This Gym Is Doing Something Incredible With Its Members

Most gym ads feature super-fit men and women in tight workout clothes that show off their perfect figures. But the majority of the people who hit the gym regularly don’t look like that, and one gym owner is celebrating that fact.

Michele Burmaster owns Surf City Fit Club in Huntington Beach, California, and she has a side business creating realistic stock art of people working out. Michele says that she decided to create more relatable photos of people working out after the only pics she could find were unrealistic. Michele’s pics, which are available on  Realbodyfitnessphotos.com, feature men and women doing typical gym stuff like lifting weights and holding kettle bells, but they also include a wide range of ages and people with curves. She shot the photos using volunteers, some of whom work out at her gym.