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.
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/week7 hr per night
- Every day7:30 PM → 2:30 AM· 7 hr
No naps.
Work
14 hours/week2 hr a day1 hr calls1 hr meetings
- Calls12:00 PM → 1:00 PM· 1 hr · Every day
- Meetings2:00 PM → 3:00 PM· 1 hr · Every day
Eat
31.5 hours/week7 meals8:16 eating window4 hr 30 min eating
- 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
Off
Move
28 hours/weekStrength 3:30 AMSport 7:30 AMRecovery 9:30 AMStrength 4:00 PM
- 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/weekMeditation 2:30 AMFamily 11:00 AMFamily 3:00 PMFamily 6:30 PM
- 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