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Progress tracker stays on screen all video

A viral fitness format on TikTok and Instagram

Keep a numbered menu, scoreboard or row of muscle icons on screen the whole video and tick off each item as it happens.

5

accounts it worked for

11x

median, times their usual

#29

of 79 in fitness

Editing trick

Talking head, Voiceover, Video

Why it works

Viewers can see how many items remain, so they stay to the end. Dorina's checkmark moving across muscle icons, Tulum Trainer's 6-item menu and Casey Kelly's red/green 1-5 scoreboard all rely on this.

Hook formula[Number] [moves/challenges] for [goal], tracked on screen the whole way

How to make it

  1. 1Put the full list, diagram row or numbered bar on screen from second zero
  2. 2Move a checkmark or change a color after each exercise or item
  3. 3Keep the list visible until the last item

Examples

Best first, one per account. Each links to the original post.

  • @tulumtrainer

    1.7M followers, Instagram

    “Jump Training at 47 Looks like This!”

    33x their usual views, talking head, physique

  • @workout_zone34

    2M followers, TikTok

    “WIDER WEAK”

    17x their usual views, voiceover, physique

  • @skeletmotion

    172K followers, TikTok

    “LOWER CHEST MIDDLE CHEST UPPER CHEST”

    11x their usual views, video, physique

  • @fitwithdorina

    20K followers, TikTok

    “5 MOVES FOR STRONG ABS🔥”

    4.1x their usual views, video, physique

  • @caseykellyy

    568K followers, TikTok

    “UNUSED EQUIPMENT CHALLENGE”

    3.9x their usual views, talking head, physique

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How this is measured

  • Every post is compared with its own account's usual reach, not with other accounts. "14x their usual" means the post got 14 times the median views of that account's recent posts.
  • TikTok videos and Instagram Reels are measured on views. Instagram carousels have no view count, so they are measured on likes against the account's usual likes, and say so.
  • A post makes the library at 2x its account's usual or more. A format is a repeatable move (what is said or shown, or how it is edited) that several accounts used in breakout posts. It is listed here once it worked for 3 or more different accounts.
  • Formats rank on how many accounts they worked for and how far above usual, damped so a fluke on one tiny account cannot outrank a format that worked for ten.