Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you remember hula hooping when you were a kid? It was so much fun it never seemed like 'exercise.' But to do it now? Really?

MARION — Rachael Lust just wanted to do something "cool." She didn't know it would become her job. Lust, a 31-year-old from the Marion area, has been hula hooping — or hooping, as they call it in the ...

Caitlin Hofer, aka IsoPuppy, was named Hooping.org's 'Newbie Hooper of the Year' in 2013 Remember this video the next time you struggle to keep a hula hoop around your hips for more than 30 seconds.

Aztec Street has a reputation as being one of the best places in Flagstaff, Ariz. to trick or treat on Halloween. People go all out, burning cauldron fires in their ...

Madison McBurney sets the hula hoop in motion, spinning it gently around her waist as she rocks her hips back and forth. The movement keeps the hoop spinning fast. Her knees are bent, with one foot ...

Have you ever spent time spinning a hula hoop around your waist or arm? Could you easily do it, or was it difficult? Have you ever wondered how hula hoops work, or, in other words, what makes them ...

"Well, if we'd started with this trick, I would have felt much more accomplished!" I declared brashly, just as my pink, miniature hula hoop slipped from my hand and aggressively darted across the ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: "What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?" and "Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?" A ...

To me, part of being a mom is enjoying my kid’s toys as much as they do. My natural inquisitiveness leads me to wonder where a lot of these toys come from. And recently I looked at the Hula Hoop.

Joan Anderson, the woman who introduced the hula hoop to the United States and gave it its iconic name, died last month at age 101. Anderson’s daughter, Loralyn Willis, confirmed her death to NBC News ...