Alvin Kamara is opening up about his offseason schedule and how NASCAR drivers can use his work ethic to be successful. While speaking to Kevin Harvick on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, the New Orleans Saints running back reveals the work he puts in once the season ends.

“My offseason is pretty intense,” Kamara said. “But I try to take some time, so right when the season ends, for instance, this year we didn’t make the playoffs. Our last game was January 7. From January 7 until about March 15, middle of March, nothing, just kind of relax, just go where the wind takes me.”

Kamara also said he takes that time to do some “decompressing” and let his body “come back” before he has to train again. The former Tennessee Volunteers star revealed he does that because when March 15 hits, training for him won’t stop until camp begins.

“From March to now, it’s five days a week, 4 a.m., 4:30 in the morning, wake up, go straight to workout,” Kamara revealed. “I try to start early because I think it’s more of a mental thing. The physical aspect you can’t run away from. You going to get hit, you got to hit somebody. I think the people that last, there’s a certain mental toughness that they have or mental fortitude that allows them to go out and compete and be consistent day in day out, week in week out, season in season out. That’s what creates longevity, and that’s why I’ve been able to do it so long.

Alvin Kamara appreciates Kevin Harvick’s NASCAR career

Kamara then praised Harvick for the work he put in during his NASCAR career, leading to him being one of the organization’s 75 greatest drivers. “You did it at the highest level, and you’ve had success that a lot of young drivers I think are trying to reach,” Kamara told Harvick.

This is what I tell younger guys all the time in any sport or just in life. If you want anything, you got to be a little sick, you got to be a little twisted, you got to be obsessive, you got to be like it comes across as what’s wrong with them. That’s been my thing for my rookie year. Everybody’s like ‘What’s wrong with you?’ I’m like ‘Man, I can’t do this forever.’ So I’m like I’ll miss out on that on the party or I’ll miss out on that fun to invest on what I got to do because I know when this season hits, the only thing that I have that I’ll be able to show is what I did to prepare.”

Kamara’s work ethic has led to him being named to the All-Pro Second Team twice and the Pro Bowl five times. He will kick off his eighth NFL season in September.