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It all started in 1997...

I’m a sophomore in college about to
host my first-ever exercise class.

It was a requirement to teach a group exercise class for 
my major. I wanted to blend hip hop with aerobics…
something that no one had done before at my school.

I put fliers up all around campus hoping for 15 students tops. I’m astonished to see 90 at the door of a group exercise room… that barely holds 60.

My advisor said,
“You’ve got to teach two classes! Have fun!”
I was scared shitless and excited at the same time.

I've always been a dancer

I walk in an eight-count,

so I improvise,

leading two back-to-back classes that first day.

Leading a group exercise class, dancing, taking people on a movement journey, and feeling tremendously joyful doing it – it was my happy place. I found my life’s work at the Rec Center at Rowan University.

And I owe it all to “Little Shauny”, my 8-year-old self.

He dug deep and moved forward.

Seriously, I hated childhood. Death or jail was my trajectory. I’m from the hood, my mom was on government assistance, and I’m gay. I was sexually abused and terrorized by the “step monster” (my step-father) for years. The abuse got so bad that at 14, Little Shauny said, “No more,” and devised a plan to move out and into my Mommom and Poppop’s house (my grandparents). The step monster had threatened to kill us on the regular in his drunken tirades, so one wrong move could be fatal. I told my mom that Mommom and Poppop were getting older and needed help around their house and I should be the one to help them.

It was the most dangerous and courageous move of my life but I needed to get out if I had any hope to survive. My mom said “Great idea” having no idea what was really going on. I frantically packed and made my way to their house.

I say that was the day my life TRULY started…. the courage and fortitude that little Shauny has is something I draw on
every day of my life.

LIFE WAS A CLEAN SLATE
AND I FELT FREE.

I became a High School track star. Coach Anderson’s workouts were brutal.

To make his team, you had to dig deep. His mantra was, “Always move forward!” Once again, I was reminded that I was capable of more than I could imagine — A lesson that stayed with me for years to come. After graduating, I left the track for academics,
“passing the baton forward” to my future self.

At Rowan University, I started out in great shape and was rocking a 6-pack.

But I didn’t just gain the Freshman 15;

Real Talk:

Food was scarce growing up, and I was fucking hungry! As a kid, I’d tiptoe down to the kitchen at night to sneak bread to my room by stuffing it in my underwear. So when they gave me a college food card, I ate! But there was also another reason why I was eating –
I was gay and I knew it. I used the food to gain weight and keep girls from thinking I was cute or hitting on me.

One morning, I had my first mirror moment...

I had enough.


I felt horrible,


didn’t recognize who I saw,


I was overweight and was very unhappy.

I looked in the mirror
and said to myself,

I got dressed and hit the gym -
straight to the treadmill.

I was ashamed that this former track athlete couldn’t even run 10 minutes.

It was rough getting back in shape, but I had to, wanted to, for me, drawing strength from what I’d learned in track…“Finish Strong!” “Move forward,” and “Pass the baton forward to your future self, Shaun.”

After shaping up, I changed my major to Sports Science and Health Promotion (minored in Theatre/Dance because dancing is my joy!). I wanted to help people get healthy, and this is when I asked the college Rec Director to give me my first-ever hip hop aerobics class. The rest is history.

After college and a few years of leading dance classes across Southern New Jersey, my friend said I should come visit him in LA….and he told me to bring my headshots just in case. While there, I went to a dance class (which turned out to be an audition for a big dance agency). I went back to Jersey thinking nothing happened. I got a call a couple weeks later asking me to move to LA and join the agency! Time to pass the baton to my future self again.

So I quit my dance jobs,
taking the biggest gamble of my life -
I packed up my car and moved to LA.

I became a dancer for multiple celebrities, booked gigs and taught classes all over town and landed my own Saturday morning fitness class at Equinox in West Hollywood. People waited an hour to get into my class.

One day, someone who worked at Beachbody witnessed the Saturday WeHo fitness mayhem and asked me to audition. Later, they offered me my own infomercial! I was 25.

