Home-Combo: an Online Home-based Combined Exercise Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer

Before the beginning of the exercise program, participants will receive an education session on how to use Borg's Perceived Rate of Exertion Scale (RPE) to monitor their effort during aerobic and resistance training and tips on when they may increase the exercise intensity. During the training sessions, participants in the intervention group will be asked to choose their preferred load to execute each exercise in the resistance component, told to perform the aerobic exercises at their preferred speed, and informed that they can stop exercising whenever they need to rest. The exercise professional may suggest increasing loads in specific exercises, but these increases will not be imposed on the participants. Attendance to the sessions in the intervention and control groups will be registered. Additionally, women in this group will be encouraged to perform brisk walking at their preferred intensity and receive a pedometer to increase walking motivation.