Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes keeps to a regimented daily schedule that belies his age
One widely shared story to come from the GQ cover article about Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was when he and tight end Travis Kelce visited the Post Malone concert in February.
It was at the Sprint Center, days after the Chiefs had won Super Bowl LIV, and author Clay Skipper shared a great tale of how Mahomes and Kelce proved unstoppable at beer pong. It ended with Post Malone getting their names tattooed on his body (and you can read all about that here).
Nearly five months later, Mahomes signed a contract extension that could keep him with the Chiefs through the 2031 season and pay him a half-billion dollars.
For any 24-year-old like Mahomes, a contract with that many zeroes could be an impetus for some epic nights out.
But, as Skipper shared in the article, Mahomes has kept to a regulated schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic that sees him up early and asleep no later than 10 p.m.
Mahomes will at times break that self-imposed curfew, but his daily sleep schedule sounds like it’s for a man more than twice his age. Here is what Skipper wrote:
His pandemic routine keeps him steady. Though he flourishes in chaos on the field, off it Mahomes adheres to a strict regimen. He’s up at 7 a.m., often with no alarm. He flips on TV, usually ESPN — where occasionally he’ll find that he’s the topic of discussion — drinks his coffee, then drinks a pre-workout supplement concoction, in that order. At 9 a.m., a workout: an hour for arms, an hour and a half for legs. Then he eats lunch, after which some days he has a virtual meeting with teammates and coaches or he plays video games. Only in this narrow noon-to-2 p.m. window, though. He doesn’t “want to get lost in playing video games all day.” During the season he swears them off.
He’s become an avid golfer, and 3 p.m. is tee time, if COVID-19 restrictions allow him to play. If not, that’s when he hits the Peloton, using the screen name 2PM, a nod to his fascination with time and a reference to his full name, Patrick Mahomes II. He’s as fierce on a stationary bike as he is on the field. “I’m so damn competitive that I kill myself,” he tells me. “I see the leaderboard, and I see that, like, Brian from North Carolina is catching me, and I’m like: ‘There’s no way.’” Better, he’s found, to ride alone, where he opts for 30-minute scenic routes, riding to sunsets. By 5 p.m. he’s hanging out with Brittany and their two dogs. Then dinner and TV. Bedtime is 9:30, 10 at the latest.
Mahomes tweeted about his Peloton competitiveness in March:
After all the grief Peloton caught for its Christmas commercial, maybe someone will reach out to Mahomes ahead of the holidays this year.
You can read more about Mahomes in the GQ article here.
