Levin's off-season usually starts with him taking a month off and going back home to northern Switzerland, to spend some time with his family and childhood friends, as well as take the time to go hiking in the Swiss Alps. Being able to eat some authentic Swiss food also helps recharge his batteries, before he has to go back to North America. Once he comes back, he usually tries to go through all the usual PR demands as quickly as possible, before returning to his usual gym schedule, and receiving his new meal plan from the team's dietitian. He resumes on-ice practice around the middle of August, just to get the feeling of skating ingrained back into him - but quite like riding a bicycle, you never truly forget how to skate, so it's more for the form than anything else. And just before training camp opens, at the tail end of August or start of September, he will start going into "endurance mode", in order to get back to his usual stamina in time for the first few preseason games.

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