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Hooping for Hotness

Latest fitness fad brings back toys from out childhood

 

By Stephanie Trembath, Life and
Style Editor

xercise is boring, let’s face it;
He to the gym is a chore

that gets placed on the same
list as flossing teeth and getting your
oil changed. The elliptical machine,
swimming laps, and even specialty
classes such as Pilates and yoga
become mundane and difficult to fit
into one’s schedule. The latest fitness

fad, following pole and belly dancing,

utilizes the hula hoops we played
with as children, but doesn’t require a
rented space or an instructor to use.
Hooping has become a popular
form of aerobic activity to tone
and strengthen the body, which
targets the abdominal muscles,
thighs, glutes, as well as enhancing
spinal flexibility. Although it is an
easier cardio workout, in 30mins of

hooping one burns approximately
200calories, while larger weighted
hoops that weigh from 2-5lbs are
used to increase the intensity placed
on the core. Improved posture and
reduced muscle tension are additional
benefits of hooping, or hoopdance,

which involves moving the hoop from

around your waist to your lower body
and arms.

This past weekend at
Vancouver’s own Caribbean Festival,
which features a weekend full of
tropical music and culture put on
by the Trinidad and Tobago Culture
Society of BC, hoop dance was
introduced as a way to stay in shape,
have fun, and dance. Thousands of
people gathered in North Vancouver’s
Waterfront Park to enjoy the cuisine,
parade, and music, which included
playing with the bongo drums or hula
hoops scattered in the park.

 

The hula hoop was first used
by the ancient Greeks as a form
of exercise, and later as a form of
entertainment when an Australian
company began producing them
in 1957 out of wood. In the 1960’s
the circus began using hula hoops
to such extremes that allowed them
to become part of popular culture.
World Hoop Day is a global charity
that provides hula hoops to children
in Mexico, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Costa

Rica, and the U.S. to promote overall
wellness to children and adults and
encourage physical fitness and fun.
Children obviously know it
best; hula hooping, skipping, and
rolling around in parks (aka yoga) are
back and making it big in the fitness
industry today, so find a friend and
take a day off to play before spending
money on a gym membership this
fall.

 

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Shopaholic in Vancouver

Not just anyone can payoff student loans and afford to look fabulous

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By Stephanie Trembath, Life
and Style Editor

( "cr Sunglasses: $450,
Cream Knee-length Wool
Coat from Bebe: $350,

Steel Blue Leather Boots with

- Wooden Heels: $375, Large Black

Leather Hobo from Coach: $500,

Rock & Republic Jeans: $400.

- Total bill spent on designer label

) clothing: $2075, which could

easily pay off a full semester at

SFU.

When asked for a list of her
most extravagant purchases Jen
Giles didn’t even have to pause to
think, or flinch, at the amount of
money she recently spent. Instead
she described each purchase in
immaculate detail with more
excitement than I have seen on the
face of those who graduate with a
full BA. After fully expressing her

interest in the fashion industry,
Jen brushed off my questions of
money and exclaimed “Looking
amazing is priceless”.

A full time student working
on her kinesiology major and
biology minor, Jen works as a
lifeguard to support her addiction
to designer labels. A collector of
Lululemon merchandise, Jens
closet holds nine lulu sweaters,
multiple lulu sweat pants, and
dozens of their sports bras and
tops in brilliant neon colors.

“My friends tell me that I
have single-handedly put one of
Lululemons CEO’s kids through
university” she exclaimed proudly
as she smiled for the camera.

In the picture: flowered pink
and green tights by Lululemon
and top by Lacoste.