Mom strength vs. gymnast strength with guest Shawn Johnson East

Sunday Sports Club with Allison Kuch

Dear Media

868329, News, Women, Sports, Nfl, Football

4.8 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Allison chats with Olympic gymnastics champion Shawn Johnson East about the beautiful chaos of raising three kids under six, how growing up as an only child shaped her, and transitioning from "America's Sweetheart" to finding her authentic identity as a mom. Shawn gets real about potentially having baby number four, gaining 80 pounds during pregnancy, the identity struggles retired athletes face, and how she and her husband balance personal time with parenting duties.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:03.0	What's up, guys?
0:03.7	Welcome back to Sunday Sports Club podcast, a podcast all about sports told by a woman.
0:09.4	And that woman is me.
0:10.3	Hi, guys.
0:10.7	I'm Alison Kooch, your host.
0:12.4	And today I'm joined by a very special, very cool guest.
0:16.7	And the last time I talked to her in podcast form, I had just gotten married.
0:25.2	So everybody welcome Sean Johnson East. She is a four times Olympic medalist,
0:32.9	entrepreneur, author, mom of three, dog mom of two. The list goes on and on. So welcome to Sunday Sports
0:41.8	Club. Thank you for having me. Great to see you again. I still can't believe it's been that long.
0:46.3	It's been, yeah. Been a minute. Yeah, me and Isaac were on your podcast when we had literally
0:53.8	just got married.
0:54.7	Please, the chaos is entering the screen.
0:57.0	That is my parents' cat, by the way.
0:59.3	She is crazy.
1:01.2	I also have a cat, which a lot of people don't know that.
1:04.4	But every once in a while, she just makes a little cameo.
1:07.5	But yeah, a lot of life has happened since you and I last talked. I think you only
1:13.1	had two kids the last time we talked. I was going to say, how long have you been married?
1:19.4	Uh, 20-21. Okay. So yeah, I had just had, I just had my second kid probably. Now, three kids,
1:32.1	two dogs, parents, cat. Oh my gosh.
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