Cancer Fitness

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.

• ContentsForeword by Lance ArmstrongIntroduction: X Marks the spot: A Personal Perspective on Cancer and ExerciseChapter 1. Cancer and Exercise: What Does the Science Show?Chapter 2. The Basics of Exercise During TreatmentChapter 3. Managing Your Side EffectsChapter 4. Setting Goals for a Lifetime of ExerciseChapter 5. Cancer Fitness FundamentalsChapter 6. Cancer Fitness Aerobic Exercise ProgramChapter 7. Athletes: Create Your Own Exercise ProgramChapter 8. The Core of Resistance ExerciseChapter 9. Cancer Fitness Resistance Exercise ProgramChapter 10. The Unthinkable: Recurrent Cancer and ExerciseChapter 11. Realizing Your PotentialAppendix. Clinical Trials Research: Advancing Our Understanding of ScienceOther Resources for Support and InformationGlossarySuggested ReadingThe Lance Armstrong Foundation