Exercising Demons – Franklin is a Strangers and Freaks Mission (Side Quest) in GTA V (Grand Theft Auto 5). This walkthrough shows how to get all Gold Medals in Exercising Demons – Franklin for 100% completion.
Gold Medal Requirements:
- Champion: Win the race without using shortcuts
Walkthrough Video
Starting Location: Exercising Demons – Franklin
- Location: Paleto Forest
- Quest Giver: Mary-Ann
- Requirement: Complete “Predator“
- Can Be Started By: Franklin
Before beginning this mission, it will help considerably if Franklin’s stamina stat has already been maxed. Coincidentally, this stat can be improved by running, but also by swimming or riding a bike.
Race Mary-Ann
It’s Franklin’s turn to be yelled at by Mary-Ann. Find her doing push-ups on the beach in Paleto Forest, and instantly accuses Franklin of staring at her flat ass. Somehow she dragoons Franklin into not only a run or bike race, but a full-on triathlon without any preparation. Bold move Franklin, let’s see if it pays off.
Swim Across the Bay
Through the entire race, you’ll be rapidly pressing the 
/ 
button to swim, cycle, and run faster. If you get tired, hit pause for a couple minutes then come back to it. Pace yourself, it’s a long race. The swim is a straight shot across the eponymous Paleto Bay, and you can easily outpace Mary-Ann here. Hit all the checkpoints, then climb out on the beach and run for the bikes.
Cycle Around the Trail
Avoid the rocks, debris and posts on the beach, heading across the trail to go cross country through the checkpoints. When you eventually get on a road, watch for oncoming traffic.
Then at the end of the road comes an important moment. Straight ahead of you is a broken bridge with both ends curled up into a convenient ramp. You have to be travelling at full speed on the bike, but you also have to bunny hop right at the end of the ramp to make the jump. If you think back to the brief tutorial message you got all the way back in “Father/Son”, you can bunny hop on a bike by pressing and holding 
/ :rb:, then releasing it when you want to jump. Keep your front tire up during the jump so that you land correctly on the other side.
The bike race finish is only a few checkpoints after the bridge, and you’ll automatically get off your bike to start your run.
Run Along the Route
In this portion of the race, it’s important to remember the Gold Medal requirement:
- Champion: Win the race without using shortcuts
Follow the path, and keep up the rapid pressing of / to run faster. Luckily it is a short run, and as long as you’ve been sprinting the whole time you’ll probably have a significant lead over Mary-Ann when you finish.
At the finish line Mary-Ann will yell at you some more in a cinematic to end the mission.
This finishes Exercising Demons – Franklin in GTA V.
For all other Missions refer to GTA V Walkthrough.
This walkthrough has been updated for the Enhanced Version on PC / PS5 / PS4 / Xbox Series S/X and is also still applicable to the Leg
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