The story revolves around Frankie, a fitness influencer who gains popularity by pretending to have achieved an impressive weight loss and bench press. She charges clients $99 a month for a personalized coaching program, which is actually just automated responses. Her boyfriend, Warren, discovers her scheme and tries to convince her to stop, but Frankie is too invested in her newfound wealth and fame.
As Frankie's popularity grows, so do the suspicions of her followers. One of her clients, Taylor, meets Frankie in person and discovers that she is not what she seems. Taylor shares her own story of struggling with body image and how Frankie's program led to her hospitalization.
Frankie tries to prove her critics wrong by doing a live stream where she claims to bench press 315 pounds, but it's revealed that she is using fake weights. Her reputation is ruined, and she loses her followers and her boyfriend.
The story concludes with Taylor starting her own YouTube channel, where she promotes body positivity and honesty in the fitness industry. She gains a large following and is able to spread a positive message to her audience.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, numbered for reference:
1. The narrator's goal is to bench 315 pounds.
2. The narrator was previously able to bench 135 pounds.
3. A character named Frankie is a fitness influencer who claims to have gone from benching 135 to 315 pounds in two months.
4. Frankie uses fake weights and photoshops her pictures.
5. Frankie has a boyfriend named Warren.
6. Warren is unhappy with Frankie's deception and wants her to be honest with her followers.
7. Frankie's followers begin to question her authenticity after a YouTuber calls her out for photoshopping her pictures.
8. Frankie does a live stream to try and prove her critics wrong.
9. During the live stream, a woman named Taylor reveals that she was a client of Frankie's and ended up in the hospital due to Frankie's intense program.
10. Taylor starts her own YouTube channel to Vlog her honest fitness journey and promote body positivity.
11. Taylor's video gets over a million views.
12. Frankie and Warren break up.
Note that some of the text is in a format that is difficult to read, but I have tried to extract the most relevant and factual information.