A well-trained body is one of the most important things for Mark Wahlberg. The Hollywood star (“Departed”) invests a lot of time and effort in his training. His fanatical discipline is notorious – Wahlberg is known for getting up at four o’clock every morning.
Speaking to Men’s Health, the actor opened up about his current fitness routine. Because in the meantime Wahlberg has also passed 50 – even if you don’t look at him – and has to adapt his training accordingly. “As you get older, you want to be able to move,” said the 51-year-old. That’s why he’s now increasingly relying on dynamic exercises instead of those where you work statically on a piece of equipment: “Siting on a stationary bike is good for bodybuilding, for steeling, getting in shape and all those things. But going out, a lot of lunges doing and similar exercises – that’s what keeps me going.”
So Wahlberg not only thinks about the here and now, but also makes provisions for old age when it comes to health. Probably also so that he can take on physically demanding film and series roles for a long time to come, because up to now they have mostly been his source of motivation for his hard training. “For the last 20 or so years, that’s kind of dictated what I do and how I approach the next four or five months of each year,” he told People magazine.
“I’m starting to realize that I don’t have to try to outdo everyone,” the actor explained. In order to specifically strengthen individual muscle groups, Wahlberg relies on so-called F-45 training. In a 45-minute unit, high-intensity interval training (HIIT), circuit training and training with your own body weight are combined. This procedure is supposed to burn a lot of calories.
Wahlberg particularly swears by an exercise that almost everyone knows: pull-ups. However, he himself executes them in slow motion, so to speak, in order to make them particularly effective. A pull-up takes 40 seconds. It’s not about lifting as much weight or doing as many reps as possible, but spreading the tension over time, Wahlberg says. Experts recommended this type of training to him 20 years ago – “I wish I had listened to them”.
However, all this only works with a lot of discipline. A few years ago, Wahlberg published his regular schedule: He gets up at 2:30 a.m. every morning and is at the gym before 4 a.m. From this the “4-AM-Club” developed, of people who train at dawn. For anyone who finds it too early, Wahlberg has two very simple tips: don’t hit the snooze button – and go to bed early at night. “Then you still have eight hours of sleep and still get up early enough.”
Quellen: “Men’s Health” / “People”
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