Weird Sports Bra ?'s

Wearing a 30GG bra size, mine are almost impossible to find, and stupidly expensive. Right now, I only have one. Panache underwire sports bra (costs about $50, which is below average price for bras in that size)... I'm a bad person and only wash it once a week - and I work out six times a week. Oops.

However, I'm losing weight at a rate where I'll be replacing it in two months anyways. When I finally get down to my goal weight I'll probably keep three or four of them and rotate them out.

You're SUPPOSED to hand-wash them :
• Put your sports bras AND regular bras in a tub of warm water mixed with a gentle laundry detergent
• Ignore for 10-15 minutes
• If your bras get especially dirty, rub them gently where they're the most "spoiled"
• If they're really bad, get a soft-bristle toothbrush and gently scrub them where they're dirty.
• Remove water from the tub.
• If bras are padded, gently push against them to force out excess water
• Place bras on a towel, roll up to push out more excess water
• Hang dry

You should be using a lingerie detergent - which is gentle enough that it really doesn't need to be rinsed out. :>

However! I'm lame. I just toss my sports bras (and all other bras... They don't fit anyways) into the washing machine on the handwash cycle, with regular detergent, then hang dry them. Ta-dah!

Where on earth did you find that bra for $50?!?! Mine was like $78!

I gave up bras when I retired. I guess if I ever get fit enough to run, I'll have to reconsider. Meanwhile, this aging hippy is lettin' them hang.

I don't like UnderArmour sports bras; they're ridiculously expensive, they're inflexible and unadjustable, and they don't breathe. Back when I was overweight, I dislocated several ribs wearing one -- no joke. Then after I lost weight, they just didn't fit anymore at all. Out the door they go. There may be some better ones by now, but that relationship is over for me. :grumble:

My favorite so far is a Champion Powersleek. The cotton racerback one isn't bad (and depending on size/color, it's between 6 and 18 bucks on Amazon!), but the normal over-the-shoulder Powersleek is awesome. It fits, it doesn't squish, I can still breathe (and so can my skin), but it pretty much immobilizes the goods. Running is a whole new experience, and I can actually wear the thing all day. All this said, I think I'll dash to Walmart this weekend and pick up one of those cheap plunge numbers; my fave cost me twice that and I only have the one, so would love to have another option.

I've seen a lot of comments about hand-washing the suckers. I don't do that -- I put them in a sweater bag in the washing machine on cold, then hang them to dry. Works. I won't touch the re-wearing issue, except to say that that weird "crystal" deodorant stuff they sell at organic stores actually works wonders at taming sweaty smells. :sick:

Wearing a 30GG bra size, mine are almost impossible to find, and stupidly expensive. Right now, I only have one. Panache underwire sports bra (costs about $50, which is below average price for bras in that size)... I'm a bad person and only wash it once a week - and I work out six times a week. Oops.

However, I'm losing weight at a rate where I'll be replacing it in two months anyways. When I finally get down to my goal weight I'll probably keep three or four of them and rotate them out.

You're SUPPOSED to hand-wash them :
• Put your sports bras AND regular bras in a tub of warm water mixed with a gentle laundry detergent
• Ignore for 10-15 minutes
• If your bras get especially dirty, rub them gently where they're the most "spoiled"
• If they're really bad, get a soft-bristle toothbrush and gently scrub them where they're dirty.
• Remove water from the tub.
• If bras are padded, gently push against them to force out excess water
• Place bras on a towel, roll up to push out more excess water
• Hang dry

You should be using a lingerie detergent - which is gentle enough that it really doesn't need to be rinsed out. :>

However! I'm lame. I just toss my sports bras (and all other bras... They don't fit anyways) into the washing machine on the handwash cycle, with regular detergent, then hang dry them. Ta-dah!

Where on earth did you find that bra for $50?!?! Mine was like $78!

You can find them NWT on eBay for around $50. I found that out when Nordstrom didn't have the pink one in my size for over a month. I used to have 3 panache sports bras, but one of them (from Nordstrom) the wire popped out and then I stupidly ironed on a patch thing and it melted the bra fabric and anytime I wore it, it scratched me and was really uncomfortable.

So now I have 2 of them, and a crappy Walmart bra that lacks support and doesn't fit properly (since they don't sell 34H bras. There) that I wear less often. I made the mistake of rewearing a sports bra without washing it and got 4 huge pimples under my boob.