I have two words for you... sports and bra. One of the things that goes along with being a woman are the wonderful accessories that are your chest, but they can also be the bane of our existence. The bigger they are the harder it can be to find the right bra to make the girls feel supported and one that doesn't look as if you raided your grandmother's closet. After reading a recent
article in SELF magazine I had a horrifying moment where I pictured my chesticles hanging down to my knees after all of the athletics I've done in my life. The biggest learning I gleaned from the article was the destruction of the "uni-boob" we have all lived with for years! Apparently when you smoosh your chest together the weight moves as one rather than each individual breast. In laymen terms you have 10lbs moving instead of just 5lbs, aka tearing more breast tissue every time you do anything besides sitting on the couch. The quest began for the perfect solution to my bra-woes and I thought I would get back to my blogging to share my bra adventure with you.
Sadly the right bra was definitely not the ones I had been using but I found one at one of my favorite online stores,
RoadRunnerSports.com. Cross referencing the SELF
article, I wrote a short list for what is important. As a D cup there are certain requirements which means my list consisted of 360 degree support, separation (aka no "uni-boob"), and wide cushioned straps. I read reviews, checked my list, and decided on
Moving Comfort's Juno Bra.
Once the bra finally arrived I put it to the ultimate test.... Equinox's Shredmill at 6:30am. Basically this class involves Jan telling us to better our running form, hit goal speeds, and increase our inclines to scary levels. The first class I went to meant 3 bras for me, 2 sports bras and one built into my tank top, which of course still had me bouncing around the whole forty-five minutes. However this time times changed with the Moving Comfort bra keeping everything in its place. For once I wasn't fiddling with my sports bra every ten minutes and was able to focus on trying to survive the class.... The lesson today is that you have got to take care of the girls, and a sports bra is one of your greatest accessories!! Supporting them is more important than making sure you have the right tunes on your iPod or how great your hair looks in your new moisture wicking headband, so here is to the future of happy, healthy breasts.
