Bouncy, Bouncy, Bouncy
Winter’s just around the corner, and here in Kansas that means we’ll be mostly house-bound for the next couple of months. I’m far too cold-sensitive to consider daily walks when the temps are below 50, so I’ve been thinking of ways to continue getting exercise even once the chill sets in.
I’d love a treadmill, but they cost so much money, and there’s just not space for one in our family room — the one place where I’d be most likely to use it since I could also watch TV.
So, I’ve been thinking of getting a mini-trampoline or a “rebounder” as some people call them. I know my son would love it. He’s a jumper — as in, from the top of the stairs or kitchen table — and is far too familiar with Mom telling him to knock it off. Being able to jump on a trampoline indoors, much less being actually encouraged to do so? He’d be ecstatic!
There’s only one problem as far as I’m concerned. OK, make that two: boobs. They bounce. This, my husband assures me, is a good thing. (Not surprisingly, he likes the idea of a mini-trampoline, too.) But the discomfort, if not downright pain, of jiggling all over the place — and particularly in the chest area — definitely makes the thought of such exercise a little less appealing.
Lots of people suggest wearing two sports bras at a time to minimize the bounce. Since struggling into one sports bra is almost an aerobic exercise itself, I’ve yet to actually try shrugging into two.
What are your suggestions for minimizing the bounce? Does it bother you at all when you exercise?
UPDATE: The comments themselves weren’t enough to assure me that other women suffer the same problem, regardless of cup-size. Apparently, the NY Times thinks it’s a problem, too: their article about the very same topic says that breasts move in — get this — a figure 8 while we exercise. No wonder they hurt so much!
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Comment by Margi
November 15, 2007 @ 12:02 pm #
I’ve never had very much in the boobie department, so it’s never really bothered me. Suddenly, I’m back to a C-cup and I DO need them.
I suggest Champion Sports Apparel. Champion.
Their bras are a little pricey BUT they do often have sales and they RATE them by the amount of ‘control.’
Does the trampoline work as well as a treadmill? Mister Cheapskate Scotsman could be talked into THAT.
Comment by Margi
November 15, 2007 @ 12:02 pm #
Err,
Champion?
Comment by Chubby Mommy
November 15, 2007 @ 12:05 pm #
I don’t know that it works as well, but it does provide no-impact aerobic exercise.
There’s some research which also indicates that rebounding increases bone density. Based on research I cited in an earlier post about the possible link between that and increased metabolism, there might be some extra benefits to bouncing on a trampoline that walking on a treadmill can’t provide.
Also, holistic practitioners believe rebounding helps the lymph system and thus would have some immune-boosting benefits.
Comment by Chelle
November 15, 2007 @ 1:11 pm #
I have a girlfriend who was a truck driver, who is quite well-endowed. She would be in pain after driving for hours at a time from the bouncing of the truck. She started wrapping herself with an ace bandage, they stretch and you can adjust the bandage to make you comfortable.
Comment by Chubby Mommy
November 15, 2007 @ 1:32 pm #
They’re a lot cheaper than sports bras, too!
Comment by wg
November 15, 2007 @ 5:43 pm #
When Red complains about that (with reason), I always offer the use of my hands for support. You know, for that whole team effort thing.
Comment by Chubby Mommy
November 15, 2007 @ 5:52 pm #
Yeah, VH makes a similar offer. Does Red try smacking you for being such a letch?
Comment by Margi
November 15, 2007 @ 5:53 pm #
That wg. Such a “giver.” LOLLL
Comment by wg
November 15, 2007 @ 7:56 pm #
Does Red try smacking you for being such a letch?
“Try” is not a word in her vocabulary, which is why I’m never stupid enough to make the offer while I’m within reach. She’s a 50/50% Norwegian/German ethnic descent, which means I’m screwed by land or by sea, and she’s a redhead, which means I wouldn’t have a prayer anyway. (Just ask her, and she’ll tell you.)
Since if you go back far enough, half my family’s of French descent, I do the honorable thing and surrender while trying to circumvent efforts at sanctions. Thus far, my breast..er…best efforts have not totally gone unrewarded, and I can occasionally enjoy my supportive-husband role.
Comment by Chubby Mommy
November 15, 2007 @ 8:06 pm #
The Nords vs. the French all over again, eh?
Comment by Trish
November 16, 2007 @ 3:07 pm #
I wear a regular bra and a sports bar together. My D36s barely move except when doing burpees which I feel is an exercise designed to give big chested girls nice black eyes.
Comment by wg
November 16, 2007 @ 6:21 pm #
The Nords vs. the French all over again, eh?
Precisely. Plus, my ancestors were Huguenot heretics, so there’s that to consider as well. Red says I just like being plundered, and I can’t say I disagree.
Actually, in all seriousness, Red (38D) says that Margi is right - Champion sports bras are the very thing. She does yoga, weights, and stretching, and she’s found a way of modifying situps into a sort of crunch using the bed.
Comment by Chubby Mommy
November 16, 2007 @ 6:51 pm #
I actually do have a Champion in the drawer, as I discovered earlier today. Unfortunately, VH seems to have washed it in the warm cycle.
Bad VH.
Thing shrank.
Or else I grew.
Not saying.
Comment by workout mommy
November 16, 2007 @ 9:43 pm #
Try Title 9 Sports. They have some excellent sports bras that are made for larger chests.
I’m nursing right now, so mine are absolutely ginormous. Therefore, I choose to “double bag” them! It helps keep them at bay!
Comment by JanB
November 25, 2007 @ 6:42 pm #
I bought a great Nordic Track treadmill for about 700 dollars from sears. I have put 800 miles on it just since April. I love it. I would never go to a gym even if I had a membership and this piece of equipment never causes me to become injured. I love it. My muscles all over my body are so strong and tight and it’s all from walking. I wish I had known about this years ago. But I guess getting fit and thin happens when a person is ready and I wasn’t ready until recently to start really working on me.
Comment by Chubby Mommy
November 25, 2007 @ 6:55 pm #
I’d love, love, love to get a treadmill, but I really don’t know where I’d put it.
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