Shaun early LA days

Shaun early days LA - Pippin Musical

Shaun early Jersey dance days before LA

HIP HOP ABS
was born

The first person I told was my dance agent, thinking he’d be excited to do the deal with me.

“Infomercials don’t work, Shaun. Good luck with that.”

I did it anyway. Money doesn’t motivate my decisions;
My motto is always, “If it’s going to help one person.”

Then, my third program, INSANITY, was a cultural smash-hit – – #1 infomercial seven years in a row! I was the first person to create a commercial workout that wasn’t for everybody. When my friends first tried it, no one was left standing. But for me, it was just high school track practice.

Today, my business, Shaun T Inc, is not just Beachbody and fitness, it’s far more. My business is your transformation journey, getting unstuck, facing difficult situations and Trust & Believing that “You can do hard things!”

I have worked hard to expand the platforms in which I can connect with you on your transformational journey. Whether it’s through my podcast, book, online courses, social media, live events, speaking engagements, or our in person retreat and premium accountability weekends at my Transformation Center, I am here to help, connect with and love you through your journey in life.

I started off hating life. Little Shauny endured and carried a lot. It sounds crazy to refer to your younger self in the third person, but through all my challenges, it’s a reminder that if “Little Shauny” could dig deep and move forward, I can too. I can help others pass the baton to their future self, find joy – – and of course, walk in an eight-count!

Hi, my name is
I'M A...

I’m On A Mission to

UPLIFT THE

After dedicating years of my life to helping people transform their health, I continue to
wake up inspired to serve people in a deeper, more WHOLEistic way.

Fitness is more than lifting weights and workouts…

Diet is more than eating nothing but vegetables…

Health isn’t just a 6 pack and nice ASSets.

It’s about how you feel.

I want to help people transform EVERY aspect of their life.

My goal is to help you live your best life — the way it was meant to be lived.

A life filled with happiness, love, purpose, health, and abundance.

Each day. In every moment.

It’s the way I’ve transformed myself and my life.

Now, I want to share my heart, wisdom, support, and years of experience in self work to help you achieve the same thing…

Fitness is more than lifting weights and workouts…

Diet is more than eating nothing but vegetables…

Health isn’t just a 6 pack and nice ASSets.

“I believe the best way to
transform is together.”

#StrongerTogether

The thing I know you’re ready for…

Your life’s greatest potential.

MY CORE VALUES

Treat others the way you wanted to be treated. But really! I aim to treat every person I meet with love, respect, and dignity. It doesn’t matter if you’re family, a friend, or a complete stranger. At the baseline, we all want and deserve love, respect, and support. If everyone truly embraced this, the world would be a much better place. When we follow the Golden Rule, everyone wins!
This is something I learned from Coach Anderson, way back when I was in my high school track team. Whenever you reach the finish line, run 10 yards more. That extra effort will take you beyond where you thought you could go. As difficult as it seems, Trust & Believe you CAN do it! We all have it in us to push pass our limits and do hard things. Doing it is what helps you take yourself and your life to the next level.

If you don’t feel good, the size of your waist and the amount of money in your bank account don’t matter. Period. Too often in our society, we’re sacrificing and struggling to make it to a finish line. When we reach it, we feel great. But it’s only momentary. Eventually, we start tumbling back into our old ways. This is why it’s so important to embrace the process and find a way to make it feel good to you. That’s when lasting transformation happens.

As a gay man, I’ve had to come out of the closet again and again in my life. But what I’ve come to realize is that EVERYONE is in the closet about something. One of the most fulfilling things I do in my work is helping people realize what they’re in the closet about and helping them come out and experience the freedom and joy that comes from it.

Everybody’s got it. Ignoring it, hiding it, or hating it isn’t going to make it go away. At some point, you got to look it in the eye and embrace it. When you love your baggage, that’s when you can truly heal, transform your life, and start living your life in full color.

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My Book

If you want to learn more about me and my
journey, plus…

… check out my self-help memoir!