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FitnessOrganic Instagram Growth

Scaling a faceless fitness brand to 193K followers

We rebuilt BrickBody's Instagram strategy and turned random viral hits into a repeatable growth engine.

BrickBody
  • 3.75M+Instagram views in one month
  • 180K+new followers in 30 days
  • 5.5×more content views
  • +95.6%external link taps
Client
BrickBody, an animated fitness and strength-training brand with a merch store
Industry
Fitness
Platforms
Instagram, YouTube, TikTok
Timeline
May to June (Instagram focus)
BrickBody Reel cover: an animated orange strongman flexing a forearm between two arrows, from the wrist size Reel
BrickBody Reel cover: the animated character showing shoulder muscles for a wider shoulders workout
BrickBody Reel cover: the 50-50-50 workout challenge with the animated strongman
BrickBody Reel cover: push-up variations shown with the animated character
BrickBody Reel cover: how many push-ups, pull-ups and squats make you strong

The challenge

The Challenge.

  1. YouTube content was not performing the same way on Instagram.
  2. Reach was unpredictable: one video hit 3.4M views, the next only 31K.
  3. Views were not turning into followers or store traffic.

Our approach

What We Did.

  • 01

    Instagram-native content

    Re-cut YouTube videos for Reels and added fitness carousels.

  • 02

    Hook testing

    Tested openings on every Reel to find what stops the scroll.

  • 03

    Audience testing

    Used non-follower testing to find the topics the right audience loves.

  • 04

    Community management

    Replied, engaged and turned viewers into followers.

Results

What we grew.

MetricBeforeAfter
Content views676,5113,757,445
Total followers14,203193,729
Follower share of views1.0%13.8%
External link taps1,3752,689
Unique viewers470,9371,827,554
Total views1.1M22M+
Overall views
22M+ total views since we started
Monthly views
First month676K Best month3.75M

Services used

How we did it.

  • Instagram Management
  • Organic Growth Strategy
  • Reels Optimization
  • Carousels
  • Community Management
  • Analytics

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