Would you run/work out in a sports bra?

NYCNika
NYCNika Posts: 611 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
If you had abs. Or still not?

I know for me it is an ultimate NSV, but some view it like running in underwear.

Which camp are you? Do you look down or do you admire a woman who is working out is a sports bra with no tank?
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  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    totally would if i lived in california or some other place it wasn't a big deal. not in my town.
  • knightreader
    knightreader Posts: 813 Member
    i wouldn't workout in a sports bra, but i am a guy! however, it doesn't bother me what you work out in. if it is comfortable and motivating to you, then wear it and kick some butt in it!
  • silken555
    silken555 Posts: 478 Member
    Do it regardless...much more comfortable to me.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
    I wouldn't even though I could now since I workout at home. If I were to lay down on the floor, I would get all itchy if I had too much exposed skin. I don't wear shorts for that reason either. If I was running I probably still wouldn't because I am pale pale pale and like to keep my skin as protected as possible. Me and my sensitive skin. If I didn't have the delicate complexion of a queen, I would totally rock a sports bra and some teeny weeny tight shorts!
  • SadFaerie
    SadFaerie Posts: 243 Member
    I wouldn't even though I could now since I workout at home. If I were to lay down on the floor, I would get all itchy if I had too much exposed skin. I don't wear shorts for that reason either. If I was running I probably still wouldn't because I am pale pale pale and like to keep my skin as protected as possible. Me and my sensitive skin. If I didn't have the delicate complexion of a queen, I would totally rock a sports bra and some teeny weeny tight shorts!
    This. I like high intensity workouts and I sweat like a pig, need fitted tees to absorb it, or else I'm be standing in a puddle of my own sweat.
  • tidesong
    tidesong Posts: 451 Member
    I do most of the time, because most of my workouts are in my home. If I'm outside, I throw on a sports tank because I'm still shrinking my tummy.
  • OddballExtreme
    OddballExtreme Posts: 296 Member
    I do most of the time, because most of my workouts are in my home. If I'm outside, I throw on a sports tank because I'm still shrinking my tummy.
    ^^This is the same way for me. I'm so self-conscious, I won't wear the sports bra by itself out of the house.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    No. I like my t-shirts. They're cool. I wouldn't wear a regular bra out by itself, either.
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    Once I lose the fat where I want to (why can't we spot-reduce?!?! lol), you'll be yelling at me to put clothes on!! hahah

    I haven't seen anyone around here running in sports bras, but I sooo would! hahah
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    I think it all depends how confident you are in yourself. I wear a vest over mine but don't think badly of girls who don't.
  • JumpingDog
    JumpingDog Posts: 125 Member
    I run on a treadmill inside my home in a sports bra, and I have gone out into my yard in one. As for running down the street, sure, I don't care at all (and I have a little gut). I sweat crazily so I understand how it could be more comfortable.

    With the current temperatures in Florida right now though, running outside for me would be a bad idea. Currently feels like 93F due to the humidity.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    NoPE
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    totally would if i lived in california or some other place it wasn't a big deal. not in my town.

    Me too. A little too much attention here or something. There is one or two women who do.
    It was my goal to do on a vacation too. I always run laps on the cruise so I wanted to be able to do it in a sports bra. Done. I've also done it on the beach down south too, then jumped right in the water.
    I am not really comfortable wearing it running here.

