Rocky Johnson’s Unusual Practice Helped Dwayne Johnson in Building a Chiseled Physique Like Arnold Schwarzenegger

Being one of the most physically impressive actors in Hollywood, Dwayne Johnson has truly transformed into an unstoppable force. He has achieved Arnold Schwarzenegger-like physical transformation via unwavering dedication.

DJ regularly mentions that his father, Rocky Johnson, as he was the one who taught him how to work harder than anybody else in the room. And not just that, he admitted that his father had assisted him in building a muscular physique like the Austrian Oak.

Years ago, in an interview with Muscle and Fitness, DJ said that his father used to bring the 6-7-year-old Johnson gym with him, which is how his long-standing habit of going to the gym came about. Despite the fact that he was disallowed from touching the weights at the time, he used to sit silently on a seat and watch his dad exercising.

Dwayne Johnson gained the support of his father to create a physique like Arnold Schwarzenegger

In the chat with Muscle and Fitness, Johnson revealed the 7 lessons he’s gained from life. During the conversation, he made the claim that working hard always pays off and used the example of his father’s unusual habit, which caused him to develop a physique like a Greek god. He described his father’s unusual daily routine of taking DJ to the gym at 5 a.m.

In his words, “Other dads took their kids to the playground. Mine took me to the gym, and the gyms he took me to were very hardcore. Weight rooms? Really? But it was important bonding time for us. And it was there that I learned at a very young age that there’s no substitute for hard work.”

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He added, “My dad and the other wrestlers would train for hours and hours every morning, just like all of the top bodybuilding stars of the day—Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, Albert Beckles. It was all he knew. And it was all I knew back then. And it worked.”

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He has changed his body, and no one in Hollywood had a physique like his at the time, owing to the regular gym habit he developed as a youngster. Not to forget that he had a distinct advantage over his rivals because of his physique, which helped him become one of the biggest action movie stars.