Fitness & wellness: wearing plus-size period underwear during exercise
Continuing your fitness routine during your period—is it a good idea? Yes! But you still need the energy, motivation, and comfortable, reliable period underwear.
Fatigue, cravings, and low spirits can make working out especially tough during your period. It’s not always easy to get motivated when your period is particularly tiring or heavy.
For a proper fitness session, you need the right gear. A mat, dumbbells, resistance bands, good workout clothes, and also a hygienic protection that’s reliable, discreet, and absorbent.
Louloucup offers plus-size period underwear so you can work out with no dampness or leaks, staying in control and at ease! So go for it—no more excuses to skip your workout!
Exercise during your period: benefits and misconceptions
Before introducing our perfect plus-size period panties for sports, let’s talk about sports, fitness, and periods.
Fitness: the perfect sport to feel good in your body!
Strength training, core work, cardio, back, chest, abs, thighs, glutes, legs, shoulders, torso—fitness is a super comprehensive and accessible sport for everyone! Since lockdown, many online fitness programs have become available. Over several weeks, these beginner or advanced programs guarantee a total body transformation.
Fitness helps you tone up and slim down while building muscle. You develop your muscles and get leaner at the same time! It’s perfect: alternate between targeted or full-body strength training exercises and cardio sessions to get your heart rate up and burn calories. Fitness requires little equipment, little time, and is easy to do at home!
Leggings, a sports bra, and you’re good to go! But can you work out while on your period?
Myth about exercising during your period
Is exercise not recommended during your period? Some myths are hard to shake! People say you shouldn’t exercise or swim. Nothing could be further from the truth—it’s all about how you feel, your energy level, and what you want to do. Every woman’s body is unique, and no two people are the same! It’s neither dangerous nor off-limits.
The benefits of exercise during your period
In fact, engaging in physical activity during your period is actually recommended. Exercising has several benefits: it can help relieve menstrual cramps, relax your body and muscles, and boost your mood and energy. Active women tend to have fewer painful cramps and generally feel better overall—less moody, less irritable. In short, your period doesn’t have to be an uncomfortable or gloomy time anymore.
By the way, exercise also helps relieve PMS symptoms!
The perfect plus-size period underwear for fitness
Let’s talk about the key factors in choosing plus-size period underwear for a successful fitness session. Comfort, discretion, absorption—let’s discuss it all openly!
A comfortable plus-size period panty
When you work out, you expect your period underwear to be comfortable. Soft, well-cut, secure, doesn’t shift with movement, and doesn’t ride up! In short, you want comfort—and you’re absolutely right!
What should you look for before buying? For guaranteed comfort, go for especially soft, breathable, and skin-friendly fabrics like organic cotton.
Discreet plus-size period underwear
Whether you work out at home, at the gym, or in a club, appearance matters. Always opt for discreet period underwear, seamless or even invisible. Sports leggings or pants are usually fitted or very fitted. It’s more graceful and elegant to wear underwear that doesn’t show lines. That way, you’ll feel comfortable in your outfit, feel pretty, and most importantly, confident! What should you look for before buying? If you want something discreet, go for lycra styles with flat seams or seamless, second-skin effect models!
Reliable and absorbent plus-size period underwear
During your workout, you move your body, stretch your limbs, and sweat. In short, you absolutely need to trust your period underwear. To feel completely calm and worry-free, with no fear of leaks or stains, you should choose highly absorbent period panties with a wide and effective absorbent layer.
What should you check before buying? For a worry-free fitness session, make sure the pad—the absorbent fabric sewn into the panties that holds your flow—extends well to both the front and back.
Your movements and stretches during your workout will spread your flow throughout your panties. So you need reliable absorption (make sure the absorbency matches your flow) and, most importantly, wide coverage!
The Louloucup Plus-Size Menstrual Panty Collection
This brand new Louloucup period underwear collection, launched in January 2024, features several styles available in sizes 44, 45, 48, 50, and up! Great news for all women and all body types! For safe and comfortable workouts, we especially recommend:
- the Liv heavy-flow plus-size period underwear. This seamless black period panty is super soft and ultra-discreet, capturing a very heavy flow while staying invisible under sports leggings!
- the Gaby medium flow plus size period panties. These black period panties are seamless for a second-skin feel and are completely invisible under shorts or pants.
You’ll also find all our other plus-size period panties for heavy and normal flow:
- the Clara underwear, a black lace high-waisted panty that provides support and absorbs even the heaviest flows,
- the Mathilde underwear, a black shorty-style piece for very heavy menstrual flow,
- The Fanny underwear, with its polka dot mesh, perfectly captures heavy flow.
- The Jade underwear, girly, liberty, and floral, handles very heavy flows remarkably well.
- the Margot underwear, a beautiful and lightweight black lace panty for medium flow,
- the Ella underwear, black and discreet, this feminine panty is ideal for light to medium flows,
- and the Lily underwear, blue, simple, and comfortable for medium flow.
All these plus-size period panties are available in XXL, XXXL, XXXXL, and XXXXXL. You also get the benefits of Louloucup: fair pricing, custom and budget-friendly panty packs, free delivery, and customer service always at your disposal!
