HOOPLA CHALLENGE
Welcome To The Hoopla Challenge!
The Hoopla Challenge is when you take my normal Zumba class and add a Hula Hoop!! There will be two classes per week on Zoom (Mondays and Fridays) one new class per month On Demand on Zumba.com and they are £1 - when you buy it you have 24 hours to watch the class. You can buy the class as many times as you like (and remember, every £1 goes to charity!)
There Are Two Variations Of The Hoopla Challenge:
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50:50 Hoopla Challenge
Switch between waist hooping for one song, then hold the hoop for the next song! -
Hoopla Challenge
Waist Hoop for the whole Zumba class while dancing!
Class Timetable
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On Demand Hoopla 50:50
One class per month -
On Demand Hoopla Challenge
One class per month -
Zoom 50:50
One class per week, Mondays at 4.30pm UK time -
Hoopla Challenge
One class per week, Fridays at 11.30am UK time
What Type Of Hoop Shoud I Use?
Any hoop will do - however I use this Fitness Hoop:
Power Hoop Slim Light
https://powerhoop.com/collections/buy-weighted-hula-hoop/products/powerhoop-light-kids-hula-hoop
Or
Power Hoop
https://powerhoop.com/collections/buy-weighted-hula-hoop/products/powerhoop-slim
What Type Of Hoop Moves Do We Do?
For this class, waist hooping is the only move we do. If you find it hard to waist hoop for the duration of the class, you can just hold it while you do the dance moves. Waist hooping and dancing is hard to get the hang of! But be patient! You will get there - it just takes practice (it took me years of practice to get there, but it's fun learning!)
Can I Use A Dance Hoop?
Absolutely - you can use a lighter dance hoop however a lighter hoop is a bit trickier with some of the dance moves so it might take longer to learn, but you can always move from waist hooping and hold it while you do some of the moves - Weaves, Isolations, Halos and Mandalas lend themselves very well to Zumba!
Want To Learn Hooping But Don't Know Where To Start?
Please let my lovely friends help you!
Deanne Love
Pretty much every hoop move I can do I learned from Deanne's Hooplovers.tv! Deanne has loads of free tutorials and also absolutely amazing courses for learning some absolutely showstopping hoop moves!
Hula Zumba
Aline is the Hula Zumba Queen! She is so amazing and she runs weekly classes on Zoom - I never miss them! She has free classes on YouTube too! Do follow her on Instagram as well - her videos are so awesome!
Jo Mondy
Jo runs incredible classes, courses and hoop jams! From complete beginner to intermediate and advanced moves, Jo can teach you everything! I did my Hula Hoop Teacher Training with Jo and it was amazing!
Arghh I Want To Hoop But I Just Can't!
Please let me help you! I was the worst hula hooper in my class when I started but now I love it so much I hula hoop every day! Let me know if you would like any help or advice or a one-to-one session to get you started (no charge) or if you need any advice at all!