A Role for Resistance Exercise in Cancer

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited December 2018

    Keep 'em coming, Tectonic. I am a firm believer that my exercise routine of fast-walking, some running, hot yoga (athletic), and weight training is helping me, but I love reading the science behind it. Great articles!

    Claire in AZ

  • moth
    moth Member Posts: 4,800
    edited December 2018

    That is a really interesting study. Take away from this one is to do resistance training which raises the heart rate to 120 for 7 minutes minimum. . That's the time required for almost all the blood volume to circulate through the exercising muscle. The exercising muscle (including the heart) undergoes physical changes which makes it likely that any circulating tumor cells would be burst by the pressures in the muscle.

  • Heidihill
    Heidihill Member Posts: 5,476
    edited January 2019

    I love that takeaway. Thanks, Moth!

  • downdog
    downdog Member Posts: 1,432
    edited January 2019

    Interesting that they found such an effect with healthy 20-30 yo males doing a bicep contraction with only a 10lb weight. Relative strength for this population would be significantly higher with a correspondingly lesser rate of stress in the contracted muscle. If a woman can lift 10lbs or more, or work up to 10lbs post-sx, I would assume the proportional relative force on the capillaries could be even greater than that of the test subjects.

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