Enell Sports Bras founder Renelle Braaten spent time with the team at Under the Big Sky to tell the story of her search for support and comfort.
Under The Big Sky is a new documentary series from the Montana Television Network sharing the incredible stories of people and places in Montana. See clips below:
The story of how Renelle got to Oprah. Spoiler: it involves Drew Barrymore!
We get really excited when publications mention ENELL bras in their stories! Here are a few from the past couple of months that made us do a little (no bounce) shimmy!
InStyle: 10 Brands Serving Up Plus-Size Activewear
"When Ashley Graham endorses a brand, you know it's good! "Enell bras are so supportive. It's like armor if you're a runner. I have one in pretty much every color." Sold."
Hike It Baby: 5 Sports Bras for the Active Woman
"I’m a 44DD and consider it a very supportive bra, great for hitting the trails, chasing busy toddlers or fast-paced urban strolls"
Self Magazine: 40 of the Best Plus-Size Fitness Brands You Need to Know
"Enell’s sports bras provide great support and comfort, while eliminating bounce. The brand offers medium- and high-impact bras in sizes up to 52GG."
Self Magazine: 9 Sports Bras That Plus-Size Athletes Swear By
We appreciate all the love by these publications!
We are really excited to announce the new ENELL Limited Edition - Raspberry Splash! This is the first ever print from ENELL, and we love it's energetic and vibrant aesthetic. This print is available in both the SPORT and the RACER versions.
Like all of our Limited Edition bras, this one has limited quantities. Buy your SPORT or RACER here, or see any of the retailers on the list below.
Please call ahead to determine availability of your size as this is subject to change.
Raspberry Splash SPORT:
Raspberry Splash RACER:
We are thrilled to be able to introduce you to our latest creation: the ENELL RACER bra!
That's right - after many customer requests, and a lot of time on design testing, we're excited to offer a racerback bra.
Every year, ENELL donates 10% of proceeds from the HOPE Pink versions of our ENELL SPORT and ENELL LITE bras to a charity related to breast cancer and women's health. The proceeds donated are from the entire year of sales of those products, but with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we wanted to spotlight where the current years funds are going.
ENELL is proud to sponsor the Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s Mobile Mammography Coach.
About the coach:
"Kalispell Regional Medical Center’s Mobile Mammography Coach reaches women who are unable to come to the on-site imaging center. The mobile unit is helping eliminate barriers by making it faster and more convenient for women in rural Montana to have a screening mammogram, the key to lifesaving early detection of breast cancer. Yearly mammograms are covered by Medicare and most insurance companies."
More information about the Coach can be found here.
To learn more about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to get free resources with information about breast health, visit the National Breast Cancer Foundation website.
We always love seeing our customers wearing their ENELL bras while doing their favorite activities. We've never seen someone working on aerial silks (cirque-style) before in their ENELL so we were excited to see supermodel Ashley Graham doing just that on Instagram:
The ENELL SPORT and LITE bras are both good for aerial work and inversions because they encapsulate and compress the breasts. The higher neckline of the SPORT helps contain the breasts, even when upside down (because we know they may have a tendency to smack you in the face otherwise!) The wide, no-slip straps add an extra layer of security and support. The LITE offers the same encapsulation and no-slip straps, but the cut is slightly lower in the front.
While this is the first spotting of cirque work in ENELL, this isn't the first time we've seen ENELL in the air! Check out our friend CC, who gave aerial yoga a spin in her Bicsay Green ENELL SPORT bra
Prefer to stay on the ground? Here are 5 more types of yoga you could try:
You’ve either fully embraced yoga and have your favorite form, studio, teacher, and asana. Or, you still don’t quite understand the point and steer very clear; except, they are on to something with those pants! Either way, there’s so much more to this practice than meets the eye. Yoga is truly a layer cake that offers a style to suit any practitioner, and once you find what’s right for you, there is an exhaustive list of benefits in store.
Strength, peace of mind, detoxification of organs, and flexibility are just a few ways in which your wellness will improve with yoga, offers up Brendon Payne, a certified yoga teacher who founded Sequel Life Fitness. Further, he says the flexibility shouldn’t be a turn-off either. It’s not a prerequisite for your yoga classes. “Yoga is not based on flexibility. Yoga is most often focused on breath work.”
Whether you’ve been on the mat a while, or are starting to come around to the idea, there are a few yoga styles worth considering, and Payne has outlined those for us. Get the ultimate yoga experience and try each or some of these.
Yin: This may be the style most people think of when they think yoga, suggests Payne, who says Yin is very calming, peaceful, and gentle on the body. It’s ideal for newbies, and can also be very effective for athletes as a recovery method thanks to the slow, lengthy stretches it employs.
Vinyasa: Common on many studio schedules, this is a great style to graduate to once you grasp the basics. This Sanskrit word means connection, defines Payne, who explains that, like most styles, the breath is very important here. “Students practicing this style move with their breath in a very fluid motion. Hence the common nickname Flow Yoga.”
Ashtanga: This style is known for building an intense internal heat with a progressive series of postures that allow you to work up a quick detoxifying sweat, explains Payne. If weight loss or a hearty calorie burn is what you’re after, this may be the class for you.
