Why It's Almost Impossible to Spin 300 Hula Hoops At Once | WIRED

For decades hula hoopers have been competing to see who can whirl the greatest number of hoops. The world record is currently 200 hoops, but could it go up? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez examines the science and skills behind the spin.
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Why It's Almost Impossible to Spin 300 Hula Hoops At Once | WIRED

[@YvesBelliveau]

one of these days he's gonna find his hidden talent and beat the world record outta nowhere mid episode

[@jusjd1555]

Yves Belliveau that’s what I was thinking

[@ahmedm6228]

Plot twist: that was the plan all along ;)

[@tara-hj5ff]

Yves Belliveau im your 1000 like :)

[@sirim5058]

@@ahmedm6228 lol

[@Anttianttiantti]

Anders Ericsson wouldn't agree.

[@adrianpatrikainen2390]

I remember when i spun 2 or 3 hula hoops around my neck when i was younger and i almost choked myself

[@DanklingBS]

that happens to me with just one

[@randomperson3051]

OOF

[@Lemonnitenite]

Near oof

[@Kodaiva]

Did it once and didn’t do it again. It pinched my next

[@Lemonnitenite]

@@Kodaiva *neck

[@scooter3560]

hoola hoops are the fidget spinners of the 1950s

[@alastryona]

Catch me hula hooping in the middle of a lecture

[@jek__]

Except without a useful function lol. We're still talking about hula hoops today, fidget spinners are literal trash. The best thing they can do is be repurposed for their bearings

[@brolythegoat]

😂

[@vulixirus]

@@jek__ what useful function does hoola hooping have??? it may have a function but it ain't useful

[@Michellepunkrock]

vulixirus it creates a breeze and it’s fun to do , fun to watch and you can burn 100 calories in 10 minutes while having fun.

[@colintruran3976]

Nobody: WIRED: Why it's almost impossible to spin in 300 hula hoops at once

[@crealol2]

how to fail at a wii fit high score on super hula hoop

[@rahmamagallanes7545]

?

[@mayanormann6755]

You litteraly just wrote the title... How tf does this have 1,6k likes

[@tarotq4282]

@@mayanormann6755 yes. It's a joke format ;-;

[@jameskuukkeli]

@@tarotq4282 shittiest format

[@ok-dr8hk]

idk about you guys but in primary school in pe when we needed hula hoops, we would see how many we could spin at once. *i am experienced in this area.*

[@shihabmouiz1996]

struggling constantly MushroomPlacentaNiggaBallsack

[@delightfulsunny]

well, lucky you. Back in PE, our teacher loves dodgeball.. and kids pick on me.. just to see if they can hit my glasses off my face.

[@Maximum950]

delightfulsunny thats it in my pe we played basketball but instead of shooting of a basket they used my mouth to shot a ball and tried to knock off my false teeth and gets through it

[@theblazzeerrr2651]

@@Maximum950 that's it? in my pe they hanged me up on the wall with duct tape and punched me everywhere until my internal organs broke and got skinned alive.

[@Maximum950]

The Blazzeerrr really in swimming class they tapped me in the floor of the swimmingpool and made leave me there for 2 hours

[@-4subscriberswithahammerad521]

And I can’t spin with ONE hula hoop

[@AxxLAfriku]

HAHAHAHAHAHA I AM THE SUPREME BEING OF KZbin AND I AM THE UNPRETTIEST KZbinR OF ALL TIME!!! Good bye hula hoopp

[@hereticslayer7612]

@@AxxLAfriku hi my lord

[@annabella_prinx]

Ditto 😂 😂 😂

[@mariaelmorsy4280]

Yeah I don’t know how they do it..

