Mark Wahlberg had to change marathon morning routine for teen kids -

Actor Mark Wahlberg’s morning routine that shook the internet in 2018 has changed significantly as a teen’s dad.

The 52-year-old Hollywood icon shocked everyone the first time he posted his morning routine for his followers. The fitness fanatic celebrity‘s daily schedule included waking up at an ungodly hour and hitting the bed at a relatively early ‘evening’ time. He had also managed to incorporate two strict workout timings and golf in his day-to-day rituals to maintain his buff body.

But being a father of four is not easy and Mark shares how he had to change his morning routine for parental duties.

Mark Wahlberg’s morning routine changed for better

The Departed star’s morning routine needed tweaking as the father got the duty of waking up his high school kids. Mark is the proud father of daughters Ella, 20, and Grace, 13, and sons Michael, 17, and Brendan, 15. The actor shares that, instead of his original routine of waking up at 2.30 am, he has switched to 3.30 am to better accommodate all the activities.

“I’ve been going like, 3:30 wake-up, 4 o’clock in the gym, kind of finish that, get my reading and my prayer time done, and then start the process of waking them up, which usually ends up taking — I’m up and down the stairs at least three times to get the teenagers up, and I get them off to school, and then I usually start the rest of my day,” Wahlberg revealed.

While most netizens did not approve of Mark’s 2.30 am morning routine, the celebrity shares that one of his daughters is following in his footsteps already.

Mark boasts that his youngest daughter is the most similar to him in terms of their daily routine.

“Gracie is already (getting up early). She gets herself up every morning. She gets ready, she’s off to her barn,” Wahlberg shared. “She’s doing all the stuff that she needs to do with the horses and training and taking care of the animals. She is me to a T.”

Along with his strict schedule, Gracie has inherited other things from the Daddy’s Home actor. “She’s got my work ethic, for sure. She does not mess around.”

While one of Mark’s daughters was keen on adapting his routine, the father of teen kids does not necessarily want to impose his schedule on all. He hopes that, when they get older, they might automatically lead a similar lifestyle.

Mark is also keen on sharing the personal changes that have helped him from 2018 to now.

Speaking of his workout habits, the movie star said: “I had spent so many years working out by myself, you know, and it’s what I needed to do, whether I was preparing for a role, or just to kind of feel better and in life. And then when I found a community where there was a support system, the energy, obviously it’s incredible.”