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Try bridges to strengthen your back and improve flexibility. If you experience back pain from kettlebell swings, your form is off and injury is in your near future. Take a lesson or get your form checked.

Seriously, you have a problem if you're looking to lose weight. Start by avoiding the foods in the photos.

Sure. Google resistance bands for pushups. It's another way to toughen them up.

I would strength train hard 3 days a week. High intensity cardio type stuff in between and take a day off every week. Kettlebells are pretty good for this. Check out the RKC Rite of Passage program.

I only use heart rate monitors to gauge workout intensity when I'm going all out in a new program. Beyond that, I work off of TDEE, calipers and the mirror to see which way I'm going with food. Some people are less in tune or have a more variable lifestyle and might need the crutch...or feel that wearing these things is a…

You can get a cheap laptop with a DVD drive just about anywhere. Laptop or Ipad, not much difference in form factor there.

It's right. At 45% percent body fat, you've got 110 pounds of fat that doesn't burn any calories and 135 pounds of lean mass that's actually doing work and burning calories. TDEE is based off of what the lean mass is doing. If you weighed the same and had a lower body fat percent (i.e. more lean mass burning calories),…

Bulgur wheat (spelled 10 different ways) has 150 cals per cup vs 210 for brown rice and looks and tastes almost identical.

This is the corollary to "don't trust a skinny chef," but she may the world's smartest nutritionist and suffer from some medical condition or medication side effect that prevents her from losing weight. Would you trust an anorexic nutritionist more?

Are you more interested in gaining strength or working out 5 days a week?

If you eat more calories than you need, you will turn the extra calories into fat. You can get used to getting fatter if that is your wish. Was there more to your question?

There are various types of rotator cuff injuries. The advice of your PT and surgeon are better suited to your particulars than any crap you read on the internet.

Look at a gymnast, a powerlifter and a bodybuilder. The gymnast is stronger in his/her ability to use muscles in a coordinated fashion to move the body against gravity - a high strength to weight ratio. The bodybuilder is concerned primarily in maximizing the size of each muscle regardless of the quality of motion. The…

Gee, it depends on the size of the you...NFL lineman, little old lady...Probably one more fruit than enough is too many. Not all fruit is healthy. Some is soaked in toxic pesticides.

Protein in meats absorbs more slowly than protein powder. That's usually a good thing for muscle growth. However, you'll save calories gram-for-gram by getting your protein in powder form, which might be good if you're trying to restrict calories.

No. Screw the sodium. It's the mercury you should be worried about. http://seaturtles.org/programs/mercury/?list=type&type=75

Avoid heavily processed foods full of chemicals, artificial colors, shelf life preservatives. Drink lots of water.

Get a thicker mat or stack two mats.

Go to Fitocracy and join the Kettlebells group. Take your time to master the foundation movements.

If you want to get stronger, 3X per week allows most people to progress a decent pace leaving enough time for the muscles to recover and respond. If you train less frequently, progress might take longer unless your workout are just so damned intense that they require 3 days of recovery.

You've missed the point. I used a nice round number as an example. It's a given that BMR is part of any calorie tracker reading. Fitbit overstates calories. Period. Wear it overnight and it'll state you're burning over 200 calories per hour!

Go see a doctor.

The TBWM seems to work the same muscles as a decent suspension trainer without having to use bodyweight. I prefer bodyweight. My routine exercises revolve around a pullup bar, pullup rings for supsension moves, pushup stands, and a few kettlebells. I don't miss any major muscle groups, get a fantastic workout, and find it…

I bought my wife a fitbit flex last week. The calorie data seems a little bit too high for common sense, but it wears well and has excellent app integration. Once you figure out how many real calories your fitbit calories are worth, you're set. In other words, if fitbit claims you burned 1000 calories, you've probably…

If you need even more structure and don't mind spending a few bucks, check out GMB Fitness - it's run by pro gymnasts but it's aimed at all levels of fitness.

If you want excellent bodyweight training programs check out Complete Calisthenics by Ashley Kalym and Convict Conditioning by Paul Wade. YAYOG is decent for hotel room workout ideas, but the programming is weak. I've read all of these. Kalym's book is the easiest to follow.

Get the notion that you will bulk up by exercising out of your mind immediately. Unless you're an elite athlete on steroids, it won't happen. Muscle burns calories. Fat doesn't. Start strength training now along with a slightly calorie deficit. With no equipment you should start a bodyweight training routine. Google Al…

You fluctuate 1.5 kilos in a week. That's normal. The mirror and the fit of your clothes are more accurate gauges of the direction your body fat is taking. Weigh yourself in the morning after using the bathroom for consistent numbers. Don't stress over normal.

The RDA is based on the minimum needs of the average person. The average person is an overweight couch potato who doesn't exercise. If that's not you, then the RDA doesn't really apply to you.

No site is accurate for calories burned. They all use formulas which are best guesses.