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Fit to Fight is a cancer fitness program at the National Training Center designed to help cancer patients maintain their strength throughout their treatments.
The program combines cardiovascular fitness, resistance training and aquatic therapy (optional) to provide a customized workout for each client. The program will be 30-minute sessions, scheduled either twice or three times per week, depending on the client’s treatment schedule.
There are three phases of the program, a recovery phase, a maintenance phase and an endurance phase. These phases are designed to help the client gradually progress as their body heals after a treatment. This also acts as a way to build endurance as the next treatment approaches. The phases cycle over again after another treatment is received.
Each participant will go through an initial evaluation to allow the exercise specialist to get acquainted with the client and to learn more about their cancer and what treatments they are undergoing. A physician’s release will be requested for each client.
Exercise sessions will only be scheduled at least 24 hours after a treatment. Before the start of each session, there will be a re-evaluation to see how the patient is feeling that particular day.
The program was created by Kyndall Truett, NTC Exercise Specialist, ACSM-CPT. Kyndall is a cancer survivor who underwent treatment while finishing her Bachelor of Science degree in Sports and Fitness from the University of Central Florida and working at the NTC. She found tremendous benefit in exercising throughout her treatments.
For more information, please contact Kyndall Truett, kyndall.truett@orlandohealth.com, 352.241.7144, ext. 4418.
Click here to download the Fit to Fight flyer.
"I promise to use my expertise as well as my own personal survivorship to guide, encourage and motivate my clients as they progress through the Fit to Fight program."
~Kyndall | 
