Don’t Underestimate the Jiggle Factor
“Wear loose clothing” is typically the instruction given to people who participate in a workout class. For plus size women this is no challenge. You are accustomed to loose clothing and might seek it out when engaging in a fitness program. However, this is not the best option for you.
Depending on your shape, doing swift movement will cause the weight of your physique to move excessively with the demands of inertia and gravity. This can cause a lot of stress on the connective tissues, not to mention a great deal of discomfort which will result in your inhibiting your movement. Also, the bulk of oversize workout clothing will get in your way.
Form fitting (not tight) clothing will be amore comfort conscious choice for you. Spandex is a better option than sweatpants and oversized t-shirts. I cannot stress enough that a good fitting bra designed for fitness is critical.
If you cannot find good, functional workout clothes in conventional stores, you can find them on the web. I have begun using a great passive search tool: Google Web Alerts. For those of you to whom this is old news, you can skip what’s next. You probably text and have an iPhone, too. I am a baby boomer - a little bit tech savvy, but always playing catch up to my neighbor’s 9 year-old.
Setting up Google Alerts is very simple.
1. Go to google.com
2. In the upper left, above their logo, you will see a menu bar, Images, Maps, News, Shopping, Gmail, more. Click on “more” and a drop down menu will open.
3. At the bottom, click on “even more.”
4. The first search choice on the left is Alerts.
5. Click on Alerts and you will be able to Create a Google Alert.
6. In Search Items have typed Plus Size Fitness.
7. In Type, open the drop down menu and select Web and Blog. I have found that the other choices flood of articles and ads promoting gastric bypass, weight loss “miracles” or combinations of the words plus, size, and fitness which have nothing to do with what you are looking for.
8. You can set the parameters for how often you want the news to your preference. It comes automatically to your email address.
In this past week, I got helpful links for plus size swimsuits, fitness books for plus size women (Real Fitness for Real Women) and discount plus size fitness apparel. I would have had to poke around on the web for a long time to find the same information.
The right fitness clothing is an important component to your fitness equipment. When you can move with confidence you will feel confident.