Can hula hooping help you lose weight? Local fat reduction has limited effect

Liv Tyler, the Hollywood actress who played the elf princess in the movie "The Lord of the Rings", has a transcendent temperament that is deeply rooted in people's hearts. In an interview, she said that the secret to maintaining a beautiful figure is to sculpt her waist by using a hula hoop. In addition, US First Lady Michelle Obama and singer Beyonce have publicly stated that they use hula hoops to maintain their figure. But can hula hooping every day really help you lose weight? How much do you know about the hula hoop?

Hula hooping can help the body burn more calories, but it has limited effect on eliminating waist fat.

What are the benefits of hula hoop?

According to a research report from the American College of Exercise (ACE), hula hooping can consume about 7 calories per minute, and can also increase the maximum heart rate by 84% and help consume more calories. The British Daily Mail news website also quoted the research results of the University of Wisconsin, pointing out that hula hooping for 30 minutes a day can help sculpt the waistline and burn calories in the long run.

Although hula hooping is an activity that many people like to try, many people still have limited knowledge about how to use and what it means. In fact, improper use of hula hoops can be dangerous. When using hula hoops, there are some related knowledge and concepts that must be understood first.

3 things to know before shaking the hula hoop

1. Warm up thoroughly: Hula hoops come in different weights. It is said that the heavier the hula hoop, the better the waist slimming effect, and 100 calories can be burned in 10 minutes. However, the lumbar spine is also a part that is easily injured. Therefore, before using the hula hoop, you must first do a full 15 minutes of warm-up exercises and stretch your whole body to avoid straining your waist due to sudden force.

You should also do enough warm-up exercises and stretching before using the hula hoop to avoid hurting your lumbar spine. (picture/)

2. Unable to achieve local fat loss: Fat is systemic, and there is basically no way to achieve local fat loss with just one type of exercise. Therefore, it will not specifically reduce fat around the waist. If you want to lose fat, aerobic exercise is still necessary to be effective. Treat hula hoop as a small entertainment besides regular exercise. You can play music and do some relaxing exercises. Don't rely on hula hoop to burn fat.

3. Aerobic exercise can slim the whole body: Instead of setting aside 30 minutes every day to hula hoop, it is better to use the time to jog, swim or ride a bike. This is because the decomposition of fat is transmitted through hormones to cells throughout the body, which will burn fat. Therefore, exercising specific parts of the body will not directly eliminate nearby fat.

Of course, hula hooping is still very suitable for the public's leisure activities. When you are tired of exercise, or occasionally want to be lazy on the weekend and don't want to do too intense exercise, you can take out the hula hoop at home as a leisure activity to promote body sweating and increase metabolism.