23/04/2026
Superstar Sherree Leo, from Perth, WA is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Her clinical Oncologist Dr Seow, reccommended that Sherree undertake a tailored strength training program, throught her treatment.
She is getting amazing results and when people ask why lift weights? Cancer research indicates that structured weight training can reduce cancer related mortality by 31% to 46%
It also combats Cancer Cachexia (Muscle Wasting): Up to 80% of cancer patients experience cachexia, which contributes to 30% of cancer related deaths.
Weight training is the primary, and in some cases only, effective way to combat this, reversing muscle loss and increasing strength during and after treatment.
People often say that I don't have any energy to train during treatment. Again, a structured program designed by people who have experience of cancer can design a program that will boost your energy.
Sherree traines just once a week around her chemo sessions and her latest blood test results show a stagering increase in her white blood cell count as well as her overall health during her chemotherapy treatment.
Her Oncologist stated that she did not require immune boosters as her white cell count demonstrated that her imune system was not compromised despite over 8 weeks of chemotherapy.
Scientific research has proven the efectiveness of weight training for fighting cancer, including boosting our immune system.
For Sherree, this is a real world exapmle and just more proof as to why we should lift weights.
Contact us for more information on how lifting weights can help you with your cancer treatment.