    I will likely at some point this summer, end up taking off my tank at crossfit and doing the workout in a sports bra. I havent' yet, but both times I wanted to I was wearing a shirt with a built in bra. Its a different atmosphere there and there aren't as many to witness it.
  • RunnerElizabeth
    RunnerElizabeth Posts: 1,091 Member
    At home when I do my strength I work out in my underwear, that's the benefit of working out at home. I see women on the river and my other running path running in sports bras, it's fine for them, I wouldn't do it, but my stomach is still all warped from childbirth. I generally wear very short running shorts and a tank over my sports bra.
  • bonnielyntwenty
    bonnielyntwenty Posts: 3
    if your comfortable why not!!!....go for it!!....same a a bathing suit top with better support to keep the girls in place!
  • RunFarLiveHappy
    RunFarLiveHappy Posts: 805 Member
    I used to be in decent shape but have always been very very modest. When I gained all this weight I didn't want to show any skin ever because I wasn't comfortable or confident. For the first summer in a very long time I am wearing shorts instead of capris. When I say shorts I mean the itty bitty running shorts too lol. It's scary and liberating to me at the same time. I'm not 100% confident, but I run about 50 miles/week and that's what these running shorts are made for so, here I am.

    Now back to your question: I've always wondered that if when I'm more confident in my body composition if it would be enough to run or workout in my sports bra? For now my answer is I don't know... My modesty is still keeping me from being able to wrap my head around it.

    If YOU are comfortable and confident go ROCK that sports bra! I don't think it's indecent, we go out in public in bathing suits that sometimes don't even cover as much as a sports bra does. I just don't know if I would be able to.

    ETA: home gyms--anything goes lol.
  • jdm_taco
    jdm_taco Posts: 999 Member
    I strongly encourage this behavior.
  • VixenArgentum
    VixenArgentum Posts: 91 Member
    If one wants to compare publicly wearing a sports bra and a real bra, people shouldn't wear swimwear in public because I have underwear with more coverage than the average bikini, lol.

    I run in a sports bra, but only with pants that are higher cut. Nobody needs to see the extra jiggle of my lower stomach. I actually don't wear a shirt because it's just one more thing to get dirty and need washing.

    I live in a college town with many women who do the same thing, so its not out of place or attention drawing.
  • Fithealthyforlife
    Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
    It's what's on the inside that matters...anyone who judges you by the surface of your body or what you're wearing over it/lack of, has issues. Period.
  • Stump_Likker
    Stump_Likker Posts: 2,059 Member
    Nope. I have to wear two at a time.
  • hzliiz
    hzliiz Posts: 166 Member
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    Yup. Florida. Hot.
  • sineadlpb
    sineadlpb Posts: 59 Member
    Yep, whenever it's warm enough (which is not really that often in England, but the weather's been great the last few weeks). The less clothes, the better. Much more comfortable!

    My only issue is that I now have sports bra shaped tan lines :grumble:
  • mlb929
    mlb929 Posts: 1,974 Member
    It was over 80 when I finished my run on Friday at 7:00 Am. I'm of the mindset, I don't care, I'm old, no one is looking, not worried about what others think.
  • dandelyon
    dandelyon Posts: 620 Member
    No. Even if i had the best abs ever. just not my thing. However, I don't think twice about it when I see other women running in their sports bras.
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Hellllll yes!
  • cwaters120
    cwaters120 Posts: 354 Member
    I wouldn't even though I could now since I workout at home. If I were to lay down on the floor, I would get all itchy if I had too much exposed skin. I don't wear shorts for that reason either. If I was running I probably still wouldn't because I am pale pale pale and like to keep my skin as protected as possible. Me and my sensitive skin. If I didn't have the delicate complexion of a queen, I would totally rock a sports bra and some teeny weeny tight shorts!
    This. I like high intensity workouts and I sweat like a pig, need fitted tees to absorb it, or else I'm be standing in a puddle of my own sweat.

    yup. me too :smile: its bad enough running sweat feels like little spiders on me, I don't need to drop into sweat puddles come ab work time :wink:
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    <--- I already do.
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Whatever makes you workout more is the right answer.

    For my personal taste, abs are not required, but not too many extra inches.
  • yaseyuku
    yaseyuku Posts: 871 Member
    I do a lot of the time.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    there is this girl at my gym that i see working out in her sports bra, but over it, she wears a loose tank top/sleeveless t-shirt. you can see the sports bra just enough. soooooo hot.

    sometimes, less is more

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