CHICAGO (WLS) -- The "Big Bodied Baddies" community was created to help women in the Chicago area feel confident when walking into a fitness studio.

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Amanda Campos, founder of Big Bodied Baddies, and Evelyn Brown, instructor and operations manager at BODYBAR Pilates joined ABC7 to discuss the community they built.

Campos said her own experiences inspired her to create the community. She said that in 2017 she found that weightlifting made her feel empowered and confident.

"I really wanted to share that with other people who look like me," she said. "We started with a weekly weightlifting group, which is now twice a week."

Campos collaborated with BODYBAR to introduce more people to reformer pilates.

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