#chest hooping

[iamthatflowerchild]

Such a beautiful day to hoop :) Just a short clip for now because the internet out here is crazy slow XD

[vickiexz]

ok hoopers, how do i practice chest hooping without horribly bruising my boobs?

[hiptronicarts]

tips for shoulder hooping?

My #1 tip when you are trying to learn anything is daily practice! Even just 10-15 minutes. This commits the movements you learn to muscle memory, and the time in between your practice actually gives your mind and body time to store and integrate the information.For shoulder hooping specifically, you want to perform very exaggerated, almost awkward movements with your body. You’re really going to have to “pump” your chest and work for it! Take a moment to reference the cat/cow yoga pose, these are essentially the movements you will be making during shoulder hooping.As you are arching your back for the “cat” pose, the hoop will be rolling across you back. When you are pushing forward during “cow” the hoop will be rolling across your chest. You biggest, heaviest hoop will work best for this move. Turning in a circle in the same direction the hoop is spinning will also help. This slows down the momentum of the hoop and gives your body more time to act/react.

You can also think of chest hooping as a sort of “toss” and “catch” from one shoulder to the next. For example, I hoop to the left, so I push/toss the hoop with my right shoulder, and receive/catch it with my left. My right arm will also chicken-wing-flap out a little bit, but my left arm is mostly stationary.Here’s a tutorial video about chest hooping from Deanne Love to help you on your quest! Happy hooping to you :)*** After note: Now that I look back I see that you said SHOULDER hooping, but I gave you an answer for chest hooping! Is this what you were looking for? Sometimes people use those terms interchangeably, but they can mean different things. 

[kickinit-complex-blog]

drilling some chest hooping with a little pizza on the side 🌷

[sasatellite]

Eighth Day

It has been 8 days since I started hooping everyday for at least a hour. I’ve always known how to waist hoop so I had no trouble with the hoop that I made for myself. However, I found out that I was doing it all wrong! I wonder how long it will take me to get used to front and back and left and right as opposed to moving in a circle. I’ve also noticed that I can only hoop to the left. Just can’t keep it up while the hoop is spinning to the right. Anyways, it’s nice to notice these things as I practice. This approach of knowing what I need to improve on really helps me keep track of the next step I need to take in my practice. (I love it when things just leads me organically to the next.)

So, on this eighth day of hooping, I’m so happy to say that I’ve finally learned how to chest hoop. I really thought that it would take more time really pick it up because my upper body seems really stiff and I’m not naturally flexible. (Everything is working against me!) But I did it! Again and again. I’ve also managed to get the hoop to move up from my waist to my chest. So extremely happy about this! It’s such a motivational boost. I finally get why some of these hoopers will say “It just happened for me one day.” Just keep trying and practicing and it’ll happen! 

[imthegrimcreeper]

I CAN CHEST HOOP!!!!

[cchittybitty]

Hooping by the pool

[madimagdalene]

HOOPING HELP SOS

I've been hooping for almost 2 years now and I. CANNOT. GET. CHEST HOOPING.

Its SO frustrating and it's really been discouraging me from gettin all dancy like I want to. I feel like ive tried EVERY tutorial video on youtube and ive talked to several hoopers I know and nothing has gotten me any closer. please help??