Fitness
Fitness: 5,000 steps a day helps keep breast cancer away
To help monitor step counts and set daily step goals, invest in a smart watch or a step counting app on your phone. For added motivation, enlist the help of friends and family to walk alongside you. The more you exercise during treatment as well as during the months and years after diagnosis, the greater chance you have of beating cancer and improving quality of life. And once you can easily meet the 5,000 steps a day goal, the option to pursue even greater levels of physical activity, including resuming your former active lifestyle, will seem less of an insurmountable goal.