[@spyrootur2013]

-4 Subscribers with 1 video same

[@paladinial6566]

4:48 "Like a lazer beam coming out of my belly button." *Yuga Aoyama intensifies*

[@_AniWatch]

*_shine_*

[@six______]

@abby miku the wolf *I cannoto stopu twinkaringu desu*

[@paladinial6566]

@UCpZh4eGYANVYf_JnVVvYRHA Well, she did say belly button. And Havok has his "opening" somewhere around the middle of his torso

[@aamu3]

Yaaaaaassssss

[@alittleatinyatiny1821]

OMG!!! YAASSS!

[@shahadalmuftah1148]

1:27 *ThAt KId CreATEd tHe fLosS iN 1950*

[@lixx1221]

XD

[@Alyxiosxo]

😂

[@bobbylewisjr5250]

that's mean "ShahadAllofDaSharrriiufah"

[@shahadalmuftah1148]

Bobby Lewis jr what?

[@cecefernandes5657]

I scrolled so far to see if someone noticed

[@jordiecartier]

Okay but she’s so pretty wtf should I take up hula hooping

[@christianterrill3503]

i got into houlahooping for the chicks bro.... hella hula hotties.

[@beeza]

Are you good at hula hooping?

[@Megaswaglord]

@@christianterrill3503 wtf is that sentence XD Never thought I would see "I got into hula hooping for the chicks bro" as a sentence XDD

[@MrsMars-kf5lb]

I was distracted the entire video cause i kept thinking about this very thing

[@ctg3d]

I'd love to watch her doing that any day :P

[@7sukuyomi]

*Someone:* hoops 301 *Wired:* Why It's almost impossible to spin 400 hoops at once

[@maj1395]

100 years later.. someone: hoops 1400 wired: why it's almost impossible to spin 1500 hoops at once

[@donaldcreswell4915]

I think my Wii Fit hula hoop record can disagree with that.

[@JazzyJasperZ]

1:28 he be flossin'

[@rougeflowers6602]

He be humping

[@popahtrj]

JazzyJasperZ Humping

[@TheCookieCoolMan]

9:19 Sooo... we're not gonna talk about this guys name?

[@marissa6291]

Thibob I didn’t even look 😂😂

[@uBmaniac]

Super money?

[@PauloSantanaPlus]

the name of the girl in the CC is Marijuana

[@sudhanvakashyap297]

he has a long indian name!too long..

[@hiddo]

pretend rollcall at school

[@louietae9932]

Yeah because I’ve always wondered what spinning 300 hula hoops was like...

[@skyecarbo8367]

Lol

[@twweety9]

Tae S17 the funniest part is this video is a comprehensive documentary lol

[@kyubeyz_7062]

I wonder if WiiFit Trainer can do this.

[@mariasalas1016]

Kyubeyz _ of course she can.

[@jek__]

Given she can theoretically do any motion (even ones which disobey physics) the question of does she do this motion is less relevant than can she do this motion. So the question becomes, is there a hula hoop peripheral device for the wii? I wouldn't doubt it

[@chadthundercock4806]

Kuroeクロエ Oh wow thank you for informing us.

[@space_veggies]

@@jek__ yeah the balance board for wii fit

[@xxlet7138]

ring fit trainer can

[@cam-es8qx]

1:27 so thats what started the floss.. time to time travel *gotta blast*

[@gabuks1]

8:17 Great technique!

[@BrobotDj]

Epic

[@MinerzXD]

are these the comments causing the demonetization of KZbin videos?

[@pandaex460]

4:32 my guy

[@nicholasn.2883]

Frogboy Smh my head The police are coming for you

[@twach]

TheTitanicShipper Yes. It means the same thing.

[@ceceliahenson9520]

You were the real mvp in elementary when you hula hooped around your neck

[@woonorii]

2:43 she looks like that spring toy you play after a week it's all tangled up

[@jadendoyle2287]

Sleepy HAMSTER you mean a slinky right?

