1.) FITNESS Magazine - March 2010 picks Julie as one of their 'Champions of Health and Fitness'.
(Julie's article is on page 88!) or: http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/health/superstars/champions-of-health-fitness/?page=4
2.) BUSINESSFIRST- selects Julie as one of their '40 Under 40' for 2010
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/04/12/daily33.html
3.) Check out the article on Julie, 'Outstanding Alumna Mends a Broken Heart'
4.) The Running Engine - Net Jets March 2010 publication - article, 'Got Heart?'
(click on logo to access PDF of article)
5.) NBC features Julie for - Go Red Day, February 5, 2010
http://www2.nbc4i.com/cmh/video/detail/6286c5fc-63e6-102d-a6fd-001ec92a4a0d/31348/
6. ) Exercising To Stay Alive, C-BUS Magazine, Fall, 2006, page 24
http://www.cbusmagazine.com/C-BUS_SeptOct2006.pdf
7.) Words Taken To Heart - Exercise for Life, The Columbus Dispatch, February 20th, 2006
http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/02/20/20060220-B1-04.html
8.) Julie Wilkes overcomes heart condition, produces Core Results exercise video
Accenture Dialogue Newsmagazine, April 5th, 2006 (article below)
Julie Wilkes, Accenture HR Services, was not expected to live six months after being born with a serious heart condition. Thirty years later, she is helping people both inside and outside of Accenture to live longer, healthier lives.Today, Julie teaches aerobics in the Columbus, Ohio area, and recently released an exercise video called Core Results through the fitness company she founded.
In addition to her duties as a HR representative, Julie is Accenture's North American wellness lead for the Work/Life Balance Steering Committee, which drives many employee health and fitness initiatives. Julie said she loves traveling to national health conferences or speaking to groups at local offices, sharing her physical fitness success story and explaining how anyone can achieve a healthier lifestyle through exercise and nutrition.“My job is to help people be successful in their professional lives at Accenture, and health and wellness programs are one way to achieve that,” Julie said. “Accenture is exploring the expansion of these programs, and I hope to grow them even more.”
Overcomes heart condition through exercise
Julie’s heart condition was a result of complications from a detached umbilical cord. Although her heart healed as she grew up, she continued to suffer from a heart-valve abnormality. During her infancy and pre-school years, Julie had been resuscitated on three occasions when her heart had stopped beating.
A turning point in her life came as a seven-year-old when her physical fitness teacher at school introduced her to cardiovascular conditioning. She then started regularly exercising by running, and never looked back, going on to run a marathon in Alaska in her early 20s.At age 18, Julie became a certified aerobics instructor, and six years later ran her first marathon.
After graduating Marietta College in Ohio with a business degree, she earned a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Ohio State University.Video brings new exercise regimen to lifePhysical conditioning gave Julie a life doctors had predicted would be over before she was 30 years old, if not much sooner.
Having beaten the odds, Julie wanted to show others that through exercise they could live happier, healthier lives. She also wanted the process to be fun, and believes there is enjoyment in every minute of her 90-minute Core Results exercise video. Core Results is based on a new physical fitness regimen Julie pioneered that is influenced by yoga, sport-based movements and the Pilates exercise methodology.Core Results is divided into 20-, 30-, 60- and 90-minute sessions, with four levels of difficulty. The sessions can be done as individual workouts so that someone is not doing the same routine every day.“The number one reason people stop an exercise program is that they get bored with it,” Julie said. “My video is a great workout because time flies and there is always a challenge.”
People tell Julie that her video is a really tough workout, but that it is fun to do and offers great instruction. Most of the Core Results videos have sold through word of mouth rather than marketing, Julie said.Julie said she would like to produce another exercise video, and will continue to speak about health and wellness topics to audiences around the world. She hopes to expand her business by developing fitness training music and designing her own line of exercise clothing.
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