Julie Seidel
Houston, Texas
Heart Zones Yellow Jersey Trainer
Get Healthy Houston uses Julie Seidel and Heart Zones Training to get fit in 2006
Heart Zones Trainer, Julie Seidel and the Weekley YMCA of Houston, have been asked by ABC and the city of Houston to be a major part of the "Houston Get's Healthy" campaign.
Julie taped three local segments that aired on local ABC Channel 13 January 9-16th.
For the last eight years, Houston has ranked in the top among the 100 fattest cities in America. Recently, it has held the top spot both in 2005 and 2003. The "Houston Gets Healthy" campaign came out of desire to combat the negative image that Houston had as America's fattest city. The program, with links on ABC13.com, provides the people of Houston with real, hands on tools and information to begin to make lifestyle changes. Julie Seidel's recommendation is to "just get moving". As a trainer with a Yellow Jersey certificate from Heart Zones, Julie knows that the heart is the most important muscle in the body when it comes to health and fitness benefits. In her spotlight with ABC, Julie gave three separate individuals sub maximum heart rate tests. These tests can estimate one's maximum heart rate without "going to the max" and are safe for a large majority of the population who needs to get moving. Julie did a step test, a walk test and a cycle sub max test. All of her participants wore a heart rate monitor for their tests.