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John Schultz/QUAD-CITY TIMES On Mike Beaderstadt’s journey to beat his Bix 7 time from 20 years ago, he lost 100 pounds while gaining a whole bunch of benefits
The 68-minute time Mike Beaderstadt logged 20 years ago at the Quad-City Times Bix 7 wasn’t too shabby at all.
He walked the race a few times after that, but a rotator cuff injury and raising a family eventually led to less activity and more weight on his 5 foot, 10-inch frame.
Beaderstadt weighed 100 pounds too much.
He was way too big when he tried to return to one of his favorite sports, tennis. He nearly needed an extender for his seat belt on an airplane trip, he said.
So on June 3, 2005, he picked up the phone and called a personal trainer.
“I tried diets and things on my own. I had never been successful,” he said. “I knew people who had used personal trainers. Maybe that is the route I need to take.”
Enter Lisa Eveleth.
“She set me on a course of diet and exercise and held me accountable. She set me on a journey,” he said. “My goal was that in July 2006, I wanted to run the Bix in a better time than 20 years ago.”
His goal is within reach. His time at a recent Bix at Six training run was 67:58.
“I know I can do it now,” said Beaderstadt, who is the new director of Trinity Work Fitness.
Eveleth is the fitness director at Ultimate Fitness.
“I like it when people tell me they want to change their lifestyle and be healthy,” she said. “Mike, of course he wanted to lose weight, but he wanted a lifestyle change. That was appealing to me. I know he is ready for this commitment.”
He came in on a Sunday. Eveleth remembers the man who walked in that day. It is a different man than the Mike Beaderstadt of today, she said.
They first met once a week, then once every other week, then once every three weeks. They focused on nutrition, with Beaderstadt logging what he ate.
For exercise, they mixed up strength training and cardiovascular, full-body workouts three days a week.
They split up the body a little bit more, then a little bit more, while incorporating more types of cardio.
He began running again at the first of the year on a treadmill.
“Now you can see his muscles,” she said.
He once told her: “There are muscles here that I never knew I had.”
Beaderstadt just turned 53 years old. He is 100 pounds lighter than he was last year at about this time. He is no longer using a machine to help with weight-induced sleep apnea at night. He takes the stairs instead of the elevator. His cholesterol is down. He exercises regularly. He eats mostly as he should: less red meat, more fruits and vegetables and a ton of oatmeal, even for supper.
“I am incredibly better,” he said.
Ann McGlynn can be contacted at (563) 383-2336 or amcglynn@qctimes.com.
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