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Your Compass in the Health & Fitness Journey
Total Shape is a community dedicated to making the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle both achievable and straightforward. At Total Shape, we pride ourselves on delivering comprehensive information tailored to your health and fitness journey. Our mission is to help you make informed decisions that expedite your path to your health and fitness goals.
Since 2003, our dedicated team has worked hard to create an exhaustive library of thorough and reliable information. Our team of 60+ team of writers, special contributors, fact checkers and medical reviewers are health and fitness experts, including registered dietitians, nutritionists, board accredited medical doctors, certified personal trainers, qualified coaches, and professional athletes who write, fact check, review and constantly update our collection of 2,000+ articles.
Our library of resources include:
- Healthy & Safe Supplements: Guidance on what actually works and what's safe for your body.
- Exercise & Training Regimens: Routines that fit your lifestyle and help you achieve your fitness goals.
- Fitness Equipment: Expert reviews and recommendations to equip your journey.
- Proper Diet & Nutrition: Tips, meal plans, and advice tailored to fuel your body right.
- Weight Loss Guides: Medically reviewed and fact checked information focused on losing weight.
- Advanced Calculators: Health and fitness calculators designed to customize your lifestyle and boost your results.
- All Other Fitness-Related Information: From latest celebrity trends to tried-and-true methods, we've got you covered.
Total Shape Mission
Pioneering a Healthier You
Our ultimate quest? To empower 10 million individuals on their health journey, stitching a tapestry of wellness across the world. Our extensive library of tutorials, guides, reviews, and independent news journalism paves the way.
Each person's wellness voyage is distinct, and we're dedicated to ensuring yours is both fulfilling and enjoyable. With comprehensive resources tailored to your lifestyle and choices, we illuminate your path, ensuring you confidently work towards your goals.
Our Story
From Indianapolis to the World: The Genesis of Total Shape
In the bustling heart of Indianapolis, Indiana, two dedicated personal fitness trainers, Isaac and Michael, embarked on a journey. Bound by their shared passion for health and fitness, they began with a vision that transcended the confines of their local community. While they made significant impacts in Indianapolis, they soon realized that their knowledge and dedication could be a beacon for many more beyond their immediate reach.
Their aspiration wasn't just to make an impact locally, they yearned to touch lives globally.
United by this purpose, Isaac and Michael joined forces to curate and share a wealth of health and fitness information. Total Shape was founded not just a venture, it was their way to democratize health knowledge and reach anyone, anywhere, hungry for genuine guidance on their fitness journey.
From its humble beginnings in Indianapolis, Total Shape has grown consistently, now reaching and inspiring millions of individuals worldwide, fostering a global community of health enthusiasts. It stands as a testament to two trainers' unwavering commitment, a commitment that transformed into a global movement.
Who We Are
Meet the Guardians of Your Health
Total Shape consists of an extensive network of fitness enthusiasts, medical professionals, nutritionists, dieticians, and contributors with one common goal:
To encourage and support you to improve your health and lifestyle and achieve your desired fitness goals with the proper diet, supplements, and exercise regimen.
Through our collective years of experience and research, the team at Total Shape understands that maintaining a healthy lifestyle can be challenging but ultimately rewarding.
We believe each person’s wellness journey is uniquely their own, and our mission is to make that journey achievable and enjoyable. We are here to help, support, and educate you, so your journey will be a success.
With comprehensive guides and resources tailored to lifestyle choices, eating habits, and exercise routines, we aim to help you make informed decisions.
Our Responsibility & Guarantee
Commitment Etched in Evidence
At Total Shape, our guiding star has always been a dedication to delivering scientifically-backed, expert-reviewed health and fitness information. We champion transparency and integrity, ensuring every piece of content is rooted in evidence and ethical considerations by following our strict editorial policy and standardized set of product review guidelines.
- Anonymous Ordering: For us, it's all about genuine product experiences. We dive deep, just like you, ensuring we face the same purchasing journey, right from the ordering process to unpacking.
- Direct Comparisons: We've set the gold standard for our reviews, ensuring they remain consistent, straightforward, and tell it like it is. No fluff, just facts.
- Transparency in Affiliations: Your trust is paramount. That's why we’re always crystal clear about our affiliations, ensuring you get unbiased, trustworthy advice every time.
Our diligent team, armed with a wealth of experience and knowledge, laboriously sifts through clinical studies, subjects products to rigorous testing, and seeks expert opinions to bring you the most reliable recommendations. We take pride in our methodical approach, ensuring that each article or guide you encounter stands as a pillar of credibility.
The result? Dependable advice that empowers you to make informed decisions, whether it's about lifestyle choices, balanced diet regimens, effective workout programs, or supplement stacks.
Having set this high benchmark over the years, our commitment is unyielding. We pledge to continually evolve, refining our content to meet your needs, and consistently provide the freshest, most relevant information. Whether you're navigating dietary challenges, exploring new workout routines, or striving to understand your body's unique requirements, Total Shape remains your steadfast ally.
