2011年6月4日星期六

Hula could help shed unwanted pounds (HealthDay)

(Friday, June 3, HealthDay News) - the Hula, a large ring which can be turned around the waist, won in intense popularity in the 1950s, and now it appears to be re-emerging as a hot trend in weight loss, a new study has found.

"hooping" spends the same amount of energy the hike of 4-4.5 miles per hour - enough to help a business person up and slim down, according to a press release of the American College of Sports Medicine (CMHA). And the author of the study John Porcari, of the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, "it becomes a popular form of exercise of group choreography," stated in the press release.

The study examined 16 women, aged 16 to 59, who regularly attend choreographed hooping classes. Researchers have measured women consumption of oxygen, heart rate and rate of physical effort that they have completed a hooping led video 30 minutes class.

Researchers have set "to determine the effect of hooping on the status of physics and whether the intensity falls within guidelines CMHA to improve cardiovascular fitness", said Cathy.

The study revealed that the average heart rate for the class of 30 minutes was 151 beats per minute, and the average caloric expenditure was equivalent to 210 calories for 30 minutes of hooping. The total energy of the costs, researchers revealed, was enough to help people to control their body weight.

The results would be presented this week at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting, held jointly with the World Congress on exercise is Medicine, in Denver. They note that research presented at meetings is not subject to the same type of consideration given to the research published in journals.

More information

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more physical activity and weight control.


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