The NFL veteran Mack Hollins is grinding it out in the offseason months through a brutal offseason program, and the numbers back it up.

The New England Patriots posted a video of their wide receiver on Instagram in which he was seen performing a loaded yoke carry at 260 kilograms, as well as sprinting and log lifts.

"@mackhollins on that offseason GRIND," stated the caption.

The training footage he shared mimics strongman workouts, and Hollins justifies it very much, as he is one of the strongest pound-for-pound players at his position

"He has spent a lot of time here in the offseason, locked in, engaged," said head coach Mike Vrabel, praising the athlete's offseason commitment.

Last season, Hollins caught 46 passes for 550 yards and two touchdowns for New England before an abdominal injury, then returned in time to help the Patriots reach Super Bowl LX, where he hauled in four catches for 78 yards and a touchdown.

With the receiver now getting some quality reinforcements this off-season, it seems like Hollins is determined not to let his body stand in his way anymore.

Inside Mack Hollins' Strongman-Style Conditioning

Mack Hollins' workout sessions are strongman-style, but there is always a focus on improving his plyometrics, cardio, and VO2 levels.

In a previous offseason training session, his log lift was 190 pounds, the axle bar deadlift was 573 pounds, the dumbbell press was 132 pounds, and his sled pull was 738 pounds, all completed shoeless.

As per CBS Boston, his shoeless routine dates back to Melbourne Muscular Therapies, an Australia-based training camp that Hollins learned about on Instagram after suffering a groin injury as an Eagle in 2019.

"But that was their philosophy, being barefoot and getting back to your original ways of movement," Hollins told CBS Boston. "That grew into me training barefoot all the time for two or three years."

At 6-foot-4, Hollins uses that combination of raw power and length to separate himself physically, even in a crowded receiver room that now includes several new additions for the 2026 season.

Would you want to see more NFL receivers train this way?

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Written by

Proma Chatterjee

Edited by

Zaid Quraishi