Weight training is important during chemotherapy and has been shown to improve chemotherapy completion rates and increase lean muscle mass.

“and this might help with the metabolism of these chemotherapy drugs”

“Most of the protocols we've tested are three days per week of weight training maybe eight exercises covering all the major muscle groups Moder intensity so 8 to 12 repetitions before failure so I would consider kind of a standard fullbody type of weight training program”

“uh but the weight training has also been shown to be very important I mentioned that Improvement in chemotherapy completion in one of the studies that we did it was actually the weight training group that completed more of their chemotherapy compared to the aerobic exercise group or the usual Care Group and so this weight training group was able to put on uh over a kilogram of lean muscle while they were on chemotherapy”

“but the weight training has also been shown to be very important I mentioned that Improvement in chemotherapy completion in one of the studies that we did it was actually”

“many of the other trials have done two days per week so lots of good evidence suggesting that even two days of uh a week of weight training can be very beneficial for these outcomes”