[@YvesBelliveau]

this dude is gonna above average at an insane amount of useless skills by the end of this series lmao

[@chaoslights7883]

Idfk wtf are u saying

[@chaoslights7883]

Maybe this is what you are trying to imply: This dude is gonna be above average at the end of this series by having an insane ammount of useless skills *lmao*

[@origamioctopi]

@@chaoslights7883 no.. They meant basically what they said but missed a "be" So he's gonna be above average in a load of these skills by the end of the series Does it make you feel better to act like you're smarter than people and belittle them for small mistakes? Edit: typo

[@chaoslights7883]

@@origamioctopi let me break up your reply: 1. "No" meaning that my guess was wrong? 2. "He only missed the word 'be'". Let me tell you something "be" isn't the major mistake in his comment. Its the word "at". The word "at" is used normally for example: "I'm *at* the park". And this word is not used like how he did. 3. Try to add "be" in his sentence and then read it out again and you will see the major error doesn't lie with "be" but "at". 4. What if i said yes? It doesn't even matter to you so mind your own buisness. There are even people even worse than i am. But it doesn't mean I'm better than them. No one is perfect. So you aren't the one to judge.

[@saechak206]

@@chaoslights7883 you are such a sad sad person you even admit that their are worst people then you? meaning how you are is toxic i hope you over come this n enjoy the small things in life man what a sad way to live =/. Yes, i purposely made this painful for you to read by making it a run on sentence sprinkled with typos. Enjoy =)

[@markojovanovski3372]

THICC

[@lexsayshi]

Wondered how long it would take until somebody said this.

[@enrico1130]

lol

[@matia_orignal7088]

Yes

[@dylanmccloskey8472]

I’d smash

[@toci8475]

Yup

[@IngridBruinsma8]

I feel so stupid, I started jiggling every time they were hula hooping hahahahaha

[@xtramoist9999]

Try to spoon feed a baby without opening your mouth. I mean like any movement of your jaw. Unequivocally impossible.

[@raymondlin4014]

Job interviewer: do you have any talents Me: it’s hard to explain

[@biancarenee5784]

9:19 the thing that looked the hardest was pronouncing his name

[@LoneBeastYT]

It's an indian name, it's easy to pronounce when you hear it and you breakdown the word but yeah looks hard to say

[@dnzn_]

it's ez

[@leeson421]

1:28 that boy is a little suspicious

[@ravent.207]

Q: Why It's almost impossible to spin 300 hula hoops at once A: CUZ THESE ARE TOO MANY HULA HOOPS

[@ewordhu7478]

1:28 Wow. This kid is did the hype before the gaming industry.

[@popahtrj]

Duckly the hype is that shoot the floss is the floss, Please delete your comment

[@tumishoboikanyo8560]

“Every time the hoop hit my belly I push is away with my belly button like a laser beam. Just PEW!” Such a serious and intense sport

[@vomiie]

I don’t think anyone wondered/thought who could hula hoop 300 hoops. 😂 but I still watched the video and enjoyed it so let me shut up

[@ZeroTwo-ir5th]

4:48 She’s been watching too much my hero academia

[@commonzense7877]

That girl quirk is hula-hooping.

[@elle-kb6ji]

I WAS GONNA SAY-

[@rampratheekreddy8147]

Zero Two here u go 100 likes

[@adamplace1414]

I really hope this series comes back, because every episode has been really fascinating.

[@cornwalmart6873]

Ah yes because I spin 299 hula hoops at once easily

[@pinquinsam]

Prove it.

[@Lemonnitenite]

(=___= )

[@havenxitx5904]

@@pinquinsam r/facepalm There's something called a joke genius...

