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Getting fit with a Hula-Hoop

Originally published: February 25, 2013 5:02 PM
Updated: February 26, 2013 9:45 AM
By IAN J. STARK  Special to Newsday

Instructor Jami Doria, of Huntington, leads a class in Hula-Hooping to music at Absolute Yoga Studios in Woodbury. In the back, from left are Kara Murphy and Meggan Murphy, both from Medford, and Joanne Valardi, of Centereach. (Feb. 13, 2013) (February 26, 2013 12:39 PM)

Hula-Hoops are on a roll — again. The kids' toy that was all the rage in the late '50s and early '60s is making the rounds as the latest exercise and social trend.

In the past year, hooping has been popular in New York City (just Google “Hula-Hoop," "Manhattan” and “Brooklyn” to find several groups, blogs, websites, classes and related events). Now the hoopla seems to be spreading to Long...