Lessons she learned from her nearly 25 years in the circus help with her current job as a stage rigger — someone who wears harnesses and handles ropes and cables that performers hang from. She works ...

A little time had passed since Becky Fuller last picked up a hula hoop. "I didn't think I could do it anymore because I'm not 6 anymore," she said. "Maybe I was 10. But it's been a good 30 years." ...

Instead of spinning hoops around the waist as kids have done for decades, Hula-Hoop dancers have some new moves as the trend returns. They are now throwing them into the air and twirling them around ...

It has been a circus prop, a toy and a 1950s fad, and now the hula hoop is making a comeback as a workout tool that fitness experts say provides an effective cardio workout and even meditative workout ...