The youngest son of bodybuilding icon and seven-time Mr. Olympia?Arnold Schwarzenegger?has been working out and building an incredible physique for many years now. Baena’s body has improved to the point where people think his physique?is nearly identical to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s. While Joseph Baena’s build doesn’t quite match up to his father’s, people can see how he has the gift of his father’s genes. However, Schwarzenegger’s youngest and shredded son confessed in 2022 about turning?“chubby.”

While appearing on Bradley Martyn’s Raw Talk podcast, the 25-year-old revealed he started hitting the gym less than five years ago. While he swam and saw his physique grow due to his elite genetics, Baena wouldn’t stick to it. Baena revealed he studied abroad for his sophomore year of college and caught a bad habit that made him put on weight.

The bad habit got the better of Joseph Baena

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s youngest son has made incredible progress within five years of first starting to build his physique. Even an experienced bodybuilder like Bradley Martyn was surprised to learn Baena had not been working out since he was a teenager. However,?bodybuilding?was an acquired hobby for the 25-year-old because he initially wanted to lose weight.

After coming back from abroad, Baena realized he had lost his fitness and wanted to regain it. He also explained why he had put on weight.?“I was eating baguettes, croissants, and schnitzel every day of my life,”?said the young actor. However, eating high-calorie comfort food wasn’t the only diet mistake he made. Baena said he picked up the bad habit of drinking “so much beer and wine.”

The 25-year-old actor’s confession surprised Martyn.?“Wait! Wait! Even at a younger age?”?asked Martyn, as the legal drinking age in the USA is 21. However, Baena said that in Europe, the rules are more relaxed.?Well, over there, it’s legal. I was 19,”?explained Joseph Baena. He said that the legal drinking age in Europe is 16. So Martyn asked why he thought it was different in America.

Joseph Baena couldn’t miss the opportunity to crack a joke. In his opinion, people in the USA couldn’t handle it because?“there’s a bunch of idiots out here.”?The pair laughed, and Martyn agreed with Arnie’s son. They also found common ground regarding their bodybuilding inspiration.

The Arnold Schwarzenegger book that changed everything for them

In 1985, after winning seven Mr. Olympia titles and earning a wealth of experience from some of the best bodybuilders in history, Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote a book. The book became one of the most iconic instructional books in bodybuilding. Even today, people swear by Schwarzenegger’s?The Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding. Baena and Martyn discussed the book during their conversation.

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Baena said his father gave him the book when he began taking bodybuilding seriously, and it inspired him to improve. Bardley Martyn could relate. He said that one of the first things that attracted him to bodybuilding was Arnie’s book. Martyn said he read it when he was 16 and loved it.

While Joseph Baena picked up a bad habit, he didn’t let it dictate his choices. Instead, the 25-year-old chose to follow the path of his bodybuilding legend father.

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