Gadgets and Gear
Bras With No Blah’s!
Gotta keep the girls happy. And these days it’s so much easier than ‘the olden days’! I actually ran track and played field hockey in high school while wearing a regular old blah bra. The biggest problem was keeping the straps from falling off my shoulders…oh, and the incredible lack of support. In college, my roommate used to laugh at me for the number of bras I would wear to track practice. I give myself high marks for figuring out my own darn way to keep the girls stabilized!
These days, thanks to a number of awesome companies led by women who actually ‘get’ it, there are many, many fabulous options. My all-time favorite is The Frog Bra from Title Nine for the no-bounce effect. I also really like the CW-X Sports Bra for a less flattened look…although getting it off after a long, sweaty run is an exercise itself! I have also heard amazing things about the this Donna Karen bra, which will be my next sports bra purchase.
And if you are going for a long run, no matter what bra you are wearing, I highly recommend Body Glide under hot spots where bras can rub over the many miles. I swear by the stuff.
Here’s to happy girls!!
Flying with Fins
I do love a good swim workout…but I mostly love a great sprint swim workout - with fins! There is nothing as fun as putting on fins and flying from one side of the pool to the other. Your arms can hardly keep up with your legs and, despite the fact that your lungs are searing and on the verge of exploding, you keep going.
Why? Because it’s FUN! And fast! And I love fast. Well, my body loves fast. Long and slow, not so much. I am a Fast Twitch muscle kind of gal and I love it. And while I love all of my many friends who are Slow Twitch gals, I’ll never, ever be able to run the kind of marathon they can, or swim the kinds of distance they can.
Back to those fins…they make the short and fast 25’s and 50’s super-speedy and fun. And they make the distance swims fun too, since no matter how fast you are going regularly, you’re going to go a whole lot faster with fins on.
So give em a try the next time you get to the pool. I have my own Zoomers, which are short fins and great for strengthening your legs and giving you an added speed boost. But the really fun ones, the ones you’ll find in the equipment room next to any Masters workout pool are the long blade babies that make you fly!
Loran Wyman
is CEO and Founder
of Snug Bug Bag -
a Mompreneur based business
creating warm, hip and functional
fleece stroller/jogger blankets
