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Advice to increase exercise stamina?

Page last modified on: October 16, 2008
Question from Peggy: I am a year out of treatment. I want to start exercising again, but I feel so weak. I get winded just climbing a flight of stairs. Any advice?
Answer —Melinda Irwin, Ph.D., M.P.H.: First, the fact that you're just starting to think of an exercise program is great. That's usually the hardest step. Climbing a flight of stairs is considered a vigorous activity—that's why you're getting winded. So focus on a more moderate activity, or even lighter intensity programs, such as instruction programs or Pilates or yoga, which will maybe make you feel overall less winded. Add in some walking, even if it's just 10 minutes a day. Then you can do 10 minutes out a couple times a day. Then maybe that 10 minutes turns into 15 minutes.

On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, the Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Weight Management During and After Breast Cancer Treatment. Cyndi Thomson, Ph.D., R.D. and Melinda Irwin Ph.D., M.P.H. answered your questions on managing weight during and after breast cancer treatment.

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Cyndi Thomson, Ph.D., R.D.Cyndi Thomson, Ph.D., R.D. is an associate professor in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Arizona - with joint appointments in medicine and public health.

Melinda Irwin, Ph.D., M.P.H. is an assistant professor in the department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale School of Medicine.

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