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Started by Turtle, October 07, 2010, 07:23:00 AM

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Turtle

I wear a binder when I'm out of the house, and at the moment I change into an ordinary sports bra for exercising in the gym. I will soon be changing my name and presenting as male as much as possible, and want to ditch the sports bra. There's no way I'd be able to exercise with my normal binder on (all that nylon combined with all that sweat and trying to get a good full lungful of air when doing cardio...forget it). Any ideas for products that work to bind sufficiently in the gym, without killing me? I don't have to be perfectly flat in the gym, just enough, if that makes sense? I am a D-cup (UK) and wear a medium Underworks binder. All advice accepted!
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emil

well one thing you gotta keep in mind is that the tighter a binder is, the less suitable it is for sports.

underworks binders are usually worst because they are long, even the tritop is rather long and so is the binding area of the 988, and hence they constrict your ribcage more than they'd have to. a binder you wear to the gym should be as short as possible. now there's two ways to achieve that: you can cut a regular underworks binder down to the length you really need. this only works with underworks or DANAE binders because the material can be cut in any place without losing shape and binding power.
or you can buy a shorter binder. i put up a list of short binders and comfort in some other thread, i guess it must have been the "the most comfortable binder ever" or the "binders and comfort" thread. but i created that list based on overall comfort, not so much on whether they constrict your lungs or not.
long story short, i would go with either this one:
http://www.lesloveboat.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=52_56&products_id=202 
....which is super-comfortable, but get a size smaller maybe, because i got mine the correct size and had it let in at the seams. i can take full lungs of breath with it, it doesn't cut in at all, the material is super-soft. this is not the thinnest binder though, but it's supposedly breathable. it's the binder i would most likely go to the gym with but it probably won't get you super flat.

or this one:
http://www.lesloveboat.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=21_34&products_id=39
this binder has velcro on one side so you can adjust it so you can take full breaths. it quite breathable and it binds really really well, so if you're looking for a binder that also does the job outside the gym, this is probably the one to go with. it's also short enough not to compress more of your ribcage than necessary. the outside is cotton, which i actually prefer since it won't trap sweat the way synthetic fibers do.
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Robert Scott

I work out in my underworks binder ... I never go in public without it on. 

Could you double up on sports bras?  I heard the frog bra is good too.
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ilanthefirst

I just wanted to second the recommendation of the Frog Bra: http://www.titlenine.com/product/310900.do.  I'm also a D/DD cup, and while it doesn't get me totally flat (and really, I'm not sure anything will), it'd take a lot of staring to tell if you're not wearing tight T-shirts, and the back does not look like a bra as much as an undershirt.  If you want one and turn out to need a Medium, I have a spare that's the wrong size for me that I'd sell it for $10+shipping.
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