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Lose weight without losing breast size

Every woman is aware of the disturbing fact that when you lose weight after rigorous workouts, you also lose your breast size. This happens because breasts are primarily made of fat (adipose tissues) and just like you lose fat from the rest of your body, you lose some size there too. But this is no reason to stay away from getting the perfect workout body. We bring to you ways you can ensure a leaner body without compromising on your bust size. For the uninitiated, the idea is to build up pectoral muscles, which lie right underneath the bust.

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Strengthen you pectoral muscles

Pectoral muscles or also referred to as pecs are the muscles that connect our chest with upper arms and shoulders. As breasts are located on top of the pectoral muscles, strengthening these muscles help in getting toned and firmer breasts.

Performing chest exercises makes your pectoral muscles stronger. The more pectoral muscles you gain, the more you’re likely to get fuller and firmer breasts. Do exercises such as incline bench presses, push-ups, decline presses and flyes that target your upper, middle, lower and inner chest.

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Focus on strength training

When you lose weight, you tend to lose fat from your breast area. If you are doing cardio regularly, you will lose both muscles and fat from your breasts. It is important that you must focus on strength training which in turn builds chest muscles. This will help in maintaining perfect breast size.

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Performing strength training effectively

Performing strength training using light weights, may not give you the desired results. So, avoid using 2 or 3 kgs dumbbells when you do weight training. If you want to maintain your breast size while losing weight, lift heavier weights. But perform these exercises under expert supervision.

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Push-ups are beneficial

For optimum results, pectoral exercises should be done in proper form. For push-ups, lie on your stomach with your hands slightly more than shoulder-width apart and feet together. Push yourself up until your arms are fully extended and lift your hips to form a straight line from your shoulders to heels. Lower yourself slowly by bending your elbows. Come back to the original position. Push yourself back up steadily and repeat the sets.

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Wall push--ups

Just like push-ups, you have to use a wall instead of the floor. Place both your feet away from the wall and lay your palms on the wall. Bend your arms and push yourself against the wall. This exercise helps in strengthening the pectoral muscles, thus maintaining breast size.

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Chest dips

This is the best exercise to strengthen your chest muscles as well as your triceps. Use a bench or the edge of a chair to do this exercise. You can also squat down on the floor with your knees pointed up and your palms on the floor, behind you. Lower yourself down by bending your elbows and push yourself up again before you touch the ground.

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Dumbbell chest presses

This is another exercise that helps in creating stronger pec muscles and breast tissues. Use dumbbells you can comfortably lift and initially go for three sets (8 - 12 reps). As you get stronger, increase the number of reps per set. Lie on your back on an incline bench and hold the weights at your sides. Lift the weights over your chest, straightening your arms, so that the two ends of the weights touch each other. Slowly lower the weights down and repeat the sets.

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Isometric chest contractions

Isometric chest contractions are good for boosting the size of chest muscles. For this exercise, all you need is a hand towel. You can perform this exercise at least three times a week for best results. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, hold the hand towel in front of your chest with both arms stretched out. Pull both sides of the towel at the same time, contracting your chest muscles. Continue pulling towel for three minutes. You may go for 8 to 10 sets initially.

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The right kind of sport bra

Choosing the right kind of sports bra is essential for your workout regime. There are chances that you may choose sports bra of the wrong size. This can result in breast pain, sagging and even harming breast tissues. Damaging breast tissues may impact the growth of pectoral muscles, resulting reduction in breast size.

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Your eating habits

Needless to say, reducing calorie intake helps in dropping extra kilos. Balance your diet and opt for foods that help in increasing estrogen and phytoestrogen levels. You may include flax seeds, soy yogurt, soybeans, soymilk, sesame seeds, pumpkin, chickpeas, and red beans. However, avoid taking estrogen supplements to increase breast size.

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Verdict

Trying to lose weight too quickly may drastically impact your bust size. Also warming up before doing any chest exercise plays an important role to get an ideal breast size.

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