Inspiration for your Holiday week!
by Sara Rice This week I wanted to share a story about a Maple Tree Cancer Alliance participant from Florida that has used exercise as a means to curb a chronic disease, lose weight, and stay active during their chemotherapy. We always [...]
S.M.A.R.T.
by Emily Goodpaster The time of year is coming where we hear the phrase “NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION” more times than we can count. I think setting goals is a great and very important way to start your workout journey (or any journey)! [...]
The “RIGHT” time, the “RIGHT” way, with only HALF the allotted recommendation
by Matt Stemley Let’s just get right to the meat and potatoes…THERE IS NO “PERFECT” TIME. But there is a “right” time. The “right” time to start is WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF. Now, we have worked with enough individuals to know [...]
Resistance Exercise
by Kaleb Holbrook Resistance training is an exercise that focuses on the contraction of a muscle against resistance. Resistance training helps for many different reasons. The main reasons being to increase one’s muscular endurance, strength, and power of the active muscles. Resistance [...]
“My advice is don’t wait”
by Rachel Casey Here at Maple Tree Cancer Alliance, we are always so proud of all that our patients accomplish. We are able to teach them how to incorporate exercise safely into their cancer treatment journey. We can see them make great [...]
Chemotherapy tips
by Ben Kutz Are you wondering what some helpful tips and tricks might be to get through chemotherapy a bit easier from survivors who have been through it? Some of the patients we are serving at UPMC gave us some helpful pointers [...]