--- title: "Shawn Johnson: Gold-Medal Gymnast and Fyt Life Founder" description: Check out our behind-the-scenes interview with Olympic gold medalist and Fyt Life founder, Shawn Johnson, as we chat about fitness and the year ahead. image: https://partners-new.classpass.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SJ_img_01-1.jpg --- [Resources](https://partners-new.classpass.com/blog/tag/resources) [Instructor Insights](https://partners-new.classpass.com/blog/tag/instructor-insights) [ClassPass](https://partners-new.classpass.com/blog/tag/classpass) Resources Instructor Insights ClassPass Page: 1/2   Download for easy reading & sharing [Download Now](https://partners-new.classpass.com/hubfs/20220301_COR_SalesEventOne-Pager_Final.pdf) [Resources](https://partners-new.classpass.com/blog/tag/resources) [Instructor Insights](https://partners-new.classpass.com/blog/tag/instructor-insights) [ClassPass](https://partners-new.classpass.com/blog/tag/classpass) # Shawn Johnson: Gold-Medal Gymnast and Fyt Life Founder Last updated: January 13, 2026 ## **An Interview with Shawn Johnson, Gold-Medal Gymnast and Fyt Life Founder** [![](https://static.hsstatic.net/BlogImporterAssetsUI/ex/missing-image.png)](https://www.shawnjohnson.com/) ## **How has gymnastics impacted your life?** Gymnastics has ***defined*** my life. It taught me everything that I know about failure, setbacks, success and perseverance. It has truly made me the person I am today. There’s no more humbling sport, where you have to fall on your face a million times before you get to succeed. Gymnastics teaches you that you have to fail in order to be good at something. > Gymnastics teaches you that you have to fail to be good at something. ## **How has your fitness routine changed after your gymnastics career?** Up until the Olympics, I knew nothing but gymnastics. So after, I felt lost. I didn’t know how to go to a gym and work out. I fell in love with group fitness because I need a coach, it’s kind of ingrained in me, and being in a group fitness atmosphere is kind of like being on a team. You get the energy, you get the coach and you get a fun workout. ## **Why do you use ClassPass to take these fitness classes?** [ClassPass](https://classpass.com/try/home-workout-videos) just keeps it easy. I live on the road, and everywhere that I go I’m always trying new classes and dropping in. I find a workout in every city I travel to with ClassPass. It’s like a hobby. ## **Do you have any favorite classes?** I take every kind of class imaginable. I get bored really easy so I take cycling classes, HIIT workouts, [trampoline](https://classpass.com/afterclass/studio-spotlight-bellicon/) classes, dance classes, yoga, Pilates, CrossFit, anything. There’s a lot of benefit from [variety](https://classpass.com/afterclass/value-variety-seekers/) in your routine because it keeps your body guessing. It keeps you energized, motivated and excited to try new things. ![shawn-johnson-jumping-gif](https://partners-new.classpass.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/New-Years-2019-Shawn_toe-touch_565x565-1.gif) ## **Switching to the new year, how was your 2018?** In 2018, I started my own health and fitness brand called Fyt Life. It’s essentially a positivity-driven health and fitness brand that caters towards women to give them a raw and real look at fitness journeys. I started it because growing up in gymnastics, perfectionism became this obsessive trait. Gymnasts are constantly striving for perfection, looking and acting a certain way, and I just got tired of it. I wanted women to have a real platform where they could feel safe and motivated. ## **Any 2019 resolutions or goals?** I’m looking forward to growing the Fyt Life, expanding my own knowledge in the health and fitness industry and working with a ton of women around the world. ## **Do you have any advice for someone starting out in their fitness journey?** Don’t give up and just keep it fun. A lot of times people try to intimidate you, saying you have to do a certain thing for so many hours a week, and you don’t. There are no rules. 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