Girls, Did you wear a sports bra or your ordinary bra when doing PE at school?

[Bex_2]

We just wore our ordinary bras but I see there's been advice from various sources that schools should specify a sports bra as part of their PE kit.

[SueShe]

I only wore regular bras at school for PE education. Some girls did indeed have sports bras with them and changed into a sports bra when attending PE lessons.

However, I am not really in favor of a sports bra because in many areas, low income families are financially not able to afford to buy different kinds of bras for their children, mainly if they have several girls that have hit puberty.

I personally don't see what difference it makes to a girl whether you have a sports bra or a regular one. A major issue when wearing a bra is of course also breast sizes. If a girl has a AA, A or B cup breasts, then a sports bra is useless and is just an additional burden on the finances of a needy family.

[Bex_2]

I agree with you. I was never more than a B cup when I was at school and never felt uncomfortable doing PE in my normal bra, although there were a few girls who could have done with something more supportive.
The affordability thing is a good point too; there were some families who struggled to buy all the uniform as it was.

[AndreaTwo2]

Sports bras weren't around when I was at school, so we just wore our ordinary ones. Indeed for my first year at secondary school I didn't need a bra at all, so a sports bra would have been pointless!

[Bex_2]

Some of my classmates didn't need a bra when we started at High School although most, but not all, wore something like a cami-top for coverage.

I don't recall anyone changing into a sports bra for PE, although towards the end of our time at school, several girls would have benefitted from one!

[AndreaTwo2]

Cami-tops weren't around back then either, so we went straight from vests (or nothing) to an ordinary bra, so most of us went through that awkward 'pokey' stage when our breasts had started to develop but we hadn't yet got a bra. In a few extreme cases it was our PE teacher who told girls to get their mums to buy them one.

[Bex_2]

Thankfully mum bought me some cami-tops before I got to the 'pokey' stage, but there were one or two who weren't so lucky, so their fledgling boobs were quite noticeable, especially when we were doing PE.

[RavenDarkheart]

I just wore the normal one. Never was in a situation where I felt like it wasn’t ok.

[devilish-cutie]

regular ones, exercises are not that hard so its not that important.

[Anonymous]

My boobs are small so a sports bra did a good job of keeping everything in place and I didn't have to wear my bra I was wearing in school.

[Nikki1989]

Sports bra, but I did anything I could to avoid sports at school.