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Bra fitting help » Too much cleavage for good sports bra support?


Panache Sport » Non Wired Sports Bra (7341) » 30DD 30:5

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I ordered the 30E, as per advice, and it fit perfectly! Thanks!

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Updating: Thanks everyone for your help! I am ordering a 30E and will compare!

This is my first time searching for a sports bra that actually fits. I do high impact workouts regularly—lots of jumping. Online advice says a sports bra should totally cover the top of the breasts to give proper support and avoid stretching Cooper’s ligaments during rigorous movement. This bra is comfortable, but I can’t figure out if it provides enough coverage up top. The straps and band fit great, but as you can see in the pictures there is cleavage visible when I look straight down or bend over, and when I jump I can see a strip of flesh rising over the top of the bra. Maybe that's normal and unavoidable? There is no pressure and no digging in (and no quadding, unless I bend way over, as in the photo)—but the bra doesn’t lie flat against my chest at the top, as you can see. I don’t know enough about fitting sports bras to determine whether this is a problem.

I am also wondering whether breasts should be held together like this in a properly fitting encapsulation bra. They are definitely snug together—the gore does not separate them.

I have tried the same bra in 32DD and the cup was too loose in places. In that size, there was more movement within the cup when I jumped--it was just hidden by the additional fabric.

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