Okay, this just sounds fun. When I was a kid, I loved to hula hoop! Whenever we had Field Day in elementary school, the hula hoop contest would always be the first event that I chose! One year, I tied with a classmate for first place because our match lasted WAY too long. I’m still proud of that. While this kind of hula-hooping may not win you any blue ribbons, the hula hoop fitness classes offered at the French Riviera Spa are sure to get those hips moving!

Instructor Nadia Sophia, who is also a fire performer with Memphis’ Fire Tribe, brings the joy of “hooping” and its added benefits of weight loss to others. Never learned how to hula hoop? Nadia will be sure to teach you and get your hips shimmying in no time. Maybe these instructions will help:

“Put one foot in front of the other, bend your knees and move pressure from one foot to the other, holding the hoop on a straight plane,” she said. “The minute it starts swirling, shift your weight. If it starts to fall, bend your knees and push harder. If it drops, pick it up and try again.”

~Nadia Sophia, courtesy of Commerical Appeal.

When it comes to the hula hoop workout, most women boast that they don’t even know that they’re working out; they’re having that much fun. Isn’t that essentially what you want; a workout that you enjoy going to? This definitely sounds fun, and a great way to shed some pounds from your mid-section. I know I’m trying it out. Are you?

The classes meet at 9 am on Thursday mornings.