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Best exercise bras for the well endowed ...

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BlueRuby Wed 22-Jul-20 10:54:18

I am looking for recommendations for a very firm control exercise bra. Like a lot of older women I gave up vigorous exercise when I was about 15 (now 64) because puberty gave me a big bust and I hated - and was embarassed by - all the jiggly bits wobbling wildly about. Although I have always walked alot my weight has increased since cancer treatment in 2016 and now lockdown has kept the bathroom scales on an upward trajectory. As things ease up from lockdown and I am allowed out again I'd like to give Couch to 5K a go, but I would like to find a really good, very very firm exercise bra to hold in the wobbly bits. I tried a couple from Amazon but sent them back because they would only have been supportive if you were flat chested. So, fellow Gransnetters with jiggly wobbly bits to control during exercise - any recommendations?

GreenGran78 Thu 23-Jul-20 13:55:02

Sundried? It sounds as though you’ve been doing too much topless sunbathing! ?

Ohmother Thu 23-Jul-20 13:55:11

krazykat thank you for that tip. I think my butt could be bigger than my boobs. How does that work? ?

Buntie123 Thu 23-Jul-20 15:24:49

not sure about sports bra but what about Miss MaryofSweden xx

Buntie123 Thu 23-Jul-20 15:28:51

just looked at the boobidoo site looks really good but dont think it does my size of 44G

biba70 Thu 23-Jul-20 15:31:16

My daughter is very well endowed and had a cancer scare recently. The surgeon told her that underwire bras can actually be a strong factor in breast cancer and that she had to find alternatives.

Lizbethann55 Thu 23-Jul-20 15:59:04

Can't give any advice about bras, but I am interested about couch 2 5k. I am late 60s, very overweight and have never done any exercise in about 40 years! Is it too late for me and just how difficult is it? Will I look a right idiot trying to jog round our local park (which has some steep hills)?

kwest Thu 23-Jul-20 19:38:10

Shock Absorber every time.

chrissyh Thu 23-Jul-20 20:58:57

Tanith, thank you. I have sent for one as I have been trying to get a decent sports bra for years.

Nannarose Thu 23-Jul-20 21:37:35

Lizbethann - couch to 5k takes you through at your own pace and you don't even have to jog to start with, just walk.
I haven't a clue if you'll look like an idiot as I don't now what you look like, but I do know that as long as you are clothed, it's no-one else's concern!

NotSpaghetti Fri 24-Jul-20 13:14:17

biba70, I think you’ll find the underwired bra breast cancer link was discredited in 2014. A 2018 study trying to dispel myths said:

“Use of deodorant was the most common myth attributed to risk of breast cancer, while under-wired bras and perfumes/colognes were also incorrectly identified as having a causative effect.“

The theory now as I understand it is derived from larger scale studies. Researchers have discovered that it’s not is that underwired bras are responsible for an increase in cancer but that they are more likely to be worn by overweight women who tend to have larger breasts as well.

If you are not obese there is no difference in breast cancer rates between the underwired/no-wiring groups.

If you are obese, there is no difference in breast cancer rates between the underwired/no-wiring groups.

Obesity, on the other hand, is a big factor in breast cancer and risks are increased whatever bra you wear. Have a look on Google Scholar at the research papers.

I do understand that unwired bras are recommended after surgery. My own interest is that I have large breasts and am overweight. I wanted to know about underwired bras myself.

I do hope this is the end of the cancer for your daughter. You must have all been through a very worrying time. ?

NotSpaghetti Fri 24-Jul-20 13:16:09

biba70 - I realise your daughter was told this by a consultant. If there is a new study somewhere I’d like to see it.
Science does change all the time. The last studies I read were 12 months ago.