Miami (CNN) — Waves gently lap at the shore. Palm trees rustle in the breeze. A boat drifts by. For those who like to work out, there’s no better place. This is one of Miami’s new outdoor gyms.

Miami — known for its lively nightlife, tanned skin and tiny clothing — was slapped with a big, pudgy curve ball in 2009, when Men’s Fitness magazine named it the fattest city in America.

“I thought we’d be prettiest city in America,” said Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. “And interestingly enough, we didn’t come in second or third, we came in the fattest city in America. And I just wanted to change that image.”

 

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