fitness sports bra

It is really not an IQ tax. There is no substitute for ordinary underwear. The key to choosing the right one is never about appearance, price or recommendation from internet celebrities, but to accurately match your exercise intensity and your own breast shape.

When I first entered the gym, I didn't take it seriously at all. I wore my usual bra with underwires and went to aerobics. Within ten minutes, I felt pain in my chest, and the underwires made my skin burn. Later, I followed the trend and bought an Internet celebrity lace sports bra. It looks good, but has basically no support. In the last open boxing class, I jumped up and shook so much that I had to cover my chest to hide from the instructor's demonstration. The expressions of people around me made me dig my toes on the ground just thinking about it.

Many flat-chested sisters always say, "What kind of sports bra do I want for my A-cup? I can just wear tight-fitting quick-drying clothes." In fact, there are two views on this issue in the industry.

The consensus in the field of sports rehabilitation is that regardless of cup size, the sway of the breasts during exercise is between 2-6cm. Once the Cooper ligament responsible for supporting the breasts is overstretched, it is irreversible. If you do not wear sports bras for a long time, even flat chests are prone to problems of expansion and sagging.

However, many practitioners who have been doing fitness for many years have come to different conclusions: If you are just doing low-intensity exercises such as meditation and slow walking with almost no up and down bumps, flat-chested sisters wearing tight-fitting quick-drying clothes with sufficient elasticity are completely sufficient without any obvious discomfort.

Both statements are supported by real evidence, and you can adjust them according to your own feelings without being bound by a certain standard.

Don't blindly believe in the words "big breasts need high-strength sports bras". My best friend, 75A, saw a blogger recommending a high-strength sports bra specially designed for big breasts. It was so tight that she couldn't breathe when doing abdominal exercises. The red marks on her lower waist couldn't go away for a long time. She thought she had urticaria and ran to the hospital to be a dermatologist. It was a big joke.

There really aren’t that many fancy criteria when choosing a model: If you usually like to practice yoga or Pilates, just buy a thin model without wire rims, which will fit your skin tightly without making you sweaty, and you won’t feel nervous when you do prone movements like cat-cow pose.； I usually do medium-intensity exercises such as lifting irons and dancing Pamela, so I choose one with a wide hem and adjustable shoulder straps so that my shoulders won’t slide down when practicing deadlifts. ； If you like horse racing, playing badminton, jumping on the trampoline and other high-intensity sports that shake the body, you must choose a high-intensity model that is fully wrapped, even if the style is ugly and makes your breasts smaller. When I ran a half-marathon, I met a C-cup girl who wore a medium-intensity model. After the run, she complained that her chest hurt for three days and she had difficulty even raising her hands to put on clothes. Later, she changed to a high-intensity model and never had this problem again.

There is another question that many people ask: Can sports bras be worn daily?

People who like to wear it say that it is a hundred times more comfortable than underwire bras, and it is completely stress-free to wear at home and to commute.； Opponents say that wearing high-support sports bras for a long time will compress the breasts and affect blood circulation. In fact, this judgment criterion is very simple: if you wear a sports bra with low support and no obvious sense of restraint, it is no problem for daily wear. I basically wear this kind of bra when working from home, and it is much better than wearing underwire bras. ； But for those high-intensity ones that are so tight that you can’t breathe, you should only wear them when exercising. Don’t wear them hard at ordinary times. They are too stuffy to worry about. Long-term wearing is really bad for breast health.

I have bought more than 20 sports bras, and the pits I stepped on can go around my yoga mat three times. The fit standards I summarized are particularly easy to operate: after putting it on, raise your arms and the lower circumference does not move upwards, jump in place three times without any obvious shaking feeling in the chest, do not hold your breath, and the shoulder straps do not constrict the shoulders. It is suitable. Don't believe the nonsense that "new ones are tight and loosen after two wears." If you feel uncomfortable when you first wear them, you won't feel comfortable again in the future. Don't wrong yourself.

Finally, a small detail about washing and care. Don’t be too lazy to throw it in the washing machine, especially those with detachable breast pads. The breast pads will deform after being stirred twice, which will cause skin pain when worn next time. Either wash them by hand, or use a laundry bag and use the gentle setting. Don’t expose them to the sun after washing, otherwise the elasticity will lose very quickly. I once bought a popular model that cost over RMB 300. After throwing it in the washing machine and washing it three times, it became loose and had zero support. I was so distressed that I ate instant noodles for two days before I recovered.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of sports bras is to allow you to exercise without having to worry about anything else. Just make it as comfortable as you like. After all, fitness is for your own happiness. There is no need to make yourself suffer for such small things, right?