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How To Find A Good Full Figure Sports Bra. These are great days to be a full-figured woman. Clothing manufacturers have finally caught on to the reality that fitness and beauty come in all sizes and as a result, larger women can find a full figure sports bra that fits them well and provides the right kind of support.
To find that treasured item of intimate apparel, however, the full-figured woman needs to embrace her curves by first taking accurate measurements of her bust. Some full-figured women shy away from taking their measurements but that era of being embarrassed by the size of our breasts is long over, ladies! By getting the correct measurements for your bust, you will be able to find a bra that provides the right kind of support for your breasts during exercise. Without the right method to reduce vertical breast movement, a full-figured woman is asking for trouble (and possibly pain as well) when she exercises.
How To Find A Good Full Figure Sports Bra
So get your best gal pal or exercise buddy over and do each other a bra-measuring favor. It doesn’t matter if she’s an itty-bitty-titty gal compared to your statuesque proportions; she will still need a quality sports bra unless she’s totally flat-chested. And it’s better for both of you if you take each other’s measurements, unless you want to go get a professional fitting, which isn’t a bad idea really.
Either way, once you have your measurements in hand, it’s time to learn some more about sports bras. Most athletic bras are classified according to activity level: less control for low impact, more for moderate impact and most control for high-impact exercises. Frankly, this rating system doesn’t work well for full figured women, because a large bosom can bounce dangerously no matter what the sport. In short, the larger the bosom, the more control you are going to need.
There are three ways to stabilize breast “bounce” during activity: compression, encapsulation and a combination of the two. The compression method is the most commonly used technique in sports bras, because it’s the easiest to make with a knitted fabric. This is the kind of bra your exercise buddy could wear if she’s an A or a B cup.
However, most full figured women live in C-cup territory and beyond. Here’s where the method known as encapsulation is most recommended. With encapsulation, molded cups separate the breasts to give better support. Sometimes an underwire is added, but there are full figured women for whom an underwire is just torture. Don’t force yourself to wear an underwire sports bra if it doesn’t work for you.
By itself, the encapsulation method gives good support for women who wear C-cups. Those who wear D cups and beyond, however, will do better to look for bras that use both encapsulation and compression to minimize bounce. It sounds uncomfortable, but it won’t be with a properly fitted full figure sports bra. It’ll be snug, yes, but not tight.
Think fit, not size, when making your final choice in a full figure sports bra. If possible, try on several different sports bras from makers such as Enell, CW-X and Moving Comfort. Check for armholes deep enough to allow good range of motion, wide comfy straps and few seams, or well-covered seams, to guard against rubbing and chafing. These qualities mean a full figure sports bra perfect for your special needs.
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