Bouncing Breasts: A Credible Area of Scientific Research

[Zen]

"Many women have long wondered whether breast movement, especially a lot of it, can affect running form"

This thought has never once crossed my mind.

[ny biker]

"Many women have long wondered whether breast movement, especially a lot of it, can affect running form"

This thought has never once crossed my mind.

I have never had to wonder because it has never been an issue.

[OakLeaf]

I have never had to wonder because it has never been an issue.

I'm small-breasted but it's a definite issue for me. If I don't smash 'em down to nothing, they'll throw my shoulders all over the place.

[KnottedYet]

"Many women have long wondered whether breast movement, especially a lot of it, can affect running form"

This thought has never once crossed my mind.

I don't wonder, I *know* it affects my running form!
36DD... and when they are flopping around untethered, everything alters.

[Zen]

This gives me a mental image of a woman running in a zig-zag line.
LOOK OUT! UNCONTROLLED BOOBAGE!

[OakLeaf]

Oh, now you've put the execution scene from Monty Python's Meaning of Life into my head.

I can just about see those women's shoulders flopping all over the place, and their spines weighting and unweighting. Seriously ...

[GLC1968]

Of course breast movement affects stride! I remember as a teen (a 34B teen, mind you) running down the stairs in the morning (braless) and needing to grab my breasts and hold them to my chest to keep them from throwing me off balance!

I take little to no notice of them with a bra on...but bras are a relatively modern enhancement.

I'd be curious to see if running barefoot would change the results of the above study. They've already shown that humans strike the ground harder with shoes on than they do barefoot. So if women ran without shoes, would the breast movement be decreased as the feet and legs did more to absorb the impact as they should?

[zoom-zoom]

I'd be curious to see if running barefoot would change the results of the above study. They've already shown that humans strike the ground harder with shoes on than they do barefoot. So if women ran without shoes, would the breast movement be decreased as the feet and legs did more to absorb the impact as they should?

When I run around barefoot in the house I still gotta hold the girls.

[GLC1968]

When I run around barefoot in the house I still gotta hold the girls.

Well yeah...but your girls aren't exactly typical though!

Actually, I wonder - is there an 'average' natural breast size?