How We Make Money
Powering Our Mission Through Your Support
Total Shape is a complimentary service that is fully reader-backed. Our process for selecting and reviewing products is both objective and independent. Our primary source of revenue is through affiliate links to the products we have meticulously reviewed. This system helps finance our rigorous product testing.
When you support us, you empower our team to evaluate more products and maintain our website without the need for intrusive ads.
Every time you click a retailer's link on Total Shape and complete a purchase, the retailer shares a fraction of the sale with us. This gesture doesn’t add any extra charges to your bill but significantly assists us in continuing our reviews.
Connect with Us
Navigating the Health Odyssey Together
We invite you to join our community, whether through providing a first-hand testimony, sharing insightful comments on our articles, subscribing to our newsletter, or joining us on social media.
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For deeper insights or personal queries, we’re just an email away at info@totalshape.com or by visiting our contact page. For a tailored approach to your health journey, explore a personalized fitness solution with the Total Shape coaching program.
We invite respected brands or companies interested in connecting with our passionate audience to visit our advertising portal and learn how you can request a media kit.
If you're a health or fitness professional who shares our values, visit our careers and employment page to apply for the current job openings at Total Shape, we're always hiring A players to grow our team.
Let's pioneer a healthier future, hand in hand.
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Meet The Total Shape Founders
Isaac is a dedicated personal fitness trainer and nutritionist based in the vibrant city of Indianapolis, IN, and has contributed to Men's Health, The Independent, Insider, Business Insider, Bustle, Men's Journal, Yahoo, FoxNews, and The Register.
He has spent the last 8 years staying at the forefront of the health and fitness industry. He has helped hundreds of people lose weight, get in shape, and maintain their healthy lifestyles through proper training and eating habits.
When it comes to fitness, he focuses on simplicity -- creating a custom plan that fits your lifestyle. He won’t force you to eat chicken breast and broccoli everyday or drag you to the gym six times a week if you hate it.
He crafts personalized workout and diet plans that would be enjoyable and easy to throw into your daily routine until they become a part of your lifestyle.
Email Isaac: isaac@totalshape.com
Michael is a personal fitness trainer and nutritionist who has contributed to Healthline, Forbes Health, HealthCentral, Medium, and Express. He’s helped hundreds of people shed excess weight and get into shape through proper training and healthy eating habits.
A graduate of Indiana State University College of Technology, Michael helps develop the Total Shape brand, builds partnerships with like-minded companies, and identifies opportunities for further corporate growth.
He trains hard 5-7 days a week, plays basketball for leisure and exercise, and spends time in his kitchen meal prepping.
A dedicated family man to his wife and daughter, Michael is also a basketball coach at a local school in Indianapolis, helping mold the next generation.
Email Michael: michael@totalshape.com
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Meet Our Team
James Cunningham
Staff Writer & Senior Coach
James Cunningham is a fitness enthusiast who has turned his knowledge and passion for health and fitness into a successful career.
He holds a BSc degree in Sport & Exercise Science from University of Hertfordshire, which helps him work with clients looking to lose fat, gain muscle, improve performance and achieve better health.
He understands that every person is different and requires an individualized approach to reach their goals.
That's why he combines science-based nutrition, training, and peptide therapy to help his clients reach their goals faster than they ever thought possible.
Email: james@totalshape.com
Benedict Ang
Staff Writer & Senior Coach
Benedict is a Professional MMA Fighter, Fitness, Nutrition, and Mindset coach from Singapore.
Holding down various jobs since he was 13 years old, Benedict got an early exposure to the nitty-gritty of doing business. Building on that, he has spent more than 10 years in the Health and Fitness industry, helping hundreds of people get into the best shape of their lives.
Benedict earned his diploma in Sports Coaching from the Republic Polytechnic in Singapore. He went on to get a conditioning certification from Joel Jamieson and a Personal Trainer Certification + Precision Nutrition from ACE Fitness. He is also certified in sleep coaching.
In order to help others get in shape and stay in shape, Benedict works on what he calls the 4 Pillars of Winning: Nutrition, Lifestyle workouts, Mindset Reframing, and Exclusive Accountability.
Benedict leads the Total Shape coaching program where he implements his 4 Pillars of Winning approach.
He is also a real life Super Saiyan and a big time Anime Lover!
Email: benedict@totalshape.com
Christiana Mikesch, CPT
Staff Writer
Christiana Mikesch is an Certified Personal Trainer & Fitness Coach who’s contributed to publications including Chicago Tribune and Yahoo.
She specializes in supporting individuals, especially women, with their weight loss goals.
Her unique approach to a “Lean Lifestyle” incorporates a well-rounded balance of an energy-fueling diet, a goal-oriented workout program, and daily weight loss habits.
Christiana is the founder of the 15/21 Ultimatum, a 21-Day Challenge that kick-starts your lean lifestyle.
