'Improving their quality of life': The push for exercise programs to be part of cancer treatment

Deborah Garden attends the University of Canberra cancer wellness clinic twice a week. Picture by James Croucher

Deborah Garden's two "fitness enthusiast" daughters had been trying to encourage her to take up strength training for years.

"I'd never been in a gym before, I'm a yoga practitioner more than a gym person so I was a bit intimidated about the thought of a gym," she said.