'Bourgeois' cult of beautiful body grows

A gym membership was once frowned on in Cuba

Inside Armando Yera's gym, toned Cubans in tight spandex are pumping iron in front of mirrored walls and pedaling furiously on stationary bikes, a scene that looks more Miami than Havana.

Yera is one of Cuba's first competitive bodybuilders and part of its budding class of entrepreneurs. Both activities were long frowned on in the country but are slowly gaining space on a changing island.