Tuesday's Trim Down

This Tuesday's Trim Down builds on yesterday's concept of a home gym. Another fun piece of equipment to add to your home gym repetoire is a hula hoop. Hula hoops are a fantastic way to burn calories, tone your abs and have a little fun. You can also buy a weighted hula hoop to add extra resistance for a more difficult workout. Check out amazon.com for options. Remember when hula hooping that the motion is back to front with the hips, not side to side or a circle. Keeping a steady back to front motion will help you keep the hula hoop going. A great advantage to using a hula hoop versus traditional ab exercises is the fact that the hula hoop forces you to work your entire core, including obliques and back muscles, and it forces you to keep you stomach muscles pulled in, instead of pushed out, which can happen with ab curls.

For a little bit of fun, try this hula hoop 10 minute workout from Exercisetv.tv