When you're exercising, you want to feel comfortable, supported and ready to face the workout. And wearing the right style of sports bra is crucial. Sports bras not only provide support, they can actually impact your overall performance.

A survey that was carried out in 2021 looked at creating and customising for British, female athletes and it found that wearing the wrong style of sport bra not only gave these athletes pain, it restricted their range of motion, affected their breathing/chest capacity and completely impacted the way or the level to which they could train and perform. This is a small case study and you may be thinking 'How can this relate to me? My workout doesn't compare to an athletes.' But the premise is the same, an ill fitting sports bra is going to affect your workout, doesn't matter whether it's a low impact yoga flow or a Hyrox simulator, you will still experience some issues.

Breast tissue is just that, tissue. It doesn't really have any supporting structures other than connective tissues. This means that when you move, the breast tissue can move independently. But this independent movement is what can cause the damage. Excessive movement can overstretch the tissue and the tissue can't recover from this. Overtime this can cause major damage, breast pain and negatively impact sports performance.

When looking at sports bras, there are a few things you need to think about before deciding which would be the best bra for your activity.

There are three different types of sports bra, each has a different support level and suitable for different types of exercise. A light support