Jogging your way to saggy breasts

[dr. what]

Da Linky

Millions of women may be jogging their way to sagging breasts as they set off on New Year fitness regimes without suitable bras, research suggests.

Some 9.5 million British women could be irreversibly damaging their busts by exercising without a proper sports bra, the Portsmouth University team said.

They found breasts moved in a 3D figure of eight and that uncontrolled movement strained fragile tissues and ligaments.

The study suggested as a woman runs a mile, her breasts bounced 135 meters.

The report found each breast moved independently of the body by an average of 9cm for every step taken on the treadmill.

With the average breast weighing between 200 and 300 grams, this movement puts great stress on the breast's fragile support structure - the outer skin and connective tissues known as Cooper's ligaments.

Irreversible breast sag

The research team found breast movements resulted in temporary pain and discomfort.

But it also led to a more permanent stretching of the Cooper's ligament which leads to irreversible breast sag.

They claim that wearing an ordinary T-shirt bra reduced bounce by 38%, but wearing a sports bra by the firm Shock Absorber - which sponsored the research - reduced bounce by 78%.

Dr Joanne Scurr who carried out the research said women needed to be aware of the effects of exercising without properly supporting their breasts.

"People rightly spend time and effort to get the right footwear for exercise and it is equally important to wear the correct sports bra.

"Proper support for breasts will reduce the stretch to the Cooper's ligament."

I believe that it is every man's civic and charitable duty to point this out to likely ladies--but do be careful on how you say it as even properly wired, the jaw really never heals perfectly....

[wolveraptor]

This thread just created a new American pasttime: sitting on a bench, drinking beer and yelling, "Your boobs are gonna sag!" to every jogging woman passing by.

[Admiral Valdemar]

So long as they realise that breasts are fat and therefore going to sag anyway, regardless of whether you wear a tight bra all the time. It's not muscle you can tone. If you're going to sag, you're going to sag.

[Molyneux]

So long as they realise that breasts are fat and therefore going to sag anyway, regardless of whether you wear a tight bra all the time. It's not muscle you can tone. If you're going to sag, you're going to sag.

Breasts sag somewhat - but if it's possible to avoid stretching the ligament that support them, sagging can be minimized.

[wilfulton]

This reminds me of a story I heard once:

There was a researcher who developed a bra that gives so much support that women could now jog without any discomfort at all.

And then one morning he was discovered beaten to death by his colleagues.


More seriously, there is a reason why women who are athletically active should select appropriate attire to give them the necessary support. Proper fit of what we in the business call PPE (personal protective equipment) is important.

[kheegster]

So long as they realise that breasts are fat and therefore going to sag anyway, regardless of whether you wear a tight bra all the time. It's not muscle you can tone. If you're going to sag, you're going to sag.

Nevertheless, there are different degrees of sagging...

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Nudity bad mkay? Just because they from a third world country is no reason to post picutres of topless women in this forum-Bean

[Broomstick]

So long as they realise that breasts are fat and therefore going to sag anyway, regardless of whether you wear a tight bra all the time. It's not muscle you can tone. If you're going to sag, you're going to sag.

Au contraire

While all women will, over time, sag somewhat the degree of sagging varies enormously. It is not just a matter of the size of the breast - although small and firm sag less over time than large and not-so-firm. Women who have given birth have notably "saggier" breasts than women of the same bust size who have not, and women who have breastfed children even more so. Not while breastfeeding, when the breasts enlarge, but afterward when they shrink because the structures never completely go back to as they were before. Heredity also accounts for some of it. So can weight gain followed by weight loss. But there is also no doubt that vigorous exercise without a bra will, over a couple decades, give women breasts that reach down to the waist, or even lower. For reference, see old National Geographic photos of various "native women" who had spent a lifetime without bras, and frequently without shirts as well.

Women have long been cautioned to wear proper support when engaged in athletics. For one thing, for a large busted women jouncing tits HURT - you can actually feel those ligaments and other tissues stretching. Eventually you get used to it - after the damage is done.

It's rather like exposing your skin to sun and weather - sure, when you hit 40-50 you've got wrinkles of some sort. But some people have faces that are wrinkled as walnuts and tough as shoeleather, and others not nearly so much so. Take care of your skin and protect it and while you'll have crow's feet and laugh lines you won't have canyons and gulches.

It's not that I ever expected to retain the perky tits of a 15 year old, but I'd like to avoid being a 34 extra double long, thank you very much. I've worn bras since I had tits, in part because of that but also because I learned very early that a well-fitting bra made sports a hell of a lot more comfortable.

Now all I have to do is find a bra that provides adequate support in a 3-4g airborne manuver....

[Admiral Valdemar]

Oh sure, wearing proper attire means comfort as well as support, but it's another game of genetics lottery how your breasts really mature. In the end, if they bounce all over the place (and really, sports bras are mandatory from what my female friends say) and you're an unlucky one with genetics, not a lot you can do about it bar a boob job, which I'd rather people avoid nowadays. As if overstressing the connective tissue of your chest wasn't enough without putting in bags of silicone too.

