Arnold Schwarzenegger's son gets candid about his 100kg weight loss
Christopher Schwarzenegger, has opened up on his incredible five-year transformation.
The 27-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger recently took to the stage as a keynote speaker at the inaugural Beacher Vitality Happy & Healthy Summit in Los Angeles, joining his mother Maria Shriver (69), TV personality Kelly Osbourne (40) and host Jeff Beacher (52) to his fitness journey.
He describes his 113kg weight loss journey, which began in 2019, as a 'big process' that involved major dietary changes and intense, immersive workouts.
'It's not an overnight thing, but it took a lot of trial and error,' said Christopher, who is the youngest of Arnie and Maria's four children, the others being Katherine (35), Christina (33) and Patrick (31).
'And even still to this day when you're saying, oh, before and after photos, I don't feel like I'm an after yet. I don't feel like I'm at the point.'
Christopher was inspired to make big changes in his life after becoming frustrated at how his weight was limiting him from doing the physical activities he loved, such as skydiving.
'I started in 2019 when I was living in Australia. I was on this big trip [and] I made it a big [deal] like, oh, I'm going to go out and do all this stuff.
'I just saw how much my weight was prohibiting me from doing the everyday activities,' he explained.
'I was like, I want to go skydiving and my friends were like, 'Yeah, no shot',' he added. 'I was like, 'Yeah, I can't skydive'.'
The University of Michigan graduate admits he was always insecure about his weight. In high school he would cut down his lunches to stay healthy.
'I tried everything,' he recalled. 'I remember feeling like a weirdo when I was bringing weird lunches to school.'
He says when he cut bread out of his diet he started seeing results, shedding more than 13kg in less than two months.
His father, a former bodybuilder, had always emphasised the importance of staying healthy.
'Movement is extremely crucial, and the longer we can move, the longer we can live,' Arnie (77) said
The seven-time Mr Olympia champion has revealed that his fitness and health journey was far from smooth and he sometimes had to dig deep to motivate himself to hit the gym.
'I get it, it's scary,' Arnold said. 'I've had my own health issues, shoulder surgery, hip replacement, and all of my heart surgeries for my congenital valve issue, and I think it's very important that I'm open about it, because I see how it inspires people to act, and not just give in to their pain.'
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