Washington (CNN) Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience in California on Monday that even after she was diagnosed for the fourth time with cancer, she never stopped working out, although she couldn't always complete her full routine.

"I do pushups," the 86-year-old told an audience at Berkeley Law, adding that she planks, "both front and side," as well as does weight-bearing exercises with her personal trainer.

Asked how she is feeling now, Ginsburg said that compared with six months ago she is doing "very well."

The comments come as the Supreme Court is on a brief recess after its first sitting. Ginsburg was an active participant on the bench as the court heard a blockbuster LGBT case and decided to add other significant issues to an already robust docket

Ginsburg announced in August that she had been treated for pancreatic cancer and the tumor had been treated "definitively."

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