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Teams of scientists are researching the unique ways that elite sport affects the female body – how breasts alter the way you run, but the right sports bra could give you the edge; how the menstrual cycle could impact performance and what role period trackers could play; and why is there a higher risk of some injuries, and what can be done to avoid them?

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[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Before you all get mad that this is about sports, there's a lot of discussion of the science of women's athletics, such as

It was fitted by Prof Joanna Wakefield-Scurr, from the University of Portsmouth, who proudly goes by the nickname the Bra Professor.

Here are her breast facts:

*Breasts can bounce an average of 11,000 times in a football match

*An average bounce is 8cm (3in) without appropriate support

*They move with up to 5G of force (five times the force of gravity), comparable to the experience of a Formula 1 driver

Laboratory experiments – using motion sensors on the chest – have revealed how a shifting mass of breast tissue alters the movement of the rest of the body, and in turn, sporting performance.

[–] msage@programming.dev 25 points 1 week ago

Now this is the jiggle-physics I can get behind!