**Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before UK lockdown. We're taking all the steps to look after the health and safety of the WELL FAR gang and guests**

Sports bras have so often been the thorn in many runners' side's and it is often regarded as a pain and discomfort that you've just got to put up with. This episode Amy talks to Mari Thomas, founder of Maaree whose background in sports bra testing led to the founding of her (almost) eponymous women's sportswear brand - MAAREE. Over the course of the episode we learn of why ditching the ill fitting sports bras is essential, different supports for different sports and how to find the right fit and how introducing good support being introduced at a younger age in schools could help close the gender play gap. So whether you refer to your browse a rocket launch or repressor, a nipple net or a mammary Mazola, it's time to give some airtime to this essential piece of kit.

Maaree e-book to help you find your right size: 

https://www.maaree.com/pages/free-ebook

3 steps for buying a bra that fits:

1. Try and get measured if you can.

2. When you're bra shopping, always treat the cup size and the under band size as two separate elements. So start with the underband; you want to get it so that it's comfortably tight as it will stretch over time. Equally you don't want it too loose when you first buy it and you don't want it digging into you. So always buy comfortably tight.

3. Once you have the underband measurement, then move onto the cup size. Don't just go straight to your usual size; try going a little bit bigger than before and a little bit smaller than before and see what you feel most comfortable in and look out for the signs to make sure you're not spilling out the top, spilling out the bottom or the side, but also filling the cup.

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