Palmer Profile in Capital Style

Capital Style, an Ohio women’s magazine, recently profiled IFBB Fitness Pro Julie Palmer. The article has some expected silliness from a non-industry writer but laced with some interesting insight. Meredith Heagney, the author of the article, writes, “Fitness competitors aren’t bodybuilders. They’re more like bikini models who could take down most men in an arm-wrestling match. The ideal look is lean yet muscular, showing both strength and femininity. Julie, for example, has a tiny, sculpted waist, bulging shoulders and powerful quadriceps. She finishes the look with a massive smile and French-tipped nails.”

One thing I didn’t know about Julie was, “For four hours a week, Julie works as a registered nurse at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Nursing is “a total escape” from fitness, she says, but another way to help people be healthy.”  I enjoy hearing how pros are doing more than focusing on their next meal and I think the fans do as well.

Julie Palmer has her sights set on the Fitness International crown.
Photo from Will Shilling, Capital Style magazine.

The article talks about her relationship with Mike Davies and how he told her she had no business being on stage after her first show. Heagney writes, “The world of fitness is a competitive and self-absorbed one, and Julie was picked on by other women Mike trained. She started to feel like he was the only one who understood her. Romance bloomed.”

I chuckled reading Jen Hendershott’s comment in the article. “There is nobody that probably works harder than she does,” Hendershott said. “I would even say she works harder than me.” WHAT? Get outta here! Someone working harder than Hendershott?

I don’t believe it. Relax, I’m kidding.

Julie is preparing for the Fitness International in March. Will her day come and she wears the Arnold crown? We’ll find out in a few weeks. Check out more photos of Julie on the Capital Style web site.