Bouncing Breasts: A Credible Area of Scientific Research

[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?

[shootingstar]

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

"Average" must have changed over the past few decades since (to me), more women look bigger in overall body shape..across all ethnicities.
I had no idea about problems on running gait form if a woman was extra-endowed. I bet women who have breast implants, yet want to stay fit and trim all-over by exercising, don't even think of these "problems" prior to surgery.

Not surprising that the world of sports medicine research this wouldn't be taken seriously by the study researchers' male colleagues. I'm just guessing, but unless guys personally know women who have had: breast cancer (scare) or who experience back pain/posture problems if woman is busty, many guys still wouldn't truly understand/be sensitive to breast-related problems at all.

[beccaB]

I truly would start running again if I could have reduction surgery and be able to afford it and/or avoid problems with scar tissue hiding bad things on a mammogram. I'm a 34DD after losing 20 pounds. I was 36DD before, and it is all dense tissue. I don't know how it affects my running stride , and I used to run before children. I was the same size back then. There is not a bra in all the world that stops the bounce, and the bounce is very uncomfortable, and I didn't like nasty people shouting out lewd comments like they use to do back when I was a runner in my 20's. Any movement at all would seem to bring out the unwelcome comments. I'm anti-social anyway, and don't like people talking to me generally! That seems extreme but it's actually partly true.

[zoom-zoom]

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

I thought I had heard 36C. Time claims the same thing, though I saw differing statistics all over and given that so many women wear the wrong size, who knows.

[beccaB]

Thanks- I'll try that one. I've used the maia bra, and it works well under normal movement, but not running. I'd really like to do some trail running, and I know my 4 legged companion would like it too.

[Crankin]

I will never complain about my almost negligent chest.

[Susan]

I think guesses on "average" breast size because of most bought bra-sizes are misleading.

I wear a 34 G and while I really couldn't run without a bra, I don't have any problems running or biking or walking with a nicely fitted sports bra. This "breast movement affecting running form"-thing somehow reminds me of old "scientific" studies stating that running women may lose their uterus because it would fall out caused by the heavy bouncing