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Shape Your Self by Martina Navratilova

Shape Your Self

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

by Martina Navratilova

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  • Apr 2006, 288 pages
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Fabulously fit as she nears the milestone of 50, tennis great Martina Navratilova reveals her step-by-step, age-defying formula.

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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." - PW

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