Shawn Johnson trained as one of Liang Chow's first students when he opened a gymnastics school in West Des Moines.
Shawn trains at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute in Iowa
No, she chose to retire just before the 2012 Olympic Trials because it was to hard for her to train and compete with her knee injury. But from the time she first got the knee injury right up until that point she was planning to try and make the 2012 Olympic team.
Yes! Shawn announced her decision to train for the next Olympics last week (approx. 5/23/10). She will be postponing college, accordingly.
Shawn Johnson isn't in the Olympics this year 2012 in London because she wanted to take a break and she said she wasn't good enough and needed more training p.s. i hope she has enough train in 4 years by now!!
Hartford school of gymnastics
Some girls did military training, and boy and girls did boxing,Wrestling,footracing,gymnastics. They did train everyday.
The current World Champion is Evgenia Kanaeva. The best in the U.S. is Julie Zetlin. The Olympic Champion from 2008 was Alina Kabaeva. Alina and Evgenia used to train together in the best gym in the world. (in Moscow, Russia, I think)
They probably do it any where
Some girls did military training, and boy and girls did boxing,Wrestling,footracing,gymnastics. They did train everyday.
It depens. anyone can be good at gymanastics. a human being is only good at gymnastics if they train and are skillfull at it. if a man doesn't train within the boundaries of gymnastics he will therefore not be good. if anyone doesnt not train at something they will not be good unless its a natural talent to them.
Johnson is unique among elite gymnasts: she only trained 20-25 hours a week when preparing for the Olympics and other major competitions. Most elites spend closer to 40 hours in the gym each week
It is thought that Ancient Greeks may have invented gymnastics in the 1500s. Traditionally, gymnasts would practice and train naked.