Mark Wahlberg’s intense exercise regime revealed

THE buff 45-year-old actor has opened up about his daily workout sessions and they’re not for the faint-hearted.

Mark Wahlberg has a strict exercise routine.

IF YOU want a body like Mark Wahlberg’s, be prepared to set your alarm for 4am.

The 45-year-old actor/director/producer has revealed to Men’s Health magazine how he stays in such incredible shape.

“My thing is to make sure I don’t cut any corners and that I’m constantly working as hard as I can and giving myself the best chance to succeed at everything that I do,” Wahlberg said to the magazine.

Five days a week he’s up before dawn working out with his trainer, Brian Nguyen, who describes the actor as “one of the most dedicated, strictly regimented athletes I know”.

“He’s a creature of habit and doesn’t like to change routine once it’s set,” Nguyen said.

Each morning Wahlberg does some foam-rolling movement prep before things get really intense.

Buff.

Wahlberg also has a seriously good throwing arm.

“For the next 30 minutes he goes into beast mode, relying little on rest and heavily on complex movements and load,” Nguyen said.

After the intense workout with kettlebells, weights and a skipping rope, Wahlberg often heads to the golf course for a game of “hit and run” where he literally bolts between swings.

“It’s like everything else Mark does,” Wahlberg’s caddie said to Men’s Health, “Don’t di*k around. Go to the ball, hit it, go to the next one, hit it, get on the green. Got it?”

The actor, who will next be seen in a movie called Patriots Day about the Boston Marathon bombing, said his other secret is getting to bed early.

“As long as I’m not going out and getting crazy, I’m good,” he said, “I get eight hours of sleep.”

Men’s Health hits the stands tomorrow.

Originally published as Mark Wahlberg’s intense exercise regime revealed