lonesome exercise gadgets

I've had the ab twister, doer, bender, blender, slider, groaner, moaner etc and they just end up as etc hangers for my messy room.  I bought and sold the wii fairly quickly and just sold off a fancy contraption online.  So limited walkies and swimming costume social phobia  led to an impasse on the exercise frontier which didn't help the slide back down the slippery slope of too hard land.

My newest gadget arrived the other week and I have to say its been a hard slog to get to the place I am now.  I'm talking about that childhood hobby - Hula Hooping!

I have NEVER felt so unco-ordinated in all my life (except when I did Jazz Ballet), I just can't keep that silly hoop up on my hips let alone spinning upright.  And to make matters worse, my 69 year old mother is a bloody legend at it!   And she loves to rub it in too, smart arse.   But I tell you what, it is a blooming marvelous invention, best way to get a sweat up ( other than that other fun thing), and it gets your whole body pumped.  So many bruises later and I have a result, I can keep it up and orbiting nicely.


I'm hoping this is the one.

Will be posting some photos for the before and after segments.  Meanwhile you can amuse yourselves with a little vid I made.