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Sports bras & Exercise
There has been a few topics about sports bras lately, so I wanted to share this helpful video here with everyone interested:
My personal faves are so far: Bravissimo Apollo and Elomi Energise. They are really good for large cups. I want to be more active and already started with walking & hiking - but I like to expand my horizon. What exercises do you do? Which sports bras are supportive enough to do them?
I like my Apollo by Bravissimo for hiking but I think it's slighly big in cup so it cannot provide enough support for higher impact exercise. With Elomi Energise I need to figure out my size first, an 32J I have is slighly too small but I can't find any 32JJs around...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vNkwxm1s-o&t=328s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vNkwxm1s-o&t=328s
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Ha ha, I'm still on my sports bra journey, as I used to wear "size M" Nike sports bras, and that just wasn't working for me. I also starting layering two sports bras on top of one another before my ABTF journey. Then I also had a sports bra that was so tight and uncomfortable.
Anyway, I actually saved this sports bra that I said I was going to return and it's actually pretty good! I have no idea how long it will last though, as it's a pretty soft fabric. https://www.bratabase.com/chest/dn92l/ I would say, it's a little tricky to get in to. Other than that, it meets all my needs as it does qualify as a "high impact" sports bra (a.ka. jogging) although I think for a best fit, a true sister size up would be best. I'm little bit quadding out of it, but I make it work.
I love the Panache Wired Sport for everything. I lift weights and do yoga with the J-hook undone, and I run (sprints and distance) with it hooked. As far as sports bras go, it's my most comfortable even though it's a poor technical fit.
My criteria for a sports bra are rather low: it needs to eliminate nearly all bounce, not give me uni-boob, and I need to wear it without a shirt. The Panache Sport checks all those boxes for me.
Unfortunately, I don't think they go to a 32J, they do have a 34J, though, and I personally wear a different volume in it than I do most bras. I'm about a 28FF/G, and I wear a 30E in the Sport.
I also used to quite like the Shock Absorber Ultimate Run Sports Bra. That did eliminate all bounce, but it's highly compressive and very sweaty since it creates massive uni-boob. Sizes in that bra are kind of finicky; they run small, and how small depends entirely on the colorway. I had two, a purple and blue one that was a TTS 28F and a pink one that was a 32E that fit the same as my 28F.
I don't wear that style anymore, and even when I did, it was strictly for sprint and HIIT work, but if you can make it work for you, they'll last forever. I had my blue one for years and washed it in the machine on hot and dried it in the dryer, and it was still going strong when I gave it away.
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