Shape Your Self: My 6-Step Diet and Fitness Plan to Achieve the Best Shape of Your Life - Hardcover

Navratilova, Martina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594862826 ISBN 13: 9781594862823

Publisher: Rodale Books, 2006

Synopsis

Fabulously fit as she nears the milestone of 50, tennis great Martina Navratilova reveals her step-by-step, age-defying formula

Known for her superb conditioning, Martina Navratilova is a marvel of fitness. She easily outruns many women who are half her age, still plays tennis competitively, and engages in all the other sports she loves: basketball, hockey, skiing, and more. Everywhere she goes, people ask her: Why can you still move the way you do? How do you stay in such good shape? What's your secret?

In The Shape of Your Life, this amazing athlete shares through personal anecdotes the simple strategies, tips, and small lifestyle changes that will enable anyone to tune up their body, mind, and spirit. In her 6-step program readers discover:
· tips on achieving the focus and mental ability of star athletes
· advice on creating an environment—emotionally and physically—that supports readers' health and personal goals
· a healthy food plan with delicious recipes—emphasizing natural foods, including raw foods and juices—that help the body release toxins, drop extra pounds, and feel more vibrant and youthful
· fun, unique, cutting-edge exercises that can be done anywhere and will make readers appreciate the power, strength, and beauty of the body
· novel ways to recharge and energize mind and body

Above all, Martina offers smart, doable techniques so readers can achieve championship levels in every area of their lives.

About this title

About the Author:

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, with her record 9 Wimbledon singles titles and 58 Grand Slam titles, is the best female tennis player of the modern era, and possibly the greatest in the history of the sport. In January 2003, she won the Australian Open mixed doubles title with Leander Paes, making her, at age 46, the oldest winner, male or female, of a Grand Slam title. She also won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2003, tying a record 20 Wimbledon titles held by Billie Jean King.

From Publishers Weekly:

Tennis legend Navratilova has won 20 Wimbledon titles and 58 Grand Slam titles, and at age 46, became the oldest Grand Slam winner ever. Now 49, she competes in tennis matches, skis, and plays hockey and basketball. It's no surprise, then, that she's always being asked, "How do you stay in such good shape? What's your secret?" The answers lie in a food and fitness plan that explores six areas of mind and body fitness, from thinking like an athlete (dream big, set high goals, push yourself, bounce back from defeat) to choosing organic foods (Navratilova is enamored of juicing; she provides recipes for fruit-and-vegetable drinks and meals in a 28-day plan). The book's exercise section includes photos of the author demonstrating workout moves and a list of "exercise toys" that keep fitness routines fun. It's fascinating (and motivating) to get the inside scoop on how an elite athlete trains—and struggles like the rest of us. Navratilova's coaching approach, characterized by supportive, encouraging exhortations ("Look at ability, not age" and "You are the benchmark of your own success"), will give struggling readers encouragement. (Apr.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1594862826
• ISBN 13: 9781594862823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256