Soon, the Hollister native had fashioned her first hoop out of water irrigation piping and started studying YouTube hooping tutorials. When she arrived at Cal Poly, she discovered the Merry Hoopsters.

This Ganesh season Mumbai found its newest sensation: the "Hula Hoop Queen". Shivani Dhopavkar took over social media after a video showed her performing at the grand Nagdevi Cha Maharaja Aagman ...

Sarah, who uses a 1.2kg hoop, has posted hula-hooping tutorials during lockdown on her Facebook Slimming World account and Instagram where she provides her members with tips.

“Hula hooping has definitely picked up during the pandemic," says Supriya Srivastav, a hula hoop trainer, adding, "After last year's lockdown, when I too launched hula hooping tutorials, I found ...

What goes around comes around in the sports world, and like Pilates and the medicine ball, the hula hoop is enjoying a fitness revolution.

The hoop reportedly got its modern name when English sailors visited the Hawaiian Islands in the 1800s and witnessed hip-shaking hula dancing.

The sailors saw the traditional Hula dance and recognized the similar hip movements and the name hula hoop was born. In the early 20th century, a modern version of the hoop was made of bamboo.