Where you can buy awesome fitness gear sizes 16 and up - and get change from a $50 note.

June 10, 2015

Image via ASOS.

Finding fitness gear that looks great, feels great and offers proper support can be a nightmare — especially when brands don’t offer their styles in your size.

To make life a bit easier, we’ve hunted down some of the best brands that offer a wide range of so-called “plus size” fitness clothing that’s both stylish and comfortable. Oh, and it won’t make your bank account cry, either.

Happy shopping.

Fabletics

Fabletics, the activewear line founded by Kate Hudson, offers a really fun (and affordable) range of activewear for women of all shapes and sizes. Fabletics stocks up to a size 24, and there are so many flattering styles of tops, bottoms and accessories to choose from. You can get a full outfit from fabletics for under $50 – pretty great, huh? Read more and check out all the gorgeous options available here.

Part of the new Fabletics range. Image via Instagram/Fabletics.

ASOS

ASOS is activewear heaven. Most of their ASOS Curve range goes up to a size 30, and the items are all really affordable. And did I mention they look great? Check out a few of The Glow team's favourite fitness ensembles below — and check out the full range here.

Curve sweat pants $35, Curve hoodie $39 and Curve cropped leggings $16.

We love these celebrity quotes about body image. (Post continues after gallery.)

We love these celeb quotes on body image

Lena DunhamAt the 2012 New Yorker Festival, the magazine's TV critic, Emily Nussbaum, asked Lena Dunham, producer, creator and star of the hit HBO show 'Girls' why Dunham is naked in so many scenes.

Dunham responded; "I realised that what was missing in movies for me was the presence of bodies I understood." She said she plans to live until she is 105 and show her thighs every day. Image via @lenadunham

Rebel WilsonThe actress said on Twitter; "I'm not trying to be hot. I'm just trying to be a good actress and entertain people."

Image via @rebelwilson

Adele"The first thing to do is be happy with yourself and appreciate your body - only then should you try to change things about yourself."

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Christina Aguilera"I am always in support of someone who is willing and comfortable in their own skin enough to embrace it," the singer said in a recent interview. Image via @xtina

Alexa ChungChung responded to critics who suggested that her slight frame made her a bad role model for young women, saying:

"Just because I exist in this shape doesn't mean that I'm, like, advocating it." Image via Twitter @alexa_chung

Stella BoonshoftThe NYU student started the amazing Body Love Blog, where she posted this picture of herself and wrote an open letter to those who feel entitled to shame others for the size or look of their bodies. Image via http://thebodyloveblog.tumblr.com"> Body Love Blog

Ashley JuddAfter the March 2012 frenzy around Judd's "puffy face" the actress fought back in 'The Daily Beast', calling the media out for making women's bodies "a source of speculation, ridicule, and invalidation, as if they belong to others". Image via @ashley_judd

Beth DittoThis five-foot-tall, 200-pound singer spoke openly about her weight to 'The Advocate' saying, "I feel sorry ... for people who've had skinny privilege and then have it taken away from them. I have had a lifetime to adjust to seeing how people treat women who aren't their idea of beautiful and therefore aren't their idea of useful, and I had to find ways to become useful to myself." Image via @marybethditto

Lady GagaAfter the media focused on her alleged weight gain in September 2012, Gaga hit back at critics by baring her body in photographs, sharing her struggles with an eating disorder, and inviting her fans to join her in a "body revolution"/ Image via @ladygaga

Missguided

Missguided offers a wide range of on-trend, wallet-friendly fitness clothing, up to size 24. When you can find great bathers, like the ones below, for $24, who could possibly say no? The brand also has lots of different tanks, tops and workout leggings, starting from $12. Check out their full range here.

Missguided halter neck bathers in hibiscus.

Target

News flash: Target has seriously stepped up their game in the fitness clothing department, with a huge range up to a size 26. Tanks, leggings and bike shorts start from just $10, so it is pretty easy to find a full gym outfit for under $50. Check out a few of our favourite below, and see the full range here. Now go sniff out those bargains.

Trackpants $12, Spliced tee $35, Wind resistant jacket $35

Fullbeauty

Fullbeauty stocks everything from shorts, to runners, to beautiful, super stylish tops and coats (like the ones below.) They have more than 300 different brands and loads of flattering options to choose from. Most of the range from Fullbeauty comes in sizes 12-44, and the prices are beyond reasonable. Check out what they have in store here.

Fleece jacket $24.99, mesh tee $29.99, Anorak $34.99

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