Bikram: This is the hot yoga that has become quite popular in the U.S., created by Bikram Choudhury. It’s unique in that it consists of a set sequence of 26 postures, that Payne explains “works through the entire body, from the inside out to ensure maximum function of the human body.”
Hatha: Hatha yoga refers to any series of asanas designed to align the body and calls us to focus more on the breath in order to be still in these postures, explains Payne. This style is ideal for those looking to disconnect from stress, reconnect with themselves, or simply rehabilitate worn, tired muscles.
We were thrilled when we were perusing Allure's website and read an article about model Candice Huffine and her running journey. Candice has long talked about body positivity and body positivity in fashion, and is a great encourager of runners of all skills and sizes through her initiative, Project Start. Color us even more surprised to see this:
"Running with breasts—there's a lot to contend with there to figure out what's going to work and keep things in place. I’ve tried a lot and I have to shout from the rooftops, Enell bras are made for bigger chested women. They’re a godsend. When you run as a curvy woman, there are things that are touching each other, skin-on-skin, and you can hurt yourself."
Pardon us while we fangirl!
@enell @Allure_magazine honestly you have changed running for me!!!!!!!! Thank you thank you!
— Candice Huffine (@CandiceHuffine) March 9, 2017
We appreciate Candice giving us a shout-out, and are so glad to hear the ENELL SPORT bra is helping her achieve her running goals. Next up for Candice is the Boston Marathon!
Oh, but first, she has to be on the cover of Vogue Mexico's Beauty Edition:
In Bloom. @CandiceHuffine covers @VogueMexico's #Beauty issue. pic.twitter.com/O7wWdoGu3O
— IMG Models (@IMGmodels) March 29, 2017
To learn more about Candice, her thoughts on body diversity and more about her running life, you can listen to this podcast from Ali on the Run. Follow Candice on Instagram at @candicehuffine.
When supermodel Ashley Graham posts on Instagram, people take notice! With 4 million followers and counting, there isn't any doubt that all eyes are on her.
We were thrilled to see Ashley looking strong and confident in her black ENELL SPORT bra after a workout with husband Justin Ervin and trainer Dawin Peña while in Coachella.
Ashley has long been a vocal champion of ENELL bras - both the SPORT and the LITE. To say we're superfans of her confidence and message of body positivity is an understatement.
Thanks Ashley for sharing!
We’re taught from a young age to love everyone around us. We always talk about it in terms of kindness toward others, though. The reality is that it’s just as important, and maybe even more so, that we extend that kindness unto ourselves.
It’s all too easy to be our own worst enemy. Even with ourselves the bad news gets better ratings! Think of all the ways you doubt, sabotage, and contradict yourself in a day. That’s no way to treat your best friend. We should strive to be our own best friend.
“Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support our physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Self-love is dynamic,” says Deborah Khoshaba Psy.D. at Psychology Today.
When we truly love ourselves, we can better prioritize our own needs and even communicate them to others. We can achieve more independence and less reliance. We’re more apt to set boundaries for ourselves — minded personally and by others. We’re more likely to abandon destructive behaviors that self-sabotage and, instead, develop behaviors that lift us up. We discover more mental and physical energy when we don’t waste our time ignoring the messages our body is sending.
Headaches, sleeplessness, exhaustion, achy muscles, cranky mood, and a heap of other symptoms you may very well be experiencing right now are all ways in which the body cries out for help. It can only endure so much.
Ever argue with a boyfriend or spouse that while their material gifts certainly make you feel appreciated, you feel their love and know it’s real through their actions, words, time, and attention? Your self needs the same.
You can certainly treat yourself with pedicures, flowers, and shopping, but those actions don’t directly contribute to bolstering your self-love.
You can become more mindful - heightening that awareness of self.
You can take care of yourself by letting your body move (call it exercise if you like), eating well, and sleeping well.
You can forgive yourself. Think of the energy you spend punishing yourself for things that are trite or inconsequential, and what that energy could look like when used for good. Recognize your humanness, embrace that it comes with imperfections, and learn from those moments as opposed to letting them lord over you.
And don’t start beating yourself up if you can’t feel the love for yourself a few days from now. If this is especially new to you, like most things it will take time. Give yourself over to one small action. For example, improve your sleep habits before you take on the next action.
At the very least, find some small way to love yourself every single day. Look in the mirror and tell yourself, “You is kind, you is smart, you is important.” And believe it.
Thank you to everyone who shared their photos with us in our UNSHAKABLE Resolve giveaway from January.
We drew two winners at random from all eligible entries. The winners of 1 ENELL SPORT Bra and 1 ENELL LITE Bra are:
Tamra H. of Akron, OH
Charnice W. of Long Grove, IL
Thank you to all who entered!
ENELL Marketing Director Mara Osborne was able to spend the weekend of Janaury 19th with the awesome people of Fleet Feet Sacramento. The occasion? The Great Bra Event!
During the event, over 100 ladies were measured and put into the best sports bras for them.
Are you searching for the correct ENELL size? If ENELL is sold in a store near you, you can call to see if they do fittings. See our store locator here.
Not near a store and need help finding the correct size? We have a video showing how to measure for your perfect size here:
You can take your measurements and then use the handy calculator on this page to find the proper size.
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