[@Kazwire]

@@pinquinsam r/woooosh

[@OffTopicKamah]

Cornwalmart 😂😂😂

[@dazzawesome]

Marawa is absolutely gorgeous an talented :D

[@yossefemara7268]

When my I talk to my crush and look at my friend 1:28

[@twilight457658]

This video was of course so interesting like every one in this series but also SO visually satisfying wow

[@HighlyRecommendedProducts]

love watching this video about hula hooping! It's such a great way to learn a new skill, workout and laugh all at once :)

[@saniyakhanum4107]

Marawa Ibrahim : Spin with 200 hula hoops People : can spin with 1 or 2 hula hoops Me :can't even spin with 1 hula hoop

[@ldmarkey2057]

this gave me memories of 4th grade doing contests on who can do the most hula hoops the longest

[@RR-tk1sp]

I like everyone in this documentary, everyone seemed soo positive and real. Keep it up

[@LK-xk4nh]

Thanks, I needed to know this information.

[@lordmoisture1886]

Welcome to an episode of Why is this in my recommended?

[@desigamer-al2839]

Recommendation?

[@jackwrobel8298]

My new inspiration: To be a hula hoop scientist

[@antsinmyeyes9547]

I wasn’t planning on trying this but now I kinda want to try

[@melchizedekpsj]

Wow! Amazing! Thanks for the video!

[@RobertLockhartMakesGames]

Love that Hudsucker Proxy reference.

[@cubedcuber7661]

oo you should do why its almost impossible to solve a rubiks cube in under 3 seconds

[@qdakid6447]

The answer is cause no one's hands can move that fast you're welcome

[@meflea3675]

@@qdakid6447 he. Never say never, bud

[@BunnyBoing]

fCubedCuber Patrick Ponce did it at his house in 2.99

[@sheriffsunshine916]

You saw the future

[@powerpug964]

Any rubik's cube can be solved in 20 moves or less (Google it). Plenty of people can turn the cube that fast. The world record is currently under 5 seconds.

[@taithangcong4704]

1:29 THE OG

[@daniellandoe8069]

Nobody is talking about the fact, that the whole time she is flirting with him. At about 5:12 she even winks at him after talking about pushing the hula hoops.

[@daniellandoe8069]

@@suubisuubi sure

[@martinil.6196]

she is dummy thicc tho

[@lepokebloc4198]

4:50 MAKES ME THINK OF SOMETHING RIGHT MY HERO ACADEMIA FANS ??? 😂

[@commonzense7877]

Lmao!

[@Jason-gk7gt]

I don’t feel so good - Aoyama

[@sloppykissesfromgrandma1344]

I thought I was the only one 😂😂

[@saddo.masochist]

nobody: wired: oh check out this *human slinky*

[@JohnnyStealer]

1:38.. that kid on the left with the hoop on his neck 😂😂😂

[@Michellepunkrock]

I’ve been hooping every single day since 2011 & haven’t looked back. It has changed my life for the better in so many ways! Hooping w a large amount of hoops is harder than it looks, it’s not just the major Coodination that it takes but also the sheer weight of them spinning against your body ... it’s organ squishing and rib cage crushing. I still challenge myself for more & more. Hooping is the best exercise I’ve found. Hands down.

[@ryanwagner1432]

Nobody: Wired guest: A sErIoUs HuLa HoOpInG oUtFiT

[@ellak.8600]

My grandma once did 100 at a party

[@fourdoorsmoresmores]

but has she ever hula hooped?

[@emilianotorres7740]

lol

[@rtxf]

@@fourdoorsmoresmores lol yeah that's the question. OP Is kinda off topic here. Dirtbag.

[@TecheyyXD]

Michael Oko r/WooooshWithFourOs

[@rtxf]

@@WolvePlex totally got whooshed man! Wow!

[@yurix6072]

1:28 This boy, I cant 😂😂

[@laurence9348]

6:23 he's doing a great handsfree move. *insert lenny eyes*

[@isetta4083]

how did he keep a straight face when she mentioned "Zapping the hula hoop away with a bellybutton laser"?

[@kadenacton5751]

1:34 look at the kid in the back on the right

[@nicoconiconi]

Do an episode on archery!

