Arnold Schwarzenegger's Son Joseph Baena Details Fitness Journey
Say hello to Arnold Schwarzenegger's not-so-little kin.
Indeed, the Terminator star's youngest son Joseph Baena, 27, has detailed his rigorous fitness journey on social media. And now, he's reflecting on the one sport that inspired him to focus on his health.
'People sometimes forget that I used to be chubby in high school,' Joseph captioned his July 18 Instagram post, which sees him looking back on his weight loss over the years. 'I got cut from my basketball and soccer team because I couldn't keep up with the other kids. Swim didn't have tryouts thankfully and completely changed my life forever.'
According to the bodybuilder, this activity was his 'introduction to fitness and training.' And while Joseph—whose mom is Mildred Baena—has tried out other high intensity sports in recent years, he's grateful that he found swimming at a young age.
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'Everyone starts somewhere,' the Dancing with the Stars alum continued, 'but starting is the most important.'
Joseph's candid post comes two years after he reached one of his biggest fitness goals: Competing in his first triathlon. In October 2023, the realtor gushed over scoring his first medal on Instagram.
'What a great experience it was to compete with such amazing athletes,' he wrote at the time. 'With my birthday coming up I wanted to challenge myself in a new way, I feel like I did really well and I'm proud of myself for going the distance. I truly believe that if you have muscles, you should be able to use them.'
And he isn't the only member of Arnold's family flexing his muscles. After all, the former governor's other son Christopher Schwarzenegger—the youngest of Arnold's four kids with ex Maria Shriver—has also been building his own exercise routine for six years.
The 27-year-old recently shared the beloved food item he 'gave up' for Lent—the Christian religious observance that lasts for 40 days—to help him shed 30 pounds.
'I was like, 'Well, if I'm giving up bread, I might as well just take the opportunity and I'm a good Catholic boy, so I'm not going to break it,'' he explained at the Inaugural Beacher Vitality Happy & Healthy Summit in May. 'And so I lost 30 pounds just through that.'
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