ALPHA MALE CHALLENGE meets STRENGTH FOR LIFE!

Alpha Male Challenge co-author Rick Collins sat down this week with Jacqui Errico and Debbie Hughes, the co-founders of Strength for Life, a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to promoting strength training to cancer patients and suvivors.  Check out http://strengthforlifeny.blogspot.com/ (October 15, 2009 entry). 

According to our friends at Strength for Life:

"Breakthrough medical research has shown that regular physical activity offers enormous benefits to cancer survivors, even if it is for as little as 10 minutes per day. By exercising 3 to 5 hours a week, you can improve your odds of surviving breast cancer by as much as 50%, according to a landmark study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2005. In 2006, a study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that colon cancer survivors who increased their levels of physical activity after their diagnosis reduced their odds of dying by 50% compared to survivors who remained sedentary. Exercise also improves your immune function, enhances feelings of well-being and self-confidence, revs up your energy level, increases your lean muscle mass, reduces treatment related fatigue, reduces your risk of lymphedema, and builds bone density. Every one of these health-enhancing effects has been documented in leading medical journals. The evidence continues to mount with each new study - EXERCISE IS A KEY COMPONENT in treatment and recovery for cancer patients."

Strength for Life offers FREE exercise classes to people who are living with cancer and survivors.  Each session is 8 weeks long, 2 days per week at various locations throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties.  Strength for Life speaks at support groups about all the benefits of physical activity in reducing the risk of cancer and enhancing recovery.  They deserve our support!  Check out   http://www.strengthforlifeny.org/!