Sports bra

[1] Many women wear sports bras to reduce pain and physical discomfort caused by breast movement during exercise.

Both Lindahl and her sister, Victoria Woodrow, complained about their bad experience exercising in ordinary bras, having experienced runaway straps, chafing and sore breasts.

[4] In the costume shop of Royall Tyler Theatre at the University of Vermont, Lindahl and Smith actually sewed two jockstraps together and nicknamed it a "jockbra".

Sought out by bra manufacturers for her expertise, she advocated wide bottom bands for extra support and firm straps that minimized breasts bounce.

Renelle Braaten, a Montana hairdresser, struggled to contain her DD-sized breasts while playing racquetball and volleyball.

Unable to interest mainstream bra manufacturers, she collaborated with freelance apparel designer Heidi Fisk, and founded Enell Incorporated.

[6] In 1999, at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final in Pasadena, California, after scoring the fifth kick in the penalty shootout to give the United States the win over China in the final game, Brandi Chastain celebrated by spontaneously taking off her jersey and falling to her knees in a sports bra.

Sports bras are also manufactured for men with large breasts to enable them to take part more comfortably in physical activity.

Standard well-fitting bras are constructed in the form of a "square frame", with all dimensions adjusted for each woman in a normal standing position, with arms to the sides.

[13] All of the women in the United Kingdom's 2020 Olympic team were fitted with custom bras to deliver comfort and benefit.

Women rowers were offered different designs to runners because the latter suffered higher impacts and this necessitated individual support for each breast.