{"id":15430,"date":"2026-03-10T04:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=15430"},"modified":"2026-03-10T04:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:41:12","slug":"barely-believable-images-of-bodybuilders-go-viral-at-controversial-arnold-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=15430","title":{"rendered":"Barely-believable images of bodybuilders go viral at controversial &#8216;Arnold Classic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"95.632308027923\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-207\/jake-fenner.html\" class=\"author\">JAKE FENNER, US SPORTS WRITER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-03-09T14:20:05+0000\"> 10:20 EDT, 9 March 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-03-09T14:31:32+0000\"> 10:31 EDT, 9 March 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/othersports\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.61.0\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.4.3\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/15.72.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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It&#8217;s also where weightlifters compete by throwing pounds around for fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But to outsiders, the images are hard to believe &#8211; with many believing that they must be enhanced by <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/ai\/index.html\" id=\"mol-1e0f9a40-1b62-11f1-bed7-6f3ce828698b\">artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Take Nick Walker for example. Video of the bodybuilder who won the award as the &#8216;most muscular&#8217; male competitor went viral as his bulging lats and ultra-chiseled thighs led many to believe it had to be a fake image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Please tell me this is fake&#8230; it&#8217;s gotta be. No one wants to look that bad. Do they?&#8217; one user on X posted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-eafd15e81f10acbd\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/09\/02\/106977609-15627299-image-a-17_1773023868743.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The annual Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition returned to Columbus, Ohio this week\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The annual Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition returned to Columbus, Ohio this week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-754401336ea66356\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/09\/02\/106977615-15627299-image-a-16_1773023862002.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The event, the brainchild of actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger, hit its 37th year\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The event, the brainchild of actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger, hit its 37th year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-36b03433cdc3c30c\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/09\/02\/106977623-15627299-image-a-18_1773023871660.jpg\" height=\"758\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Men and women alike competed and showed off their physiques for the crowd of onlookers\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Men and women alike competed and showed off their physiques for the crowd of onlookers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Is this AI or is this The Thing?&#8217; another wondered of Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I respect the dedication and size of these dudes, but we are far past grotesque in looks,&#8217; one comment read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A different reply said, &#8216;Hate to see these competitors doing this to themselves. So unhealthy.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Many others made baseless accusations of Walker being on steroids in order to achieve his look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But bodybuilding wasn&#8217;t the only thing being exhibited. There were also demonstrations of weightlifting at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At one point, Schwarzenegger himself was seen on a lat pulldown machine to train his shoulder muscles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Old, not obsolete,&#8217; the former Governor of California posted to his X account while a crowd of onlookers gathered around him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But Schwarzenegger wasn&#8217;t the only one lifting weights that drew attention.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d34cb3f22dd4b5a5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/09\/02\/106977967-15627299-image-a-20_1773024053638.jpg\" height=\"843\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Schwarzenegger himself even got to lifting on a pulldown machine in front of his fans\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Schwarzenegger himself even got to lifting on a pulldown machine in front of his fans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another video from the event went viral when a nine-year-old girl, Lucy Milgrim, displayed her strength by deadlifting 180 lbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While certainly an impressive feat, many in the comments below the video expressed concern for her future growth and development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Impressive but way too young to be weightlifting,&#8217; one comment read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t like it. Putting that kind of resistance on a small child&#8217;s body isn&#8217;t natural in a child&#8217;s musculoskeletal development. There&#8217;s a reason we give foals a few years to grow before we start trying to ride them.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One comment read, &#8216;Really, we should let kids be kids.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However there were still plenty of people praising the child&#8217;s strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Omg love it,&#8217; posted world boxing champion Alycia Baumgardner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Another comment read, &#8216;Discipline at this age is incredible. 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