3 Ways to DIY a Sports Bra When You Can't Find Yours

By A Mystery Man Writer

Has this ever happened to you? You've got the time and the motivation to get up and work out, but you can't find your sports bra. This is, sadly, a very regular occurrence for me. No matter how organized I think I am about getting all my sports bras into one place, none of them are actually in that place when I go to look for them, minutes before heading to the gym or out on a run. It happened—again!—this weekend. The sports bra was nowhere to be found, and I'm not the kind of exerciser who's happy going without. So instead of skipping the run, I improvised. I found a semi-stretchy, mostly Spandex tank top at the back of a drawer, and folded it in half, upward (I figured the doubling of stretchy fabric would provide some extra support), and pinned it. Perfect? No—it didn't wick away sweat like a real sports bra, and things were a bit, er, jigglier than I might have preferred. But it passed! Another possible sports bra stand-in: a bathing suit top. Not a string bikini, of course, but if you have a two-piece sporty swimsuit that's more for swimming than for sunning, it
Has this ever happened to you? You've got the time and the motivation to get up and work out, but you can't find your sports bra. This is, sadly, a very regular occurrence for me. No matter how organized I think I am about getting all my sports bras into one place, none of them are actually in that place when I go to look for them, minutes before heading to the gym or out on a run. It happened—again!—this weekend. The sports bra was nowhere to be found, and I'm not the kind of exerciser who's happy going without. So instead of skipping the run, I improvised. I found a semi-stretchy, mostly Spandex tank top at the back of a drawer, and folded it in half, upward (I figured the doubling of stretchy fabric would provide some extra support), and pinned it. Perfect? No—it didn't wick away sweat like a real sports bra, and things were a bit, er, jigglier than I might have preferred. But it passed! Another possible sports bra stand-in: a bathing suit top. Not a string bikini, of course, but if you have a two-piece sporty swimsuit that's more for swimming than for sunning, it