Email: christiana@totalshape.com
Tyler Sellers
Staff Writer & Senior Coach
Tyler Sellers is a trained athlete who’s contributed to Men’s Health, The Healthy, Fox Business, NerdWallet, Weight Watchers and MSN. He utilizes scientific methods such as progressive overload and macro calculations to power through his workouts.
He also effectively incorporates mental techniques like flow state and mind-muscle connection as part of one’s physical health.
He came to really master these as he understood his body, mentality, and drive over the years as an athlete and leader in the fitness industry.
His ideology revolves around helping go-getters take a bold approach towards the things they want most in life with health and wellness at the core.
Email Tyler: tyler@totalshape.com
Connor Sellers
Staff Writer & Senior Coach
Connor Sellers is a personal trainer with the mission to inspire people to relentlessly pursue their fitness and lifestyle goals.
He believes staying fit has an overall positive effect on one’s body, mind, and spirit.
His main influence in physical fitness is his older brother, Tyler, who consistently pushed his limits in school, sports, and the gym.
Connor became adept with a unique blend of hypertrophy, mobility, and conditioning training paired with well-balanced nutrition, which helped him coach his clients to reach their fitness objectives.
Email Connor: connor@totalshape.com
Meet Our Contributors
Chris Bolt
Contributor
Chris Bolt is an online content creator and copywriter with a passion for health and fitness-related subjects. He covers wide-ranging topics from dieting to supplements and exercise to lifestyle management. If it improves your life and wellbeing, it’s going to spark Chris’s interest.
Chris is also devoted to researching every angle of a topic to bring readers the most accurate information and help them make the most impactful lifestyle changes. Knowing that his content can improve people’s lives gives him great satisfaction
Radmila Vasic
Medical Reviewer, Fact Checker & Contributor
Radmila is an experienced content specialist and plant-based diet enthusiast with a knack for a holistic approach to health. She believes prevention is better than cure and loves finding natural paths to healing and wellness.
So, Radmila puts all her passion and expertise into crafting inspiring, research-backed content. She hopes her strong SEO skills applied in her writing will help it reach many people worldwide and empower them to embrace a healthier lifestyle.
Email: rada.vasic81@gmail.com
Tim Schuckers
PT, DPT, OCS
Contributor
Tim Schuckers is a licensed physical therapist and a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist that confirms his expert-level knowledge in treating all musculoskeletal conditions. Additionally, he is a Level 1 certified running coach and a United States Army combat veteran.
Dr. Schuckers has performed many roles as a physical therapist throughout his career. He has served as a clinical instructor mentoring physical therapist students, conducted research studies at a leading research university, and assisted in the development of his company’s first sports residency program.
In 2021, he established PT Time with Tim, an educational website and YouTube channel where he teaches others how to treat and prevent common injuries through physical therapy exercises, stretches, and awareness.
Dr. Schuckers strives to encourage others to “Restore to Explore,” as he firmly believes in restoring optimal physical function to allow his patients to return to the activities that they love performing in their daily lives.
Schimri Yoyo
Contributor
Schimri Yoyo is a writer for publications such as Exercise.com and TotalShape.com, a certified personal trainer and fitness educator in Philadelphia who thinks in numbers but communicates in the narrative. Schimri is an avid sports fan, possessing a comprehensive knowledge of Boston Celtics, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco 49ers.
He also enjoys discussing his favorite movies, music, and television shows.
David Dack
Contributor
David Dack is an established fitness blogger and running expert, who runs the Runners Blueprint website.
When he’s not training for his next marathon, he’s doing research and trying to help as many people as possible to share his fitness philosophy.
Email: runnersblueprint@gmail.com
Farah Faith Rarugal
Contributor
Farah is an experienced content writer and data analyst specializing in the fitness industry. She is passionate about fitness and nutrition in her private life, and she conveys this through evidence-based content combined with modern techniques to help you stay fit.
She makes sure that the articles she writes are fact-based, stimulating, and educational.
Christopher Meckes
Contributor
Christopher Meckes is a seasoned culinary professional with a passion for teaching and sharing his expertise. As a graduate of Johnson and Wales Culinary School, he honed his skills and quickly ascended to the position of Sous Chef at the prestigious Country Club of Buffalo.
Recognizing his calling to inspire others in the culinary arts, Christopher now serves as a dedicated culinary arts educator in Buffalo, NY. Alongside his wife, he co-founded twinsandteaching.com, a website catering to culinary arts and family consumer science teachers.
Through their blog, they provide valuable resources and guidance, aiding fellow educators in lesson planning and teaching cooking skills. Christopher's extensive experience and commitment to teaching make him an invaluable resource for aspiring chefs and educators alike.
Chad Kelley
Chef Chad Kelley is a restaurant industry chef turned stay-at-home dad. With over 25 years of experience in some of the most highly regarded restaurants in the Dallas area, his website Chef Made Home aims to bring his chef's perspective to you in your home with tried and true recipes to expert tools of the trade.
Website: https://chefmadehome.com