{"id":16590,"date":"2026-03-29T07:42:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16590"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:42:28","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-helps-train-love-child-joseph-baena-for-his-first-bodybuilding-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16590","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger helps train love child Joseph Baena for his first bodybuilding competition"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a> is helping train his love child Joseph Baena<\/a> for his first bodybuilding competition.<\/p>\n

The 78-year-old seven-time Mr. Olympia instructed <\/a>his 28-year-old nepo baby<\/a> ‘to shock the muscles’ as he pumped iron at Gold’s Gym in Venice, CA on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Baena is set to make his bodybuilding debut at NPC Natural Colorado<\/a> State, which will be held at Pinnacle Performing Arts Center in Denver, CO this Saturday – according to TMZ Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every athlete who enters this show will not only be drug tested, they’ll also take a 30-minute polygraph test to ensure they’re 100 percent natural.<\/p>\n

On March 18, the half-Guatemalan athlete – who boasts nearly one million social media followers – revealed <\/a>he packed on 18lbs of muscle in eight weeks.<\/p>\n

‘He’s an amazing father. He’s a great person to look up to and he’s the smartest man I know,’ Baena told ET <\/a>in 2023.<\/p>\n

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is helping train his love child Joseph Baena for his first bodybuilding competition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘It’s been a great journey and he’s always been so supportive of whatever I do. So, I’m just really grateful to have a dad like him.’<\/p>\n

And in 2022 while the Christie’s real estate agent was competing in Dancing with the Stars, Schwarzenegger marveled, ‘Jesus Christ, I can’t even believe that you can move like that’ because as he told ET <\/a>‘our family’s not known for dancing, especially on my dad’s side.’<\/p>\n

Indeed, out of all five of the former California Governor’s children, Baena has followed in his footsteps the most despite primarily growing up with his chef mother Mildred ‘Patty’ Baena in Bakersfield, CA.<\/p>\n

The Pepperdine University grad was only 13 in 2011 when Schwarzenegger revealed he secretly fathered him during a ‘one-night stand’ with his former housekeeper, which ended his 25-year marriage to journalist Maria Shriver before their divorce was finalized in 2021.<\/p>\n

Last year, the 70-year-old niece of President John F. Kennedy admitted in her poetry book I Am Maria that the divorce ‘broke my heart, it broke my spirit, it broke what was left of me. Without my marriage, my parents, a job \u2014 the dam of my lifelong capital-D Denial just blew apart.’<\/p>\n

Baena and the FUBAR producer-star first bonded over fitness and he gifted him a copy of The Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, which he co-authored in 1985.<\/p>\n

‘My dad is old-school; he doesn’t believe in handouts. He believes hard work pays off, and so do I,’ the Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws actor told Men’s Health<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n

‘I love the word honor, and I’m very prideful in the sense that if I use my dad’s contacts or ask him for favors, I wonder what honor is that gonna bring me?’<\/p>\n

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The 78-year-old seven-time Mr. Olympia instructed his 28-year-old nepo baby ‘to shock the muscles’ as he pumped iron at Gold’s Gym in Venice, CA on Tuesday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Baena is set to make his bodybuilding debut at NPC Natural Colorado State, which will be held at Pinnacle Performing Arts Center in Denver, CO this Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Every athlete who enters this show will not only be drug tested, they’ll also take a 30-minute polygraph test to ensure they’re 100 percent natural<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On March 18, the half-Guatemalan athlete – who boasts nearly one million social media followers – revealed he packed on 18lbs of muscle in eight weeks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘He’s an amazing father. He’s a great person to look up to and he’s the smartest man I know,’ Baena told ET in 2023. ‘It’s been a great journey and he’s always been so supportive of whatever I do. So, I’m just really grateful to have a dad like him’ (pictured March 15)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And in 2022 while the Christie’s real estate agent was competing in Dancing with the Stars, Schwarzenegger marveled, ‘Jesus Christ, I can’t even believe that you can move like that’ because as he told ET ‘our family’s not known for dancing, especially on my dad’s side’ (pictured Thursday)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Indeed, out of all five of the former California Governor’s children, Baena has followed in his footsteps the most despite primarily growing up with his chef mother Mildred ‘Patty’ Baena in Bakersfield, CA (pictured June 11)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Pepperdine University grad was only 13 in 2011 when Schwarzenegger revealed he secretly fathered him during a ‘one-night stand’ with his former housekeeper (R, pictured in 2019), which ended his 25-year marriage to journalist Maria Shriver before their divorce was finalized in 2021\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On May 3, Baena and his girlfriend, Dutch model Mel Randel (R, pictured February 20), will celebrate their third anniversary<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Schwarzenegger just signed on to reprise his breakout role in a new Conan the Barbarian movie in development with 20th Century Studios, which will be directed by Christopher McQuarrie (pictured in 1982)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On May 3, Baena and his girlfriend, Dutch model Mel Randel, will celebrate their third anniversary.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Deadline <\/a>reported that Schwarzenegger signed on to reprise his breakout role in a new Conan the Barbarian movie in development with 20th Century Studios, which will be directed by Christopher McQuarrie.<\/p>\n

But first, the Austrian-born American will next portray Santa Claus in Adam Shankman’s upcoming Christmas comedy The Man with the Bag for Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n

The holiday flick will also feature Alan Ritchson, Awkwafina, Liza Koshy, Kyle Mooney, Adrian Martinez, Jane Krakowski and Ken Jeong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n