I do know a fair few girls who rarely wear bras though, that's just the way they like it.

[Durandal]

So this is a study which basically involved examining the oscillation of women's breasts when they are jogging without sports bras on?

I think that I should do some independent verification of the study's results.

[CaptainChewbacca]

This thread just created a new American pasttime: sitting on a bench, drinking beer and yelling, "Your boobs are gonna sag!" to every jogging woman passing by.

pffft... I created that passtime YEARS ago. I just hope me taking up running won't make my man-boobs sag.

[Broomstick]

Oh sure, wearing proper attire means comfort as well as support, but it's another game of genetics lottery how your breasts really mature.

I still think you're not giving nearly enough credit to environmental influences. Sure, we all age, but there's quite a bit you can do to slow down the negative effects. Like I said, it's like your skin aging - obviously if you've the bad luck to get pale, sensitive skin you're going to have a harder time avoiding sun damage and the like, but, nonetheless, shrugging your shoulders and resigning yourself to it is no longer necessary. There are means of protecting your skin that will slow down the wear and tear of years. Likewise, a properly fitted and supportive bra will significantly delay breast sagging, and minimize the sagging you wind up with.

not a lot you can do about it bar a boob job, which I'd rather people avoid nowadays. As if overstressing the connective tissue of your chest wasn't enough without putting in bags of silicone too.

Not all "boob jobs" for sagging tits involve augmentation. Sometimes it's a matter of excess skin removal alone.

If a woman's breasts are long enough she has to worry about her nipples getting caught in her pants zipper I wouldn't say jack about her getting a boob job.

I do know a fair few girls who rarely wear bras though, that's just the way they like it.

I know women like that. And by the time they're my age they usually regret it unless they are very small breasted.

I just hope me taking up running won't make my man-boobs sag.

Ah, the heartbreak of man-boobs!

In fact, docs also recomment sports bras for men with gynecomastia, or basically "man-boobs" or "moobs". In that case, it's mainly to minimize the appearance of the moobs, but also because sagging moobs are ... well... not exactly socially well received. But cases of that sort are usually from abnormal glandular development. If you've got moobs just from being overweight and they aren't that big then running might make them largely disappear.

[Admiral Valdemar]

I still think you're not giving nearly enough credit to environmental influences. Sure, we all age, but there's quite a bit you can do to slow down the negative effects. Like I said, it's like your skin aging - obviously if you've the bad luck to get pale, sensitive skin you're going to have a harder time avoiding sun damage and the like, but, nonetheless, shrugging your shoulders and resigning yourself to it is no longer necessary. There are means of protecting your skin that will slow down the wear and tear of years. Likewise, a properly fitted and supportive bra will significantly delay breast sagging, and minimize the sagging you wind up with.

I'm well aware of what our surroundings throw at our bodies and how it can affect them, and was in no way stating that sagging inevitability means not bothering with precautions. My argument is that sagging happens, as you say, it varies on how extreme it can be, but I make a habit to mention to girls I know of the well endowed nature that even with well fit bras and little exercise, they won't be as pert as when the girl was in school. Indeed, some would have me believe an overly tight bra stops any sagging at all, which is not only nonsense, it's dangerous much like corsets of the past. If anything is going to stop or even reverse this process, I'd put it in cell rejuvenation therapy, likely in the form of a retroviral treatment for mitochondria. If you can keep the skin elasticity and avoid ligament damage, then have something to maintain connexin integrity, you'll have a nice "cure" for sagging breasts, crow's feet, general wrinkles and a whole host of other ageing defects.

Until then, looking after your body helps. I guarantee the ones that keep the skincream market afloat are those that bathe in the sun all day and ignore the fact that such radiation is making their skin into Playdough.

[kindle139]

So then jogging makes your cock longer?

[Broomstick]

Only if your cock is a C-cup or better

(Snort! Giggle! Guffaw! Snort!)

[wilfulton]

Only if your cock is a C-cup or better

That is massively unfair. Why is it any woman can jog her way to saggy breasts, but only a select few men and jog their way to a low hanger?

Gee, what started us off on this tirade anyhow? Let's talk about something happy.

Or maybe this whole topic is just more proof against ID? I mean, think about it, if you were an omniscient, omnipotent being, why in the fuck would you design body appendages that lack the appropriate internal support to handle their own weight over prolonged periods of time?

[Surlethe]

Only if your cock is a C-cup or better

That is massively unfair. Why is it any woman can jog her way to saggy breasts, but only a select few men and jog their way to a low hanger?

Maybe jogging without the proper support will make the scrotum sag.

Gee, what started us off on this tirade anyhow? Let's talk about something happy.

Or maybe this whole topic is just more proof against ID? I mean, think about it, if you were an omniscient, omnipotent being, why in the fuck would you design body appendages that lack the appropriate internal support to handle their own weight over prolonged periods of time?

It's because ... well ... Go- err, the Intelligent Designer knows better, so we shouldn't question him. Seriously.

[Admiral Valdemar]

If you're unhappy with penis length, you can always go in for treatment. They can use, uh, special threapies. Buy a Swedish penis enlarger, or just use a vacuum cleaner.