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ASixWeekTrialofHulaHoopingUsinga
WeightedHoop:EffectsonSkinfold,
Girths,Weight,andTorsoMuscle
Endurance
McGill,StuartM.Cambridge,EdwardD.J.Andersen,JordanT.

JournalofStrength&ConditioningResearch:
May2015Volume29Issue5p12791284(/nscajscr/toc/2015/05000)
doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000000653
OriginalResearch
Abstract

Abstract:McGill,SM,Cambridge,EDJ,andAndersen,JT.Asixweektrialofhulahoopingusingaweighted
hoop:effectsonskinfold,girths,weight,andtorsomuscleendurance.JStrengthCondRes29(5):12791284,
2015Novelideasforcoreendurancetrainingarecontinuallybeingcreated.However,studiesoftheir
mechanismofactionassistinevaluationoftheirpotentialasatrainingtool,foravarietyofpeopleand
purposes.Thespecificpurposeofthisstudywastoevaluateaweightedhulahoopingtrainingprogramforits
efficacyonimprovingcoremuscularenduranceandinfluenceonmeasuresofbodycomposition.Eighteen
womenparticipatedinaweightedhulahoopingtriallasting6weeks,althoughonly13returnedforposttrial
reassessment.Hipandwaistcircumferences,5torsomuscleendurancetests,and5skinfoldmeasurements
(sumof5)weremeasuredbeforeandaftertheexerciseprogram.Pairedsamplesttestswereperformedto
examinepre/postchanges.Onaverage,participantsexperiencedasignificantdecreaseinwaistandhip
circumference3.4cm(p<0.01)and1.4cm(p0.05),respectivelyandwaisttohipratiofrom89.3cm
downto87.3cm(t=3.312,p<0.01).Therewerenosignificantchangesintorsomuscularenduranceafter
the6weeksofhoopinghowever,theaveragesumof5skinfoldmeasurementsincreasedby10.5cm(p
0.05).Thisstudyofweightedhulahoopingsuggestedthatregularhoopingwasassociatedwithreducedwaist
andhipgirthtogetherwitharedistributionofbodymasshowever,therewerenoimprovementsintorso
muscularenduranceasmeasuredbyisometrictesting.
AuthorInformation
FacultyofAppliedHealthSciences,DepartmentofKinesiology,UniversityofWaterloo,Waterloo,Ontario,
Canada

AddresscorrespondencetoStuartMcGill,mcgill@uwaterloo.ca(mailto:mcgill@uwaterloo.ca).

Copyright2015bytheNationalStrength&ConditioningAssociation.

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