Question for us ladies
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Lol I hate bra straps!I fixed the problem with crop top style bras with the wider straps,I still have a couple thin strapped for occasions of strappy tops but for the yard always my crop top style even with strappy tips!the ones I have were from matalan and they have a padded cup and support,very comfy i don't even know I'm wearing it.
No, I don't have a problem with the straps. I don't go mad for my bp but feel a lot safer in it, specially in spring and when she's been off work lol! I do find it gives me support though which is nice.
If your bra straps are moving around, I would suggest that either your bra or your BP doesn't fit properly. I wear my BP everytime I ride, and I never had that problem. I always make sure I get my bras properly fitted as I need proper support for them!! If you are happy your bra fits well, perhaps try another type with thicker straps?
With all the will in the world, I do have this problem, although not with sports bra, more likely with normal bras every now and then if I go to the field straight from work and have to lug stuff around. Sometimes gravity can't be defied with even the best bra!
I'd get yourself a sports bra with racer straps, or as a quick fix, take a hair band and grab both of your bra straps on your back together and put the hairband round both straps and loop through to tie a knot. Keeps them together and they won't fall down :wink:
I'd maybe suggest your straps are too long if putting your bp on is making them slip down.
I'd get yourself a sports bra with racer straps, or as a quick fix, take a hair band and grab both of your bra straps on your back together and put the hairband round both straps and loop through to tie a knot. Keeps them together and they won't fall down :wink:
I'd maybe suggest your straps are too long if putting your bp on is making them slip down.
I get this with some bras. My current ones are ok. I tend to find the 'plunge' bras are worse like 'Wondabra' etc.
Get yourself a sports bra with wide integral shoulders. Most big department stores do them and I think M & S have a range.
Mountain Horse and Equitech do them as well.
I am having a 'knickers' issue atm but I am too embarrassed to talk about it:giggle: I have just ordered some Equitech ones, they are a bit pricy but worth a try for some comfort lol
Get yourself a sports bra with wide integral shoulders. Most big department stores do them and I think M & S have a range.
Mountain Horse and Equitech do them as well.
I am having a 'knickers' issue atm but I am too embarrassed to talk about it:giggle: I have just ordered some Equitech ones, they are a bit pricy but worth a try for some comfort lol
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Lol, can't be as bad as a few years ago when I went hacking in a silly pair of lacey knickers, which became unbearable about half way through.......:tongue::frown::redface: Never again, tis big pants all the way. I think the reason I had them on was cos I was wearing quite light coloured jodhs and wanted to make sure nothing showed that shouldn't - think vpl etc. Oh dear.
Please dont stop wearing a bra New Forest.
The girl who hacked with me many years and encouraged me because I was the same age as her Mum, a girl without whom I guess I might never have learned to ride, took me to task and said I absolutely must start wearing a good sports bra every time I rode. Even though I wore a body protector and imagined that supported me.
She told me the breast tissue would be damaged by the cantering - and if that is true for an old bag like me, it must be true for you. I had already had a breast cancer scare.
Ever since, I have ridden in shock absorber bras. Mine have wider straps than a dressy bra and dont slip. But you need to shop around for something that fits you as it will vary from person to person. In fact I wear them all the time, unless I am going out in the evening as they are comfortable and I dont need to change when I go riding.
She told me other things too. Really looked after me.
The girl who hacked with me many years and encouraged me because I was the same age as her Mum, a girl without whom I guess I might never have learned to ride, took me to task and said I absolutely must start wearing a good sports bra every time I rode. Even though I wore a body protector and imagined that supported me.
She told me the breast tissue would be damaged by the cantering - and if that is true for an old bag like me, it must be true for you. I had already had a breast cancer scare.
Ever since, I have ridden in shock absorber bras. Mine have wider straps than a dressy bra and dont slip. But you need to shop around for something that fits you as it will vary from person to person. In fact I wear them all the time, unless I am going out in the evening as they are comfortable and I dont need to change when I go riding.
She told me other things too. Really looked after me.
I don't have enough boob for this to be an issue tbh :redface: But they say about 80% of women wear the wrong size bra so I think it's worth getting properly fitted. My left strap slides off my shoulder sometimes when I ride but that's only when I'm wonky!
Sometimes one shoulder strap digs in, but thats because i have wonky boobs!,
Like Tina ha I do suffer in the knicker department sometimes
Like Tina ha I do suffer in the knicker department sometimes
My bra straps slip down my shoulders but that is because I really don't need a bra and I don't do the straps up tight enough!!!
If I go to the yard straight from the gym I will leave my gym top on underneath a clean T-Shirt (it has normally dried out a bit by then) no chance of moving with them on.
My BP is a great bra but I have schooled many times with no bra on all is OK until sitting trot:yellowcarded::giggle:
If I go to the yard straight from the gym I will leave my gym top on underneath a clean T-Shirt (it has normally dried out a bit by then) no chance of moving with them on.
My BP is a great bra but I have schooled many times with no bra on all is OK until sitting trot:yellowcarded::giggle:
My sports bra dosnt shift, and nor does anything in it, even in the bounciest rsing trot.
But it is made from iron girders, by a Russian welder, who has had a bra described to him, but never actually seen one. :wink:
But it is made from iron girders, by a Russian welder, who has had a bra described to him, but never actually seen one. :wink:
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I'm quite dinky but am fairly "curvy" :wink: but the big problem I have is that my shoulders are really small so if the bra fits my back and chest, the shoulders usually don't adjust to be small enough. I recently had to go shopping for a sports bra as I got back into running, and the difference has been amazing! Can highly recommend a well fitted one to ride in.
Gawd, you're a lucky bunch if you don't need one, or feel happy riding in just a sports bra. I wear two sports bras and my body protector and only then do I feel like they don't move.
I'm also embarrassed to say that I had a new one delivered to my parents' address (always someone there to sign for stuff) and my mum was having a look at it when my dad came in and asked what the new rucksack was for. I almost died.
I'm also embarrassed to say that I had a new one delivered to my parents' address (always someone there to sign for stuff) and my mum was having a look at it when my dad came in and asked what the new rucksack was for. I almost died.
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