Cancer Fitness:
Exercise Programs for Patients and Survivors

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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.

Table of Contents

• Foreword by Lance Armstrong
• X Marks the Spot: A Personal Perspective on Cancer and Exercise
• Cancer and Exercise: What Does the Science Show?
• The Basics of Exercise During Treatment
• Managing Your Side Effects
• Setting Goals for a Lifetime of Exercise
• Cancer Fitness Fundamentals
• Cancer Fitness Aerobic Exercise Program
• Athletes: Create Your Own Exercise Program
• The Core of Resistance Exercise
• Cancer Fitness Resistance Exercise Program
• The Unthinkable: Recurrent Cancer and Exercise
• Realizing Your Potential
• Clinical Trials Research: Advancing Our Understanding of Science
• Other Resources for Support and Information
• Glossary
• Suggested Reading
• The Lance Armstrong Foundation

About the Author:

Anna L. Schwartz, FNP, Ph.D., FA AN, is an associate professor of nursing in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the University of Washington. She provides seminars and lectures on cancer, exercise, and symptom management while continuing to coach cyclists and multisport athletes. She holds two world records in bicycling. She is also the president and director of Peak Performance Camps and Tours and Coleman Health, LLC.

Cancer Fitness: Exercise Programs for Patients and Survivors