Lindsey Shaw (YouTube channel)

## Lindsey Shaw

**Lindsey Shaw** is a self-titled YouTube channel of personal trainer and fitness vlogger Lindsey Shaw. Lindsey's channel focuses on health and fitness, lifestyle, and women's health and sexuality.

## Background

Lindsey Shaw's self-titled YouTube channel, **Lindsey Shaw** was first created in 2013 as a ballet themed health and fitness channel, it became popular with her ballet themed workouts. It achieved moderate success, after her retirement from ballet in 2016, Lindsey became a personal trainer and eventually developed an online presence, first as part of her business and as her popularity increased, as a side business. In the beginning of her channel, Lindsey had only uploaded on average a few videos a month, after becoming a personal trainer she started uploading weekly and eventually every Tuesday and Saturday. Eventually after gaining significant popularity between 2018 and 2022, Lindsey decided to focus full time on YouTube and started uploading daily.

Lindsey has become popular for her bubbly and positive personality, but also for her open and sometimes blunt personality. Lindsey is an open sex positive feminist, an LGBTQIA+ and women's health and sexuality advocate, and often has frank discussions about the politics of women's bodies and sexuality. Lindsey's outspoken personality has caused significant controversy amongst conservative circles, but also significant popularity among liberal and progressive, and feminist circles. Lindsey is also popular among female adult entertainment producers and performers for her positive outlook on women's pleasure and sex positive pornography.

## Recognition

Despite being wealthy due to her channel’s success, Lindsey is widely regarded for not discussing personal wealth or finances. In her words "I make enough to survive doing what I love. I make enough to take the pressure off Maggie to support the four of us on her salary alone. That’s all that matters.". Lindsey has garnered respect for being herself and not letting personal wealth or fame change her, in the words of her wife Maggie Marks "She’s the same outspoken woman she’s always been, she loves her job and that makes her happy but beyond that she’s never changed who she is despite her success. She doesn’t drive a Ferrari or have a wardrobe full of designer dresses and shoes.".

Unlike many other lifestyle YouTubers, Lindsey has stayed mostly drama and controversy free, despite her sometimes outspoken personality, and she’s noted for never having a ‘self-entitled influencer moment’. Lindsey had also gained widespread respect for her respect of all body shapes and fitness levels, never letting her ‘fit girl’ style get in the way of respecting everyone equally. Her workouts also cater to all fitness levels and body types, something most fitness content creators are often criticized for not doing.

## Segments

* **Everyday Fitness with Linz**: An everyday fitness and lifestyle vlog with Lindsey offering real world practical workout advice from everyone from young busy professionals, to retired people, to disabled people.
* **Lindsey's Poly Pantheon**: Lindsey's Poly Pantheon is a group of polyamorous friends who enjoy getting together, both socially and intimately. They also promote understanding of polyamorous relationships and lifestyles. The group started as part of a video on Lindsey’s YouTube channel about her experiences with polyamory and her own polyamorous relationships and friendships. The video proved a huge success and Lindsey subsequently turned it into a regular series on her YouTube channel, she called her series Lindsey’s Poly Pantheon. The group involves YouTuber and personal trainer Lindsey Shaw and her boyfriend actor Carter Leroux, YouTuber and fitness model Justine Ziernik and her husband HSI Special Agent Evan Ziernik, and actress Miranda Snow and her partner producer and choreographer Elija Le.
* **Linz and Megz**: A couples vlogging segment featuring Lindsey and her wife Maggie Marks. It delves into topics from relationship advice and challenges, to date nights, to couples' activities, to Q&A videos.
* **Loving Yourself**: Lindsey's most popular segment, where she her own personal journey of sexual discovery and overcoming the negative thoughts and misinformation she was raised to believe about women and sex. Lindsey discusses women’s sexual health, sexual orientation and experimentation, sex positive mindsets, as well as dealing with negativity such as toxic patriarchy, sexism and homophobia. She also discusses her fashion sense and how she integrates her personality and positive attitude into her style. Lindsey is known for her daring sense of style and for not being ashamed of being herself in public.

## Collaborators

Regular collaborators in Lindsey's channel include fellow health and fitness YouTuber Justine Ziernik, Lindsey's wife and amateur YouTuber (Maggie's Modern Life) Maggie Marks, Lindsey's actor boyfriend Carter Leroux, and actress and model Miranda Snow and her partner chorographer and producer Elija Le.