Dude, I've got an NASM cert in personal training....


Will a hula hoop be benneficial to your health? Well it's better than sitting on the couch committing genocide on doritos.... but it's not a viable way to exercise, you may be sore the first day, but that's only due to lactic acid buildup from using your muscles in a way in which they're not accustomed to.

Weightloss is literally a conservation of mass equation.... Calories in < Calories out = weight loss...


It's a simple equation.



Oh, and overall lifting weights burns far more calories, because it rases your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) permanently, so you're always burning more calories through the day, where as running in some instances can cause you to hold onto calories. Not saying running is bad at all, go fucking run, but a well rounded workout routine is best.


Try running on an off day, or go for a nice walk, and then hit up the weights a half hour 3 times a day doing a full body routine, not some fucking arm curls.


Try

Squats
Deadlifts
Bench
Rows
Push Ups
Pull Ups
Millitary Press.


You should have a workout done in a half hour.