In college, I played for the Kentucky Wildcats and started my NBA career with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2015. I joined the Knicks in 2024 and have played for them for almost two years.<\/p>\n
Truly believing in my work and my abilities gives me an edge. I think anyone else in the NBA<\/a> feels that way as well.<\/p>\n Here’s what a typical day looks like for me.<\/p>\n I wake up at 6 a.m. and have a light, liquid breakfast<\/p>\n I’m not a big breakfast guy, which is funny, because everyone says it’s the most important meal of the day. A lot of guys I know don’t like eating in the morning because we don’t like to feel heavy.<\/p>\n When I wake up, I have 16 ounces of water and then black coffee, MCT oil (derived from palm kernel and coconut oils for an energy boost), and chicken bone broth<\/a>.<\/p>\n I go to practice at 7 a.m.<\/p>\n Towns hydrates a lot on both game and recovery days.\u00a0<\/p>\n Todd Kirkland\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Of course, on game days, which are about three to four days a week during the season, you want to be hydrated, but staying hydrated even on off-days is important \u2014 the more hydrated you are, the quicker the body recovers.<\/p>\n I drink water<\/a> all day. Sparkling water is my favorite. Starting at 7 a.m., I’m at practice all day, so I’m always being handed Gatorade bottles and water.<\/p>\n At the Knicks facility, we have our hydration tested. A lot of us check our hydration throughout the day, even when we leave the facility, to make sure we’re at a good level.<\/p>\n Lunges are my favorite mobility workout<\/p>\n When I was in high school, my favorite compound exercise was the deadlift<\/a>, which works the entire body.<\/p>\n Now that I’m older, I prefer lunges, chin-ups, and goblet squats for working multiple muscle groups. Lunges especially help with my mobility, working my legs and quads.<\/p>\n After dealing with a meniscus tear<\/a> a few years ago, it’s been awesome to see how my body has reacted and recovered from it. It’s the only surgery I’ve ever had, and I wouldn’t have known how my body could bounce back if it hadn’t happened.<\/p>\n Read more of our Power Hours series here:<\/p>\n Don’t underestimate your toes<\/p>\n Foot exercises help Towns strengthen his toes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images<\/p>\n A lot of the players get work done on our feet \u2014 massages, rolling out our feet with a lacrosse ball or tennis ball, picking up and lowering the ball to work on the contraction.<\/p>\n I’m a believer in strengthening the toes. When I played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, a lot of players would practice barefoot, gripping the floor, getting our feet and our toes into it, obviously working out the muscles and ligaments<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our feet always swell up because we run so much, so I’ll take some Advil. It’s great to have that still working for inflammation after all these years of playing basketball. (Editor’s note: Towns recently partnered with the company to promote its Advil Exchange<\/a> program, which encourages consumers to check their medicine cabinets for expired over-the-counter pain medications and replace them with Advil).<\/p>\n My lunches and dinners follow a similar pattern<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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