Shake it, Don't break it, It took your Mama 9 months to make it

That is a line from one of our family's favorite Toby Mac songs.

We are fortunate enough to live within walking distance of White Rock Lake in Dallas. Thus we can not only be active ourselves, but witness other people being active as well. We see marathons (half and full), cross country runs, cyclists, walkers, roller bladers, etc. Recently we were taking a family walk and I saw an attractive lady clad in her black exercise gear running past us. The above refrain from the Toby Mac song immediately came to mind because of the immense movement coming from her bustline. Let's just say her chest had more movement than her backside - not a good thing.

If a woman is a small D cup or less Champion makes plenty of fine sportsbras. However, better than Champion for the same size range (young, pert D cup) is the Donna Karan underwire sport bra.

However, once the volume of the cup surpasses the D/DD cup range, the sports bras not only become more important, they also become more substantial in their construction. Hands down my favorite sports bra is the Shock Absorber Level 4 High Impact (why would one ever want to buy a sports bra for medium impact? Please always buy the highest impact available, your breasts need the protection). The LaBreeza sports bra looks to have a very similar construction, but I have no experience with bouncing in it.

Of course an old stand by is the Enell bra, and although some ladies swear by it, Enell doesn't pass my bounce test. And there's the Norvell bra found in this previous post. My favorites are the Shock Absorber and the Norvell.

Please don't be gimmicked into thinking just because it says Sports Bra that it offers support. As always look for:

1. seams in the cups
2. a rigid fabric (the opposite of the jogbra of the early 90's)
3. a snug back band
4. lots of coverage. A sports bra will have more coverage (fabric around the chest) than your everyday underwire bra. You want it to come up high in the center front.
   

One of these days I'm going to stand at the finish line of the White Rock Marathon and hand my business card to every bouncing full bust lady I see. Then again, maybe that's not the best time to introduce myself.

Happy and Safe Sporting!!!