You may have spent a fortune on gym membership and invested in a great new kit.But it's more than likely that you're missing the most vital piece of exercise equipment of all - a sports bra. Despite the current boom in the leisure industry, three quarters of women in Britain wear the wrong type of bra for working out.
You may wonder what all the fuss is about. But the facts speak for themselves.
Breasts are mostly composed of fatty tissue and are supported mainly by skin and fragile ligaments called Coopers' ligaments. Because these are not elastic, during repetitive or high impact sport the breasts bounce and pull on the ligaments, forcing them to stretch. Once these ligaments have stretched they stay this way. The result is every woman's nightmare - sagging breasts.
Going without the correct support can also cause breast pain and upper back and shoulder problems.
Running without any bra at all causes the average woman's breasts to move up and down by 8.5cm. Wearing an ordinary bra reduces this by 32 per cent. A sports bra reduces this by at least another 20 per cent.
A survey from Herriot-Watt University last year showed that even breasts sized 34A need extra support during sport.
'British women are in serious danger of permanently damaging and stretching their breast ligaments,' said a spokesman from CCR a body sizing and research specialist company. 'Long term problems are likely to occur if a correctly fitting, supportive sports bra is not worn.
source : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-35692/Why-need-sports-bra.html
You may wonder what all the fuss is about. But the facts speak for themselves.
Breasts are mostly composed of fatty tissue and are supported mainly by skin and fragile ligaments called Coopers' ligaments. Because these are not elastic, during repetitive or high impact sport the breasts bounce and pull on the ligaments, forcing them to stretch. Once these ligaments have stretched they stay this way. The result is every woman's nightmare - sagging breasts.
Going without the correct support can also cause breast pain and upper back and shoulder problems.
Running without any bra at all causes the average woman's breasts to move up and down by 8.5cm. Wearing an ordinary bra reduces this by 32 per cent. A sports bra reduces this by at least another 20 per cent.
A survey from Herriot-Watt University last year showed that even breasts sized 34A need extra support during sport.
'British women are in serious danger of permanently damaging and stretching their breast ligaments,' said a spokesman from CCR a body sizing and research specialist company. 'Long term problems are likely to occur if a correctly fitting, supportive sports bra is not worn.
source : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-35692/Why-need-sports-bra.html
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