Calisthenics is an age-old form of fitness that uses little or no equipment and relies on body weight for resistance. It's ...

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Under gray skies and light drizzle, Yeouido Hangang Park buzzed with the sound of sneakers and cheers as about 2,000 Seoul residents tested their strength and endurance at the city’s “9988 Seoul ...

As I climbed the steps in an old building in the middle of Kilpauk, Chennai, laughter was the first sound that reached my ears. I was greeted by a few smiling parents and a teacher who was running ...

A high-speed camera films a robotic hula hooper with an hourglass shape, which helps the hoop stay up. Credit: NYU’s Applied Mathematics Laboratory Successful hula hooping requires a body type with ...

Sisters in Motion present the fourth annual Hula Hoop Hip Hop Festival at Metro Tech,. Vendors, food, and fun for everyone This Saturday on the Metro Tech campus on Springlake Drive, the fourth annual ...

Benefits: "Great transverse (rotational) and frontal (side-to-side) plane movement, which are important for reducing injury. Develops static balance (a foundation for the more important dynamic ...

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 ...

An Australian woman who played a crucial but long-overlooked role in launching the global hula hoop craze has died in California aged 101. Joan Anderson, a former model who once worked alongside ...

July 29 (UPI) --Joan Anderson, a largely unknown Australian woman who spent decades unacknowledged for introducing the world to the now-iconic hula hoop, has died. Anderson, who moved to the United ...

Joan Anderson didn't invent the Hula-Hoop. She didn't have anything to do with production of the plastic toy. But the Hula-Hoop as we know it may never have been a fad without her. Anderson, who died ...

The Australian woman uncredited for her role in taking the hula hoop to the US, leading to a worldwide craze has died aged 101. Joan Anderson saw bamboo rings being used for exercise on a trip back to ...