{"id":16696,"date":"2026-03-30T08:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16696"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:37:34","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-baena-follows-in-famous-fathers-footsteps-as-he-triumphs-in-bodybuilding-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16696","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s son Joseph Baena follows in famous father&#8217;s footsteps as he triumphs in bodybuilding debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"98.393476752255\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-205\/isabel-baldwin.html\" class=\"author\">ISABEL BALDWIN, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-710\/cassie-carpenter.html\" class=\"author\">CASSIE CARPENTER, US SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-03-29T15:32:10+0100\"> 10:32 EDT, 29 March 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-03-30T04:50:09+0100\"> 23:50 EDT, 29 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\/11.65.1\/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\/15.76.1\/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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Their divorce was finalized in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last year, Maria admitted in her poetry book I Am Maria that the divorce &#8216;broke my heart, it broke my spirit, it broke what was left of me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Without my marriage, my parents, a job, the dam of my lifelong capital-D Denial just blew apart.&#8217;<\/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-44de0fbcd5937a2b\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/29\/15\/107462495-15689187-Arnold_Schwarzenegger_taught_his_love_child_Joseph_Baena_the_tri-a-5_1774793405596.jpg\" height=\"1099\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Schwarzenegger was seen teaching the 28-year-old his moves earlier in the week\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Schwarzenegger was seen teaching the 28-year-old his moves earlier in the week\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\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-ca8bcaca2f8b28a4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/29\/15\/107507807-15689187-image-a-6_1774793718637.jpg\" height=\"586\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Of the former Mr. Olympia's five children, Baena shares his bodybuilding passion the most\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Of the former Mr. Olympia&#8217;s five children, Baena shares his bodybuilding passion the most<\/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-f696ca11861c3d83\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/29\/15\/107507783-15689187-image-a-8_1774794401128.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Baena was only 13 in 2011 when Arnold revealed he secretly fathered him\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Baena was only 13 in 2011 when Arnold revealed he secretly fathered him<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Joseph 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<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My dad is old-school; he doesn&#8217;t believe in handouts. 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