Getting fitness tips on social media can be harmful but it doesn’t have to be [Video]

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Tripods and cameras are scattered between the weights and benches in a Mississauga gym. It’s common to find fitness influencers at First Health Club — recording videos of themselves pumping iron to post on social media. 

Among them is Chelsey Berestecki, 25, a young mom who only started posting fitness content on TikTok and Instagram a few months ago, after years of consuming such content while she tried to lose weight. 

“When I had my son in 2017, I gained a lot of weight with the pregnancy. I was 260 pounds,” she said. “Over the past four years, I’ve lost over 100 pounds.” 

“I would look at TikTok influencers in the fitness industry and kind of …