What if your oncologist’s advice to “just take it easy” could actually harm your recovery? This episode challenges everything you think you know about cancer and exercise.

Dr. Jay Harness spent 35 years as a breast cancer surgeon before stumbling into research that made his jaw drop. The sports medicine journals were hiding decades of clinical trials proving that cancer patients who exercise have an 18% better survival rate right out the gate. Yet 86% of newly diagnosed patients aren’t exercising at all.

Here’s what builds your confidence to handle cancer’s curveballs: First, you don’t need to train for marathons—150 minutes of brisk walking weekly gives you the same survival boost as chemotherapy. Second, your body recovers faster when you’re moving, not resting on the couch. Third, the research is so solid that Australia made exercise standard cancer care.

Dr. Harness reveals why the medical community ignored this life-changing science and how you can advocate for movement-based recovery with your team. Plus, the CMS battle that could make exercise oncology covered nationwide.

Your cancer journey doesn’t require becoming a triathlete—it requires getting off the couch.