AboutScott Demaree Expertise I can answer questions about training, physiology, nutrition, technique, equipment and injury prevention. My background is not medical, so I will not be able to answer detailed questions about injury treatment. However, during 30 years of endurance exercise I have had a few injuries so I feel qualified to talk about things that have worked for me and others.
Experience I have been a long distance runner since 1978 and took up racewalking in 1982. More recently, I have worked as a certified personal trainer helping people with a wide range of exercise needs. Last year, I coached several people to successfully finish the Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in Dallas (60 miles in three days).
Organizations American College of Sports Medicine, American Council on Exercise, National Science Teachers Association
Publications Journal articles associated with my graduate work with me as the primary author were published in the Journal of Nutrition, Acta Physiologica Scandanavica. Additionally, I co-authored the chapter on exercise metabolism in ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 4th Edition. Finally. I co-authored a book for beginning marathon runners (Marathoning 101).
Education/Credentials I have recent Master's degrees in Exercise Science from Wichita State University and Nutrition from Texas A&M University.
Awards and Honors I won national championships in the 1986 100-Kilometer Racewalk and the 1989 24-Hour Run.
Expert: Scott Demaree Date: 7/12/2008 Subject: walking and the belly
Question I just started walking 5 miles a day a few weeks ago. I've always been pretty thin
everywhere except my gut. Will my gut get any of the benefits from walking or
should I try something else?
Answer Walking combined with moderate cutbacks in food intake will help with weight loss from all over your body. The quickest way to change your abdominal appearance is to strengthen your muscles there with sit-ups, crunches and using machines that target abdominals. Again, walking reduces all over the body without affecting one part more than another.
I hope just starting out with 5 miles per day is not too much. That is a very heavy work load to put on your body all at once. Be careful that you don't injure yourself by being overly ambitious.
