almost make you think the hoop spinning around her waist is suspended in air, defying gravity. Round and round it goes – effortlessly for hoopers, it seems. And the six students following Miller, 21, at her hooping-for-fitness class in Carmichael try to...  

The Sacramento Bee reports, "Undulating her hips hypnotically, Allison Miller can almost make you think the hoop spinning around her waist is suspended in air, defying gravity. Round and round it goes – effortlessly for hoopers, it seems. And the six students following Miller, 21, at her hooping-for-fitness class in Carmichael try to keep...  

What you once did as a kid is now one of the hottest trends in fitness.  'Hooping,' as in hula-hooping, is becoming so popular the excercise is featured in this month's "Southern Living" magazine, and a North Texas expert just opened her own hooping exercise studio in Arlington.  

Here is video yesterday of First Lady Michelle Obama showing off her "hula-hoop" skills by keeping the hoop going for 142 swivels on the White House Lawn during a Health and Fitness emphasis held there. She also jumped rope with kids and ran an obstacle course. . . . (VIDEO)  

The Globe and Mail, the national Canadian newspaper, reports that if you want a good workout you should try hoop dancing. They report, "Hoop dancing has become a trendy form of fitness over the past few years (Beyoncé and Shakira are among devotees), owing in part to Los Angeles-based "hooping guru" Anah Reichenbach (aka...  

Mirror.co.ukSpinning around: Hula hooping is the perfect full body workoutMirror.co.ukHula hooping is a perfect way to trim your waist and deliver a toning, full body workout. Grab 10 minutes with weighted exercise hoop Acu Hoop at home ...and more »  

Loss weight, improve balance, smile..... I wrote previously about the importance of exercise to help ward off Alzheimer's, dementia, heart disease, diabetes, and high LDL cholestrol. This time I am going to address a great form of exercise and marry this to improving balance. My mother Dorothy, now 93 years old, suffers from Alzheimer's disease. When I first moved to Delray Beach to take care of her, six years ago, she was falling down all...  

by Claudine Zap Our top picks from the day's hottest searches. Hilary Swank (Searches increased by 1,352%). The actress stars in the film "Amelia," about pilot Amelia Earhart: It is not taking off for reviewers. Hula hoop (+1,037%). First Lady Michelle Obama showed her hoop skills during a Healthy Kids Fair. Vampire Diaries (+167%). CW ordered up a full season of the breakout hit. Pompeii (+151%). For those in the neighborhood, it's the last...