Maximum Support Sports Bras

Maximum support sports bras are not strictly for large busted women.

Different sports bras are designed for different levels of activity for a reason. The more strenuous the activity, the more support your breasts need to avoid tissue and ligament damage. What is important to remember, is the fact that once these tissues and ligaments are damaged, your breasts begin to sag and stay that way. There is no way to get them back to their original shape.

The different sports bras offering various levels of support is really easy to decipher. Here's an example of the various types of sports bras and their recommended levels of activity:

• Light support – This is the most minimum support offered by sports bra manufacturers. These bras are well suited for activities such as yoga, light weight training, Pilates, walking and rock climbing.
• Medium support – Also referred to as medium impact sports bras, these are best suited for activities like rollerblading, speed walking, tennis and spinning.
• Heavy support – These are the maximum support sports bras (also referred to as high impact sports bras) you want to wear if you are into high level activities like soccer, basketball, volleyball and mountain biking.

When many think of maximum support sports bras, they think that they are designed specifically for larger breasted women, but this is not true. Whether you have large or small breasts, if you are participating in high impact or high levels of activity, then you need maximum support--no matter what your breast size. Here are some specs on sports bras that offer the highest level of support:

The more intense the level of activity, the more movement in the breasts. This movement, or bounce, is what damages breast tissue. Sports bras offering maximum support are designed to compress your breast more than bras offering less support. This sounds painful, but it's not. All it means is that the bra keeps your breasts closer to the body, preventing as much bounce as possible, therefore preventing as much damage as possible.

Not only do these maximum support, high impact sports bras offer increased compression, they also provide increased support in the strap design. Good quality, high impact sports bras have wider straps with additional padding added to both the shoulders and the back. This prevents the bra from pulling on your back and digging into your shoulders.

Many of the higher quality sports bras that offer the highest level of support also have reinforced inner cups to increase the level of support even more, further preventing breast tissue and ligament damage.

Most sports bra manufacturers offer a line of maximum support or high impact sports bras. Here are a few:

• Champion – One of the most well known sports bra manufacturers has a number of different high impact sports bras in varying colors and styles in sizes up to 44 DDD.
• Shock Absorber – This brand calls their highest level of support sports bra "extreme" support.
• Lilyette – This line of high impact sports bras is relatively new and they have received rave reviews for their sports bra design that offers the highest level of support.

When making a sports bra purchase, consider it a piece of your workout equipment. Just as you would not go on a 5K run without the proper pair of running shoes, you should not go running without the proper sports bra.

Finally, remember that we exercise to stay healthy and keep our bodies looking fit. If you tweaked your knee in your previous workout, you would protect it during your next workout, right? Keep this same idea of protection in mind when it comes to your breasts.

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