It is not always easy to find the motivation to workout, or eat a healthy diet. I know from experience that it is even more difficult to get in shape when recovering from an illness or injury. I have found for myself that it is much easier and more enjoyable to workout with friends than it is alone, and the cancer survivors in the magazine article, “In Health: Strength in Numbers” by Margret Farley Steele, agree with me.
The main point of the article is to share how several women, who have survived cancer, found their strength to exercise and improve their health with the help of a cancer survivor’s exercise group. I learned that in our modern society there are many more cancer survivors, and there are an increasing number of workout programs being formed specifically for them. The study concluded that women in cancer surviving exercise groups are more likely to stick to their workout routine.
I have found that magazine articles like this are much easier and enjoyable to read than the peer-reviewed articles, but not as factual. This article is biases, because keeping a regular exercise routine is difficult for everyone with our busy modern lifestyles, not just people that are in recovery. Another flaw of this article is that is based more on option that actual fact, which is the opposite of the Peer-reviewed article on cancer survivors. The study described in the article doesn’t seem to very accurate, but that is okay because magazine articles aren’t expected to be nearly as accurate as peer-reviewed articles.
The magazine article, “In Health: Strength in Numbers” by Margret Farley Steele, I found to be an enjoyable and inspiring article. The theme of the magazine article is very similar to the theme of the peer-reviewed article that I picked: cancer survivor making their lifestyles healthier. If women that just went through cemotherapy can jump on a treadmills and exercise on a regular basis, young healthy people like me certainly should be able to find some motivation to do that too!
Steele, M.F. (2006, October). In Health: Strength in Numbers. Connect Magazine [online]. Available: http://www.connecticutmag.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=2329&dept_id=571885&newsid=17521342 [2009, March 24].
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