American Council of Exercise sponsored study on the Benefits of Hooping

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Hooping is amazing exercise that gives you a fantastic work-out that leaves you energized and wanting more.  Hooping provides a healthy cardio-vacular work-out that increases blood flow throughout your body, easily burning over 200 calories in a 30 minute session.

Hooping builds strong core muscles which improves functional fitness as well as trims belly fay and strengthens the abdominal and back muscles.  It improves flexibility of the spine and pelvis while improving balance and agility.
A person can use hooping to reduce stress, an even improve their cognitive skills as it challenges the mond to concentrate while the body is moving.

As a fitness professional and business owner, I felt it was important to show empirical research that documented hooping as a legitimate form of exercise.  We engaged the services of a research team led by Dr. John Pocarri- professor of exercise and physiology from the University of Wisconsin- LaCrosse.  The goal was to determine the caloric expenditure and relative exercise intensity during a hooping exercise session.

The research team from University of Wisconsin- LaCrosse visited Green Bay, set up their equipment at Bellin Health, and conducted a full day of research on January 9, 2010.  The complete results are posted in the American Council of Exercise Journal.