What are the advantages and disadvantages of hula hooping

Hula hooping is a very common fitness exercise. Hula hooping is also called a fitness circle. Many women will hula hoop to lose weight in their waist. Hula hooping has both advantages and disadvantages. As long as you pay attention to the methods and techniques of hula hooping, you can avoid many of the disadvantages of hula hooping and it will also have a good fitness effect.

1. Benefits

1. Regular hula hoop exercise can maintain a good figure and help lose weight, making the waist, abdomen, hip and leg muscles not stiff and degenerate. Strong muscle strength. 2. Hula hooping can help intestinal peristalsis, aid digestion and defecation, better assist weight loss and actively help remove waste from the body, achieving a beauty effect!

3. Squeezing acupuncture effect: It gives the abdomen and waist a squeezing effect similar to massage and acupuncture, which is suitable for people who work in front of the computer for a long time to exercise the lumbar spine.

4. Hula hoop can be divided into waist movement, leg movement, knee rotation, hand rotation and arm rotation according to the body part of the practitioner. Thereby achieving full body exercise.

2. Disadvantages

Hula hooping mainly relies on the waist to exert force, fully exercising the lumbar muscles, abdominal muscles, and side lumbar muscles. Twisting the waist for a long time can easily cause or aggravate lumbar muscle strain, lumbar facet joint hyperplasia and lumbar disc herniation. People with osteoporosis will have their condition aggravated, and the elderly and people with poor heart function can easily induce arrhythmia or heart failure. In addition, twisting in the same direction for a long time can also easily cause intestinal torsion. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone exercise according to their own physical conditions and do not exceed the range of their body's tolerance, which may cause harm to the body.

3. Precautions for hula hooping:

1. First of all, you should pay attention to the fact that the exercise time should not be too long. Generally, 15-20 minutes of continuous exercise is the best for normal adults. People with lumbar muscle strain, spinal injuries, and osteoporosis are not suitable for this exercise. The best exercise for fat loss is aerobic exercise, and the duration should be kept at 30 to 50 minutes, such as swimming, running, cycling, etc.

2. Don’t exercise for too long each time. Choose a hula hoop that is of moderate weight. Not suitable for people with lumbar muscle strain or calcium deficiency. Do not exercise within 1 hour before or after meals; do not put the hula hoop around your neck for exercise; children only use the hula hoop for entertainment; women should avoid exercise during pregnancy and menstruation