Five Times Joseph Baena Proved He Is Father Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bodybuilding Doppelganger

Joseph Baena is the youngest son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and has always resembled him not only through his facial features but also with his choices related to fitness and bodybuilding. The 26-year-old has also made headlines with his amazing physique on his social media, showing his love for bodybuilding in a lot of social media posts.

There are many instances where Joseph Baena recreated his father’s bodybuilding poses and walked in the same footsteps as his seven-time, Mr. Olympia-winning dad. Let’s see why the youngest Schwarzenegger resembles his father so much.

Five times Joseph Baena channels his inner Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son has been working on his physique for a long time and he’s always dropping his latest updates on Instagram. One such instance was when he posted a couple of pictures while posing in front of the mirror. The youngest Schwarzenegger hit the three basic processes of bodybuilding.

He hit the classic bodybuilding pose, which is the side chest and the second pose was a variation of the front double bicep. Finally, the third pose was a front lat spread. He was doing the exact poses that were done during the golden era and he also did not forget to do the vacuum chest that was mandatory during the 70s.

The second time he channeled his dad was when he posed like the Gladiator near a sea beach. His third time was when he went to Gold’s Gym and pumped iron, just like his father.

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He truly resembled his father, especially while doing the poses and fans reminisced about the younger Arnold Schwarzenegger, while watching his youngest son, pose like him. Baena definitely did not let his genetics go to waste. Joseph loves his father and decided to walk in his footsteps as he grew older.

Other instances where Joseph Baena reminded fans of his father

One of the most interesting posts by Baena was when he posted some AI pictures of himself as a retro youth in his yearbook picture. He captioned the post saying, “I feel like only half of these guys would get their yearbook signed.”

Fans noticed the resemblance between father and son immediately. Another instance was when he posted a birthday wish for his dad.

There are many other instances where Baena resembled his father and shocked fans. However, he is also in touch with his maternal roots.

Even though he decided to keep his mother’s surname, he also has a good relationship with his father and step-siblings. He not only cherishes bodybuilding like the Austrian Oak but also gets fitness tips from Arnold Schwarzenegger himself.

The moment that changed his life

During the same interview with Men’s Health, he narrated that when he was in eighth grade, his mother took him out of the school and declared that they needed to move because now everyone started to notice that he was looking like his father, Arnold. They went to their maternal home in Texas, and that is where he finally got to know his father and he was excited about it.

However, the media was creating a frenzy over the separation of Arnold and Maria after 25 years of marriage. The Austrian Oak had addressed this part of his life in his Netflix documentary named Arnold. Indicating his affair with Mildred he had made it clear that he was ashamed of his actions, but he was extremely proud to be the father of Joseph and wanted to make him feel welcome in this world.

Joseph has also previously said that he shares a very healthy relationship with his father, even though it took him some time to get over the broken structure of the family. He said, “Now I’m so close to my dad and we joke around about everything.”

Arnie and Joseph the power duo

Schwarzenegger had gone to promote his Netflix documentary on Tracy Smith’s interview on CBS Sunday morning. He spoke about upcoming projects, his family, his advocacy against pollution, and more. For a brief moment, the topic also touched upon his youngest son Joseph Baena.

Tracy asked,  “Joseph is following in your bodybuilding steps too, right?”  Schwarzenegger replied, “Well every step. Joseph is into real estate, he is into acting, he is into bodybuilding… It’s kind of like the ‘Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,’”

Baena has also shown his appreciation for his father and how he wants to move in the same career path. One of Baena’s earliest film works was ‘Terminator 2 Remake with Joseph Baena: Bad to the Bone,’ where he played the famous android which was first played by his father in 1984 and then its sequel in 1991. Baena is eager to do a full live-action remake of Terminator someday and has even agreed to the fan’s feelings about the same. 

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He has also acted in Hollywood and went down the path of bodybuilding just like his father. The 26-year-old is still discovering new things every day about himself and his resemblance to his dad and steadily building his career just like his father did.