THE RECORD
The record is a sales count, not a view count: 14,000+ paid course orders in 60 days, reported in the studio's own 2020 post (linked below). It came on top of the audience built since 2019, when the studio's founder became the first fitness creator to reach one million followers on Douyin.
THE THINKING
Courses are the purest version of the model: free educational content builds trust at scale, a structured program is the paid step, and the content keeps selling the program after it launches. No ad funnel — the library is the funnel.
THE OUTCOME
The same play now runs for partners: content production → program monetization. The FH5 book-and-program line on this site is the current generation of exactly this case.