We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Marshelle Johnston a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Marshelle, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.
Our mission at MJ Fit is “inspiring women and children to be strong,” and we realize that means something different to everyone. To me, it means literal strength, like deadlifting 400 pounds. To another, it may be picking her grandchild up without suffering from back pain, or being able to run a marathon in under 4 hours, and we strive to accommodate a variety of goals at our gym. My vision is for the gym to continue growing, where we can open another location within the next 5 years. This would allow us to offer the incredible MJ Fit community to so many more women and kiddos. We are also growing our team to provide a full service experience. We have trainers, group exercise instructors, nutritionists, and a life coach, because we truly want our clients and members to be successful and feel we are taking care of them!
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
My name is MJ, and I own a gym exclusively for women and children in the Denver Tech Center area, MJ Fit! In addition to running the gym, training clients, and teaching classes, I also compete in powerlifting. At my last competition, I set a Colorado state record with a 375lb deadlift! This year, I am also the reigning Miss Denver, competing for Miss Colorado in April! In my free time, I love to travel, eat donuts, lift heavy things, and do all the Colorado mountain activities! My favorite travel experience is a tie between scuba diving in Tulum, Mexico’s underwater cenotes, and rappelling down the tallest waterfall in Costa Rica! I also have two cute puppies, Porter and Stella, and they come to the gym with me every day.
MJ Fit is a boutique gym exclusively for women and children near the Denver Tech Center. We offer personal training, small group classes, nutrition counseling, life coaching, and gym memberships. Our gym is a welcoming, challenging, and safe space for our clients to grow stronger, healthier, and more confident under the guidance of our top-notch personal trainers, coaches, and nutritionists.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I have always had the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur: resourceful, risk-taker, diligent, curious, but I didn’t always know how I would harness these traits until I developed my passion for fitness and helping women.
I’ve always been a natural leader, which has been one of the most helpful abilities through the process of starting and growing my business!
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
We love to collaborate with others in the health and wellness arena, or other female entrepreneurs in other industries. Right now, we are really prioritizing building our network within the pre and post-natal, hormonal disorders, nutrition, physical therapy, massage, and chiropractic spaces.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://mjfitdenver.com/
- Instagram: MJFITDENVER
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mjfitdenver/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80237880/admin/feed/posts/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4tBzjwqHUKDzx-MM3tI_Ig
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