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I was at the gym tonight and this girl near me was engaged in a pretty lame treadmill session. Active rest at best. Next thing I know she has left the machine and is standing in front of a mirror hula hooping. And not just a little hip action either. She was going off: shimmying, shaking, snaking her arm up through the hoop, doing some neck work, you name it. Then she started moving. Prancing up and down the work out area swinging the hoop like she was Beatrix Kiddo and it was some kind of circular samurai sword. At one point she was doing some wild torso maneuvers and lost control. Goodbye Kiddo hello Oddjob: The hoop went flying across the room and whacked some spin bike soccer mom in the butt. This earned her some nasty looks so she returned to the mirror. By the time I finished my workout she had retired the hoop and returned to the treadmill. I was full of questions but I hate people interrupting my workout and try to reciprocate.

This is not my regular gym (I am traveling) so I have no idea if this was a house hoop or a piece of personal fitness equipment. If the latter is there a corkage fee? Can you just bring anything to a gym? What if you practice aerobic bullwhipping or something? Maybe she is a drum majorette or a 2008 Olympic hopeful in some obscure Olympic sport dominated by East Europeans. The mind hoops.