{"id":16913,"date":"2026-04-01T03:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16913"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:56:11","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-baena-places-first-at-bodybuilding-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16913","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s Son Joseph Baena Places First At Bodybuilding Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div _ngcontent-sc82=\"\">\n<p>Joseph Baena is celebrating the success of his bodybuilding debut. The 28-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mildred Patricia Baena revealed in an Instagram post on Saturday, March 28, that he placed first in three categories \u2013 Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men\u2019s Classic Physique Novice- at the NPC Natural Colorado. Baena additionally shared that he placed second in Men\u2019s Classic Physique Open Class C. \u201cMission Accomplished!\u201d the 28-year-old wrote above his results. He additionally shared a few photos from the competition as well as a clip of him posing during an event on TikTok. Baena\u2019s posts come a few days after he uploaded pictures of himself training alongside his dad at Gold\u2019s Gym in Venice, Calif. \u2013 the same gym Schwarzenegger, who is recognized as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, used to train at.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5\" type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-11\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessonline.com\/videos\/arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-baena-places-first-at-bodybuilding-debut\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Baena is celebrating the success of his bodybuilding debut. The 28-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mildred Patricia Baena revealed in an Instagram post on Saturday, March 28, that he placed first in three categories \u2013 Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men\u2019s Classic Physique Novice- at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arnold Schwarzenegger&#039;s Son Joseph Baena Places First At Bodybuilding Debut - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16913\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arnold Schwarzenegger&#039;s Son Joseph Baena Places First At Bodybuilding Debut - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joseph Baena is celebrating the success of his bodybuilding debut. 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