[@noonecandeflecttheemeralds544]

1:28 That kid in the front though 😂

[@Munden]

I still hold the record for worlds smallest hula hoops achieved with a pelvic gyration motion

[@iggyrip]

Shout out to UC Merced! No one ever comes here for cool stuff like this.

[@mayabee9412]

Anybody else notice the kid in the background at 1:23? Wow!

[@raahilshammin7563]

This is TOTALLY the most useful information, TOTALLY...

[@emilpind1005]

1:27 top ten people living in the future.

[@diozlatan93]

0:55 I like it

[@sei8932]

@@Azchk bro wtf

[@taylorsiefer9647]

9:17 that name would be fun for the teachers during attendance

[@crossfit1318]

Most important journalism of the 21st century

[@katiephelan6730]

@ 1:34 is that Emma Chamberlain 😂😂

[@mallary1012]

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. I LEGIT COMMENTED IT BEFORE I SAW THIS.

[@agpiplup288]

Only real athletes play wii fitness hula hoop challenge

[@antsinmyeyes9547]

Well there goes my plans for the weekend

[@Lanadelreyismyicon]

1:28 😂 THAT KID OML!!!

[@Waynimations]

I didn’t even think people could do 100

[@pkfire43]

1:33 That kid in the background

[@komurohokyoji9169]

We need a longer boi for that

[@tartaroid]

2:01 that guy really must be enjoying the view

[@amazonprime234]

1:27 my dude be humping that air...

[@linustechtips4833]

who else remembers spinning them around their necks lmao

[@AhmedRazaAli_2009_pk]

That was the trend at my school before it closed due to you know what

[@mcgetrekt2388]

I like this presenter guy, Robbie, he makes watching these better actually lol

[@yes6399]

1:30 lol the floss

[@lukito7530]

meanwhile im sitting here on chair unreasonably spining my waist while watching

[@Sacara13]

All I can think about is how much hula hooping with this many hoops would hurt... Anyone else? Ok just me.

[@sahajmamgain2297]

0:56 that shot is so cool

[@erikig]

8:36 - the face you make when your mom says brush your teeth and you're not ready for bed 😄

[@uddhavn]

It's almost impossible until someone does it.

[@yourlocalrat891]

Her chest must hurt like crazy 😳

[@yousof8546]

Thanks for telling us! Im sure everyone here was wondering why they couldn’t spin 300 hula hoops at the same time

[@uskatg7245]

1:35 the guy right on the background is legit me when I try hula hoop

[@sirwaka2290]

11:04 yup things look interesting aswell xD

[@zinxgaming5156]

I can't even do one

[@edunlap6594]

I love Marawa! You should see her in her high heel skates while hula hooping!

[@sweetdeception5185]

1:29 I cant stop laughing at the boy

[@log794]

Um, is it perhaps because 300 hula hoops can not fit onto the human body at once

[@Rin-ef2tp]

AppleSas I’m just imagining someone trying to hula hoop with loads of really thin hoops and getting sliced into multiple pieces

[@potxtoe]

Imagine being a professor of science just to study hoola hoops...

[@yukimuripukka1852]

1950's? My school in the Philippines Dasmariñas Elementary School, is more older than that... Est. 1914

[@jinus5770]

4:46 *yuga aoyama intensifies*

[@mr.duckduckington]

The most I have ever done for 10 or more seconds was 8... SHE DID 200...

[@3p1cand3rs0n]

I'll just go ahead and say it guys...she would wreck you. 😂

[@YASHPRATAP007]

YOLO 😅

[@yianomaly3092]

wreck you in what specific area?

[@amryan]

@@yianomaly3092 ALL?

[@yianomaly3092]

​@@amryan What does that even mean, what is she talking about?

[@mattlittlej]

@@yianomaly3092 We'll tell you when you're older

[@TheFuriator]

Nice chemistry with Marawa!

[@Lyv]

10:58 *kaneki’s PTSD kicks in*