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The fitness world can look pretty damn homogenous sometimes. But the truth is, people of all shapes, sizes, and cultural backgrounds care about fitness, and self-identified "fat, femme, queer, former indoor kid" Jenny Bruso wants to make sure they're represented in fitness imagery, too.

Bruso started Unlikely Hikers, a blog and Instagram feed (@unlikelyhikers) that showcases a diverse array of people enjoying the outdoors, after embarking on a life-changing hike in 2012. The hike "revealed a new life trajectory of healing, self-care, and adventure in the outdoors," Bruso wrote on her blog. Though Bruso previously identified as an indoors person, this hike showed her that a world of beauty and fulfillment waited just around the cornerall she had to do was go outside.

Each hiker Bruso features on the Unlikely Hikers Instagram has their own story. Nicaraguan "office tech guy" Myckel Coronado wrote about how hiking helped him develop confidence and trust in himself. Rahawa Haile wrote that the Appalachian Trail thru-hike she went on in 2016 was the "single greatest thing" she's ever done for herself. Hayden, a transgender woman and Minnesota native, talked about how hiking helped her connect with loved ones and feel at peace with her body.

Each Unlikely Hikers post highlights a different narrative, and shows that there really is no one-size-fits-all definition of what a person interested in outdoorsy fitness looks like.

See some photos from Unlikely Hikers below.

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