Injury Prevention with Evan Longoria

Build Major League Muscle

If you train hard in the off-season, says Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria, you'll be prepared to bounce back from injury and succeed
By The Editors of Men's Health menshealth
 

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Build Major League Muscle // Evan Longoria © Jamie Squire/Getty Images

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Evan Longoria has seen the DL enough times to know one thing for certain: "You can't prevent every injury," he says. Indeed, the Rays' third baseman began the season with a strained left oblique that occurred in early April, during his second game. But Longoria was confident he'd come back strong, and quickly. That's because he'd spent months of his off-season preparing—not for baseball but for anything. He just wanted to be powerful and resilient. It's an approach any athlete at any level can use.

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