--- title: People Are Having a Ball with Mark Wahlberg's Crazy Schedule description: After Mark Wahlberg shared his intense schedule — which starts with a 2:30 a.m. wakeup — people couldn't help but turn it into a meme. canonical: https://time.com/5395219/mark-wahlberg-schedule/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-13T15:21:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:50.344Z og:title: Mark Wahlberg's Hyper Intense Schedule Has Become a Meme og:description: After discovering Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2:30 a.m., people have some fixes og:url: https://time.com/5395219/mark-wahlberg-schedule/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8139271b0826b31f/69893a1f656a3ff96dbd5778/mark-wahlberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6000 og:image:height: 3375 og:image:alt: Premiere Of STX Films' "Mile 22" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mark Wahlberg's Hyper Intense Schedule Has Become a Meme twitter:description: After discovering Mark Wahlberg wakes up at 2:30 a.m., people have some fixes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8139271b0826b31f/69893a1f656a3ff96dbd5778/mark-wahlberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Having a Ball Fixing Mark Wahlberg's Intense Schedule > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 13, 2018 3:21 PM UTC  Actor Mark Wahlberg attends the Premiere Of STX Films' "Mile 22" at Westwood Village Theatre on August 9, 2018 in Westwood, California. Actor Mark Wahlberg attends the Premiere Of STX Films' "Mile 22" at Westwood Village Theatre on August 9, 2018 in Westwood, California. Leon Bennett—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 13, 2018 3:21 PM UTC It’s not easy being Marky Mark. According to a daily schedule that [actor](http://time.com/4512775/quick-talk-with-mark-wahlberg/) and fitness fiend [Mark Wahlberg](http://time.com/5096475/mark-wahlberg-michelle-williams-reshoots/) shared on his Instagram story earlier this week, his day starts with a 2:30 a.m. wakeup call — and includes at least two workouts, a round of golf, a recovery session in a cryo chamber and seven separate times for meals and snacks before he hits the hay at 7:30 p.m. Not surprisingly, the internet couldn’t help but raise some eyebrows at the [_Ted_ star](http://time.com/4051539/pope-francis-mark-wahlberg-ted-joke/) and [Pain and Gain impresario](https://www.aetv.com/shows/wahlburgers)‘s intense approach to taking advantage of each waking minute. Wahlberg may be one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars — and seems to have figured out how to slow the aging process in his body, if his [shirtless selfies](https://www.instagram.com/p/BnkNdOKnKm-/?taken-by=markwahlberg) are any indication — but as many people pointed out, if this is what fame takes, perhaps it’s not worth it after all. (Wahlberg is 47, and does not appear to be slowing down.) Wahlberg seems happy, though; he manages to fit in family and prayer time into the daily grind, not to mention those ample snacks, which are a pretty good way to break up an otherwise jam-packed day of gym time. However, someone _could_ gently suggest that he can technically wake up at a normal hour, go to sleep slightly later and still get seven hours of shut eye and fit in all those workouts. Just a thought. Here are some [other takes](https://twitter.com/AdamVincent76/status/1040196503380340736) on the daily schedule meme: > [](https://twitter.com/GroovyBruce/status/1040230647120314368) > [](https://twitter.com/iamfreyaparker/status/1039954329548017665) > [](https://twitter.com/joshweller/status/1039889888752091136) > [](https://twitter.com/Julian5News/status/1039811611068952578) > [](https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1039858529295892480) > [](https://twitter.com/hels/status/1039923045069193216) > [](https://twitter.com/alexvtunzelmann/status/1039814858273906689) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5395219/mark-wahlberg-schedule/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5395219/mark-wahlberg-schedule/"},"headline":"People Are Having a Ball Fixing Mark Wahlberg's Intense Schedule","datePublished":"2018-09-13T15:21:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:50.344Z","description":"Everyone is trying to stack up to Mark Wahlberg's intense hours","url":"https://time.com/5395219/mark-wahlberg-schedule/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8139271b0826b31f/69893a1f656a3ff96dbd5778/mark-wahlberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8139271b0826b31f/69893a1f656a3ff96dbd5778/mark-wahlberg.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of STX Films' \"Mile 22\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of STX Films' \"Mile 22\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Leon Bennett—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5395219/mark-wahlberg-schedule/","name":"People Are Having a Ball Fixing Mark Wahlberg's Intense Schedule"}}]}] ```