Last night Karen Strunks introduced me to the world of hula hooping for fitness, taking place in a church hall in Moselely and taught by possibly the smiliest person I’ve ever met, Julia Higgins, who runs Birmingham Hula Hoopers.
As you can see from the awkward jump through the hoop, it flexes the parts other exercises don’t ordinarily reach. But we learnt lots of tricks in just one hour and I was quite chuffed to even be able to do this.
Also much fun was Hula Hoop tig (tag?). Being ‘It’ was hard work but picking up dropped hulas every minute gave both the heart and the gluteus maximus a very good workout indeed!
Original video source: Twitvid/Karen Strunks
Sessions every Wednesday in Moseley St Columba’s Hall on Chantry Road, £3, followed by Julia’s ace zumba class (£5 for both). You’ll probably have to register you’re going on the Facebook group, though, as space is limited.
Fiona Cullinan 
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