With hula hooping you can effectively trim your waist, hips, and thighs, build abdominal and lower back muscles, and give your cardiovascular system a work out. You also strengthen your strong core muscles in your abdomen, back, pelvis, and hips - supporting your spine, improving your balance, posture, and agility, while learning an enjoyable artistic expression.

You'll be glad to hear one of Australia's top performers Leigh Alicia Marning Stage Name Leilisha is in Melbourne and will teach the next Hula Hooping Course. Her profile follows: Leigh Alicia Marning is a 5 times national champion in rhythmic gymnastics and represented Australia in the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games where she won 7 medals.

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