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Chest Hoop Intensive

This is the recap page of what we learned in the class!  If you have any additional questions please click below and let me know!  Thanks os much for taking the class!!  Keep practicing!

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Warm Up

It is important that you stretch properly prior to hoop practice.  We worked on several stretches including basic stretching plus the following for shoulder and chest hooping:

  • Solar Plexus Stretches - push in and out at the diaphragm stretching the core
  • Arm Circles
    • Forward Direction - Both
    • Reverse Direction - Both
    • Split Time Direction - Right Arm Forward Start
    • Split Time Direction - Left Arm Forward Start
  • Shoulder Rolls
    • Forward Direction Both
    • Reverse Direction Both
    • Right Shoulder Only - forward and backward
    • Left Shoulder Only - forward and backward
    • Split Time - Right Shoulder Forward Start
    • Split Tim - Left Shoulder Forward Start
  • Hip Circling
    • Stand in Hoop and trace the hoop with your hips rotating to the left
    • Stand in Hoop and trace the hoop with your hips rotating to the right
  • Chest - No Hooping - Keep it on the ground!
    • Cat - Cow (2 points)  - Push chest forward and back at two points
    • Side to Side - (2 points) -  Push Shoulders bumping them left and then right or vice versa
    • 4 Point Movement
      • Cow - Shoulder - Cat - Shoulder to the left slowly and intentionally
      • Cow - Shoulder - Cat - Shoulder to the right slowly and intentionally
      • Cow - Shoulder - Cat - Shoulder to the left circling more and tracing the hoop
      • Cow - Shoulder - Cat - Shoulder to the right circling more and tracing the hoop
With Hoop!
  1. Waist to Chest Exercises - Both Currents
  • Use a big hoop!
  • Work with different kinds of music
  • Try slowing down just a little
  • Tips - Think Up!
  • Hoop is on the chest when in cow, hoop is on your back in cat
  • Stand up straight - do not hunch or bend
  • Make big circles up!
  • Arms up and Hold Fingers
  • Shut Your Eyes!
  • Practice, practice, practice
Arm in Practice
  1. Hand Dips for Timing - Both Currents
  2. One Arm In and Up and Down the body - Left arm in if going left; Right Arm in if   going Right
  3. Opposite Arm In and Up and Down the body - Left arm in if going left; Right Arm in if going Right
  4. Neck and Armpit Hooping - feel timing and then play with getting the second arm in and out when near the neck.
  5. Shimmy Up
  • Get your first arm in then quickly the second and shrug each shoulder to get the hoop up - think either UP - left right left right or vice versa depending on what current you are in (left or right current)
  • Shoulders will be pushing a certain way like the circling you did in warm ups.
    • Left Current - Left shoulder back and bump out to left as hoop rolls across shoulder, right shoulder bumps forward and out
    • Right Current - Right shoulder back and bump out to right as hoop rolls across shoulder, left shoulder bumps forward and out.
  • Other Techniques to get started
  • Chest Stall Technique - place hoop on chest, arms in and spin til you can get a go circling motion started.  You have to spin fast!
  • Neck to Chest - Neck down with one arm in then add the other arm in as above and begin the cat cow 4 point motion


Flourishes

  • Arms dipping in and out
  • Under Hoop Breaks
  • Angles
  • Barrell Rolls
Basically Practice, practice, practice!  Do your warm ups and make sure you do both sides - dominant and non-dominant!

Be a Yeti and keep going but take breaks as needed!  Listen to your bruises and use Arnica Gel on them!
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