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A diastasis is a thinning and widening of the connective tissue (the fascia) that separates the left from the right abdominal muscles. The fascia isn't broken, it's just loose and elastic. If you work your abdominal muscles, they'll get stronger and less prone to bow outward - your potbelly will improve somewhat. A hernia,…

No. High intensity exercise elevates your metabolism long after the exercise ends. It also promotes the growth of muscle tissue by providing more load. More muscle = faster metabolism over time. Heart rate monitors MEASURE heart rate and ESTIMATE energy expenditure using equations that make assumptions based on age, weight…

Try jacking up the calories at breakfast with a little more protein, a little less carbs. Ditch the banana. Make an omelette. Your lunch needs more calories and more volume. Pack a thermos with some vegetable soup, work some fish into the mix, eat broccoli.

Try tweaking your macros at dinner time.

Your body burns different percentages of calories digesting different macros. 1000 calories of protein eaten can require as much as 300 calories to digest, while the same calories of fat would only require 50 calories to digest...http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ask-the-macro-manager-what-is-thermic-effect.html

If you have to run 1.5 miles in 12:00 minutes or less, I would start with power walking combined with light jogging to test the ankle and get your cadence down under 2 minute laps.

Eat protein for breakfast, start lunch and dinner with soups, favor more protein, lower carbs, eat lots of veggies.

When you start a new training routine your initial gains aren't from getting stronger, but rather from getting more coordinated and efficient with the motions that the new exercises demand. As you start to perfect your form, you'll start to hit the point of actual muscle exhaustion where calories or lack thereof come into…

BMI isn't a very accurate measure of obesity if you are muscular. Body fat percent is more telling. If you want to get more meaning out of BMI though, combine it with waist circumference: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-pro/guidelines/current/obesity-guidelines/e_textbook/txgd/4142.htm

Get a kettlebell, google "enter the kettlebell" and follow the plan. One year from now, you will be an animal.

Use the fitocracy site and app for better workout tracking.

Get a good night's sleep and drink lots of water. It works better unless you're on the juice.

Use deli meat/chicken/turkey slices as "taco shells" and load with veggies add soy sauce or hot sauce.

You would log it as "epic fail" and move on.

Digital or not, they're all rough estimates. The calories are rounded off on food labels, you never use the entire container, or lick every molecule off the plate, and your calorie burn is just a ballpark figure. Use whatever's convenient.

Blueberries + fat free or lowfat yogurt + cinnamon + vanilla extract.

This is not the pain that people refer to when talking about "no pain, no gain" or "pushing through pain". This is a sign of an injury that needs to heal.

stand on a tennis ball or lacrosse ball

Shallow. Would you prefer a bulemic? Define fitness. Define trainer. WTF does appearance have to do with knowledge, education and experience.

Try goblet squats. Easy to do, hard to screw up. They'll teach you proper squat mechanics that transfer directly to barbell squats.

The mother of asymmetry fixers is the turkish getup. TGUs can be done with dumbbells or kettlebells and are a great supplementary exercises.

Calisthenics aka bodyweight exercises. All you need is a floor.

Google kettlebell snatches calorie burn. At full blast they're good for almost 20 cals per minute using vo2 measurements

Age is irrelevant. Your exercise selections targeting push/pull with the same muscle groups are excellent. Lunges are fine. Strength training doesn't really require that you keep your heartrate up. In fact, resting between sets will allow you to work harder. Working to exhaustion is not the point. Just focus on technique…

I worked kettlebells hard most of last year. Same exercises. 30 minutes of intense snatches with 16kg was good for about 400 calories doing 36 second high-speed intervals. Great workout.

Check out Craig Ballantyne on YouTube. He's got a bunch of interval routines.

Take swimming lessons.

Why wonder? Just go cold turkey and see if it makes a difference.

Don't buy anything until you have a goal. Strength? More muscle? Less fat?

Calipers are the most accurate way to a get an estimate at home. They're cheap and easy to use.