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Mark Wahlberg's Daily Routine

Fit two workouts, golf and family time into one day by starting at 2:30 AM. Mark Wahlberg posted the schedule in 2018 and went to bed at 7:30 PM.

By Colin PaceUpdated

Overview

Mark Wahlberg is an actor and producer known for Boogie Nights, The Departed and the Transformers films. In September 2018, while promoting Mile 22, he posted his daily schedule on Instagram. It starts at 2:30 AM and ends with bed at 7:30 PM.

As Boston.com reported, he prayed at 2:45 AM, ate breakfast at 3:15 AM and worked out from 3:40 AM to 5:15 AM, then had a post-workout meal, a shower and golf at 7:30 AM. Cryo chamber recovery came at 9:30 AM, family time, meetings and calls at 11:00 AM, lunch at 1:00 PM, school pickup at 3:00 PM, a second workout at 4:00 PM and dinner with his family at 5:30 PM, with seven meals and snacks in all. By 2023 he told TODAY he was waking at 3:30 AM instead, to train and then get his teenagers up for school.

It's for early risers who want training and family time done before most people finish work. The whole day runs about 5 hours early, so you still get 7 hours of sleep, but only if you are in bed by 7:30 PM. Block lengths are ours where he gave only start times, and we split his 11:00 AM slot between family and calls.

Who's it for

At a glance

  • 7 hr sleep per night
  • 14 hr work per week
  • 7 meals per day
  • 16 hr eating window
  • 28 hr movement per week
  • 21 hr play per week

Sleep

49 hours/week
Bedtime
7:30 PM
Wake up
2:30 AM

7 hr per night

Sleepuntil 2:30 AM
Sleep7:30 PM → 2:30 AM · 7 hr
Schedules
  • Every day7:30 PM → 2:30 AM· 7 hr
Naps

No naps.

Work

14 hours/week
Start
12:00 PM
Finish
3:00 PM

2 hr a day1 hr calls1 hr meetings

Calls 12:00 PM
Meetings 2:00 PM
Shifts
  • Calls12:00 PM → 1:00 PM· 1 hr · Every day
  • Meetings2:00 PM → 3:00 PM· 1 hr · Every day

Eat

31.5 hours/week
First meal
3:00 AM
Last meal
5:30 PM

7 meals8:16 eating window4 hr 30 min eating

Breakfast 3:00 AM
Meal 5:30 AM
Snack 8:00 AM
Snack 10:30 AM
Lunch 1:00 PM
Snack 3:30 PM
Dinner 5:30 PM
Meals
  • Breakfast3:00 AM → 3:30 AM· 30 min · Every day
  • Meal5:30 AM → 6:00 AM· 30 min · Every day
  • Snack8:00 AM → 8:30 AM· 30 min · Every day
  • Snack10:30 AM → 11:00 AM· 30 min · Every day
  • Lunch1:00 PM → 2:00 PM· 1 hr · Every day
  • Snack3:30 PM → 4:00 PM· 30 min · Every day
  • Dinner5:30 PM → 6:30 PM· 1 hr · Every day
Eating window

Off

Move

28 hours/week
A day
4 hr
Sessions
4

Strength 3:30 AMSport 7:30 AMRecovery 9:30 AMStrength 4:00 PM

Strength 3:30 AM
Sport 7:30 AM
Recovery 9:30 AM
Strength 4:00 PM
Sessions
  • Strength3:30 AM → 5:30 AM· 2 hr · Every day
  • Sport7:30 AM → 8:00 AM· 30 min · Every day
  • Recovery9:30 AM → 10:00 AM· 30 min · Every day
  • Strength4:00 PM → 5:00 PM· 1 hr · Every day

Play

21 hours/week
A day
3 hr
Blocks
4

Meditation 2:30 AMFamily 11:00 AMFamily 3:00 PMFamily 6:30 PM

Meditation 2:30 AM
Family 11:00 AM
Family 3:00 PM
Family 6:30 PM
Free time
  • Every day2:30 AM → 3:00 AM· 30 min
  • Every day11:00 AM → 12:00 PM· 1 hr
  • Every day3:00 PM → 3:30 PM· 30 min
  • Every day6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr