“We were surprised that an activity as popular, fun, and healthy as hula hooping wasn’t understood even at a basic physics ...

Learn the science behind the hula hoop: uncover the precise body movements and geometry needed for the magical levitation of ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: "What keeps a hula hoop up against ...

An experiment to mathematically verify the physical behavior of the hula hoop has revealed the obvious result that the key to whether you can spin a hula hoop well is not the way you spin it ...

It’s not the gyrating motion of the hips that keeps the hoop aloft; it’s a body type with a sloping surface as ...

The research identifies hula hooping as mechanical levitation driven by rolling points of contact and influenced by body ...

NYU scientists explore the physics of hula hooping, uncovering body type influences and engineering applications.

The gran-of-three picked up an weighted hula hoop, which she luckily snagged off Vinted for £6, to drop the weight. And so ...

What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?' A team of mathematicians explored and answered these questions with findings that also ...

After analyzing the results, researchers found that getting a hula hoop up and going could be achieved by any of their “body shape” models. “In all cases, good twirling motions of the hoop ...