MUNICH – “Move minds. Move bodies. Empower lives.” It’s not a motto for Carina Julie. It’s a mission.
From a snowy mountain village in Austria to sold-out spin studios, Bundesliga training grounds, and television screens across Germany, Julie has become a singular force in sport, wellness, and media. Her journey, part athlete’s grind, part artist’s expression, redefines what it means to coach, lead, and inspire.
She grew up in a town where skis are strapped on before toddlers can walk, and where athletic ambition often meets cultural constraint. She began her athletic journey with skiing, tennis, football, and dance simultaneously. But growing up in a small Austrian village, pursuing tennis at a high level simply wasn’t realistic: the resources weren’t there, and it would have been financially out of reach for her family. In skiing, her light frame didn’t align with the demands of elite competition. So she made a conscious shift channeling all her energy into football and dance, where she could truly thrive.
“There was no girls’ team,” she recalls. “So I played with the boys. When they said I couldn’t, I coached instead.”
By the time she was 19, she was already training players at Austrian Bundesliga clubs. At the same time, she carried the discipline of a classically trained dancer. Few understood her philosophy then, a belief that footballers needed rhythm, coordination, and body awareness that only dance could deliver.
“I was laughed at,” she says, “but now neuroscience supports everything I believed.”
Her approach has since evolved into PX Health, a company she co-founded with sports physicians, rooted in performance and longevity. Not just for elite athletes, but for anyone seeking to move well and live well.
Breaking the Mold, One Spin at a Time
In Munich, Julie’s spin classes are part sweat session, part spiritual reawakening. Every Monday and Wednesday morning, riders crowd into her studio. They come for the burn and stay for the belief.
“You’ve changed my life,” people often tell her.
She smiles, humbly. “It’s not me. It’s them. I just help them remember who they are.”
In 2023, when her son’s youth football coach abruptly quit, someone suggested a father step in. Julie offered a different solution.
“No need; Mama can.”
That small sentence became a quiet revolution. Under her leadership, the team thrived. The boys respected her. The results spoke for themselves.
Leading from the Front
Julie’s paradoxical power – a woman dancer coaching boys in football, underscores her unique presence in sports culture.
“I lead from the front,” she says. “I bring both art and science. Strength and softness.”
She’s faced the predictable roadblocks: dismissal, derision, even hostility. But she doesn’t flinch.
“I stopped asking for space. I take it. What they saw as my weakness is actually my superpower.”
As a motivational speaker, she focuses on themes she lives daily: disruption, courage, clarity.
“I don’t want people to just feel good. I want them to walk out changed. Activated.”
Storytelling with Substance
Julie now works as a sports journalist with Sky Sport Germany, where she blends data with empathy, tactical insight with human complexity.
“People don’t just connect with stats,” she says. “They connect with story. With struggle. With redemption.”
Her interviews go deeper than performance reviews. They expose the person behind the player.
“I’ve been that athlete under pressure. I’ve coached that team. So I ask with empathy. I report with respect.”
The Compass That Grounds Her
Despite growing visibility, Julie doesn’t stray far from her roots.
“My son. My fiancé. My village. That’s my compass.”
Her next chapter includes scaling PX Health’s reach through a digital coaching platform, growing its performance-longevity programming, and amplifying underrepresented stories in sport and media.
But her true aim?
“To move people. To shift how they see themselves.”
And her message to young women hoping to lead?
“Don’t chase success. Chase what lights you up. When you love it, success will follow.”
A Feature Fit for a Movement
Her vision and voice recently took center stage in America Inspire Magazine, where a full-length feature titled “Carina Julie: Movement as a Way of Life” chronicled her rise and philosophy.
The piece reads like a manifesto: tracing her trajectory from alpine Austria to Bundesliga sidelines, from motherhood to media. The interview showcases her clarity and conviction, unflinching in tone but deeply vulnerable in message.
“Mama can,” she says in one of the feature’s most powerful moments.
Rather than glorify, the article equips. It offers not just admiration, but guidance. A blueprint for anyone seeking meaning through movement.
“She’s a bridger of disciplines,” the piece concludes, “a disruptor of norms, and a voice for those who refuse to be boxed in.”
Connect with Carina Julie
📷 @carina.julie on Instagram
📺 Sky Sport Germany
🏋️♀️ PX Health
