Hooprama

i love my hoola hoop!
i decided to take up hoola hooping and jump roping as my main form of exercise and needed a more light-​weight hoop than my heavier one.
you choose your own weight/​size/​color hoop, and any decorative tape on it as well.
hooping into happiness. :)

Another great find in Nashville! I’ve taken hooping and Zumba at Hooprama. The hooping was a blast and I’m now ready for Burning Man. Okay maybe not but I’m on my way. I need to sign up for hooping level 2, hopefully in the next month or so. I designed and purchased my own hoop which I use frequently at home. As for Zumba, it’s the best. I’ve taken Zumba around the city and this is my favorite class. I get low, I get sweaty, I feel like I ran a marathon. (okay a little exaggeration, you get what you put into it.) Very fun class with a super fun teacher!

Hooprama is awesome. There is simply no better way to describe it than that. I started Level One unable to keep my hoop up and now I’m doing all sorts of fancy moves. I had Sunny for Level One hooping and Jen for Level Two hooping and they were both excellent instructors. I’m really sad Jen is leaving because I love her so much as an instructor.
I haven’t tried Zumba, but the hoop classes are a really good workout. It really gets you moving your hips, legs and arms. It’s a full body workout and a lot of fun at the same time. I’m addicted to hooping and Hooprama is the reason why. Highly recommended.

I’ve recently hopped on the Zumba congo line, and I must say I was the most sweaty I’ve ever been in this particular class (which is a good thing). The music was a little different than the other Zumba classes I’ve participated in which made it a little more unique. I appreciated that the teacher recognized I was a new student and made a point to speak to me after class. Additionally, they offer the classes on the nights that East Park in East Nashville doesn’t have them (Monday and Wednesday at 7 for Hooprama) so you can shake that flub off at least 4 nights a week in East Nashville. Fun!
PS: Don’t be intimidated. Everyone looks silly! You’ll be sweating so hard that’ll be least of your concern.

I ordered an hula-​hoop from
because of a recommendation of a friend’s.
I ordered and paid for the hula-​hoop, however, I never received it. I waited more than three weeks. All the owner was able to do was provide me with several excuses. She claimed to have sent the hula-​hoop via USPS, but she could not provide me with a confirmation number.
Finally, I drove to her studio to pick up the hula-​hoop. The owner was rude and short when pressed about why I had failed to receive my hula-​hoop. She upgraded the hoop because «of the hassle,» but when I asked her for a refund for the shipping, since I had to pick it up, she said I would have to take the original hula-​hoop in order to have my money for the shipping, or I could have the upgraded one. When i continued to press her about the original hula-​hoop, and why I had not received it, she was rude, cut me off, and said she had a class to start.

I’m currently taking my 6^th Hooprama Hula Hoop class series. I LOVE it. I’m a big girl, and exercise ain’t really my thang, but I’m one hula-​hoopin-​demon! All the instructor’s are fabulous, but my fave is Sunny (the owner). Classes are available in East Nashville and Sylvan Park. I highly recommend signing up today! Not ready to commit to a 6-​week series? Check the
website for single day workshop.

Very cool place! Everyone is so full of life and friendly. There always seems to be at least one child present when I’ve gone, which seems to indicate to me that they have a nice atmosphere.
I’ve taken Zumba there a few times, and it’s always been a lot of fun. The people who come to class are pretty varied, but everyone has seemed really nice. The instructors are super enthusiastic, which really helps make the class work. Zumba is also just a really great class. It’s nice that Hooprama is offering it, because it’s a wonderful and fun way to exercise. It’s like you never even realize that you’re working so hard, and then all of the sudden you realize you’ve been sweating and you need to stop for some water. This is how exercise should be!
There are chairs and toys so if someone wants to wait for you while you take the class (or if kids want to play) it’s rather comfortable. It’s also kind of fun to watch other classes if you get there early, to get a taste of what is going on in the studio. The Hooprama people seem to have cool ads for things that are going on in Nashville, if you’re looking for things to do, it’s a great place to find some connections.
Parking is available on the little side street next to the studio. There’s limited parking in front, and you really can’t park in the other spaces for the complex. If you’re there at night you might want to walk out to the street with someone if it’s dark, but overall that area’s not too bad. And people are really considerate about that. It’s also conveniently right next to a grocery store, so if you want to stop on your way home for a few things it’s easy to manage!

I was in one of the first Hooprama classes three years ago and I was instantly hooked. I hate the gym and I am wary of «fitness». Hooprama tricked me into getting fit by making it fun!
I can’t say enough good things about the classes and instructors at Hooprama. I get to learn cool tricks with my hoop, work up a sweat and meet some really great women. There is a spirit of comraderie among us «Hoop Stars» that you just don’t get at a circuit class at the Y.
Sunny, Hooprama’s owner, embodies the term «community organizer». She builds community in her individual classes and in Nashville at large. I have seen her work long hours to promote other local businesses and her pet project «Hooping for Hope», which helps breast cancer survivors. She is one-​woman dynamo with a big heart and mad hoop skills.

I am dying to take one of these classes. I hate the gym, think aerobics are boring, would barf in a spin class, yoga… I’m just not the flexible. But hoops, I can hoop, that’s just ingenious. That being said, I will be going there.
I am basing my review on the dance classes offered at Sunny’s studio. Sunny, has graciously allowed a few teachers access to her studio to teach dance classes to kids. What I like is that the teachers are wonderful but the basic plan is for this to just be no frills dance classes with no focus on recitals and frilly costumes.
From an expense stand point that is just super. I am on a very limited budget and I just can’t afford what some of these studios charge for a 5 year old who really doesn’t even know if she’s in to dancing or not. Anyway, all around great studio for fitness and for kids and definitely something different.

I agree with Misty C. – Hooprama is awesome, Sunny is awesome! It’s a workout, but it’s certainly not your average «fitness class» scene – I do it purely because it’s fun. I’ve just completed level 3, and I’m eagerly waiting for Sunny to get the intermediate classes up and running so I can continue to improve my hoop skillz.

This is the best fitness series I have ever taken. Sunny, the owner, is great and so are her other instructors. I had Sunny for Beginner Hoop 1 and Yvonne for Hoop Level 2 and will have her again for Hoop Aerobics, starting next week. I never thought I could get so much exercise from Hula Hooping but I promise… you will break a sweat! The best part, however, is that it is so much fun. You will focus so much on mastering the hooping techniques that you won’t even notice your heart is really pumping. SO much better than running on a treadmill, not to mention you are still burning a ton of calories.
I signed up with some coworkers and we really love it. We all bought our own hoops after the very first class. Then later some of us bought collapsible hoops to travel with. Trust me, once you start you’ll want to take every class. Check it out and sign up for a class.