Scared of sagging chest

taofish23

I am 34 and I am normally a 34B I gained about 50 pounds and now I am up to a 36C. I have already lost about 13 pounds and they are a little smaller but relatively the same shape. I have been losing weight pretty slowly but I am having a huge fear right now of sagging breasts when I go back down to my normal B cup. I don't have children. Any thoughts?

charleigh78

Lift weights. It helps.....tremendously.... with the shape of absolutely everything

jankim9597

what type of weight lifting is good for this

Natmarie73

In for the answer to above question.

Madame_Goldbricker

Try swimming. I'm a B cup & when I swim regularly it builds the muscles behind your boobs & lifts them up.

dixiewhiskey

Dumbbell flys over everything else.. bench press too.

giggitygoo

what type of weight lifting is good for this

I do chest flys, pushups, and incline press. Boobs look a bit fuller since I have developed a bit of chest muscle.

Edit to say: I lift heavy (for me) When I was doing the high reps low weight nonsense, I saw absolutely no improvement over a 1 year period.

charleigh78

Heavy (for you) is best. Try looking into New Rules of Lifting for Women (excellent with all the info you need). I have also heard that Strong lifts is good.

Madame_Goldbricker

Also adding.. Mine increased during pregnancy. When they went back down I had a few stretch marks (faint) underneath but no loss of perkiness.

dixiewhiskey

what type of weight lifting is good for this

I do chest flys, pushups, and incline press. Boobs look a bit fuller since I have developed a bit of chest muscle.

Edit to say: I lift heavy (for me) When I was doing the high reps low weight nonsense, I saw absolutely no improvement over a 1 year period.

Hmm.. I am doing my bench press and dumbbell flys heavy but hitting high rep (10-12) differently than I do squats/deadlifts (5 sets of 5 reps) and I've noticed a huge difference in my chest within 3 months. I think it's important for OP to just get started with something high rep and get used to do doing them vs starting off ridiculously heavy with poor form. Otherwise huge advocate of all things heavy.

giggitygoo

what type of weight lifting is good for this

I do chest flys, pushups, and incline press. Boobs look a bit fuller since I have developed a bit of chest muscle.

Edit to say: I lift heavy (for me) When I was doing the high reps low weight nonsense, I saw absolutely no improvement over a 1 year period.

Hmm.. I am doing my bench press and dumbbell flys heavy but hitting high rep (10-12) differently than I do squats/deadlifts (5 sets of 5 reps) and I've noticed a huge difference in my chest within 3 months. I think it's important for OP to just get started with something high rep and get used to do doing them vs starting off ridiculously heavy with poor form. Otherwise huge advocate of all things heavy.

I do similar, and would still count this as "heavy." Heavy being subjective of course, I'm weak as hell and only press 35lb dumbells. I started with 10s, and it was still heavy compared to what I was doing before.

When I talk about "high rep low weight nonsense" I mostly mean classes and such that will have you lift 5 pounds for the better part of an hour. I fell for it, did it consistently and didn't really get anything out of it except maybe some increased stamina. I mean, what can I expect from lifting something that weighs less than my purse ;-)

dearcrumpet

If you lose the weight slowly and couple it with strengthening exercises and suggested by the other users, you shouldn't have too much of a problem with "the girls". Also, I think it would also depend on the amount of weight you want to lose overall. If it's not TOO much, your skin should bounce back.

Sadly for me, I'm 22 with 32D's that are anything but perky. I once lost over 30 pounds VERY quickly and my chest went from a DD (at the time) to a small C. Yeah....they deflated.

Keep up with the strength training and good luck!

dixiewhiskey

what type of weight lifting is good for this

I do chest flys, pushups, and incline press. Boobs look a bit fuller since I have developed a bit of chest muscle.

Edit to say: I lift heavy (for me) When I was doing the high reps low weight nonsense, I saw absolutely no improvement over a 1 year period.

Hmm.. I am doing my bench press and dumbbell flys heavy but hitting high rep (10-12) differently than I do squats/deadlifts (5 sets of 5 reps) and I've noticed a huge difference in my chest within 3 months. I think it's important for OP to just get started with something high rep and get used to do doing them vs starting off ridiculously heavy with poor form. Otherwise huge advocate of all things heavy.

I do similar, and would still count this as "heavy." Heavy being subjective of course, I'm weak as hell and only press 35lb dumbells. I started with 10s, and it was still heavy compared to what I was doing before.

When I talk about "high rep low weight nonsense" I mostly mean classes and such that will have you lift 5 pounds for the better part of an hour. I fell for it, did it consistently and didn't really get anything out of it except maybe some increased stamina. I mean, what can I expect from lifting something that weighs less than my purse ;-)

AH! I gotcha.. definitely agree about that then

ShannonMpls

There are bras to give you the perky look, but no amount of spanx can hide 50 pounds.

That's my way of saying don't let the fear of Saggy McSaggerston get in the way of getting fit and healthy.

timetravelforfitness

I was a DD a year after my daughter was born, now I was just measured as a C. I don't think it's noticeable except to me and in certain positions. Maybe I'm fooling myself. ... but I look a whole lot better without the extra weight, and my curves are more noticeable in a good way. Everyone is different, but from my own experience and the few people I know who have lost 40-50-150 lbs, losing slowly won't make you saggy.

taofish23

Thanks so much for the comments!