Cancer Fitness

Increase your survival odds by creating and following an exercise program that counteracts the side effects of your treatment, speeds your recovery, and reduces your risk of recurrence. Most cancer patients and survivors think that "rest" will decrease their fatigue and speed their recovery. But in fact, rest can make patients weak and debilitated during treatment and may prolong hospitalization. Based on Dr. Anna Schwartz's research and her life's work as a nurse and a coach, Cancer Fitness offers cancer patients and survivors comprehensive advice and an easy step-by-step program to begin improving their physical and emotional health and reclaiming their lives beyond cancer. Through exercise, patients will regain some control over their body, manage side effects more successfully, and increase their body's ability to heal. Cancer Fitness provides clear directions to safely start an exercise program, and the tools to make exercise a long-lasting lifestyle change to heal body and soul.

Lance Armstrong is a seven-time winner of the Tour de France and fulltime cancer fighter. He oversees the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a nonprofit organization that assists cancer patients around the world with managing and surviving the disease. He won the first of his record-setting seven Tour de France wins after surviving a nearly fatal bout with testicular cancer. In 2008, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Contents Foreword by Lance Armstrong Introduction: X Marks the spot: A Personal Perspective on Cancer and Exercise Chapter 1. Cancer and Exercise: What Does the Science Show? Chapter 2. The Basics of Exercise During Treatment Chapter 3. Managing Your Side Effects Chapter 4. Setting Goals for a Lifetime of Exercise Chapter 5. Cancer Fitness Fundamentals Chapter 6. Cancer Fitness Aerobic Exercise Program Chapter 7. Athletes: Create Your Own Exercise Program Chapter 8. The Core of Resistance Exercise Chapter 9. Cancer Fitness Resistance Exercise Program Chapter 10. The Unthinkable: Recurrent Cancer and Exercise Chapter 11. Realizing Your Potential Appendix. Clinical Trials Research: Advancing Our Understanding of Science Other Resources for Support and Information Glossary Suggested Reading The Lance Armstrong Foundation