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First and foremost, I must give kudos to the most popular YouTube channel on the land, Nick\u2019s Strength & Power, for reporting this piece of news which I had not been aware of. And that\u2019s saying a lot because we, here, at IronMag get a lot of leads from our loyal readers, but this one went under the radar. Joseph Baena, the son of legendary bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger, competed for the first time and did extremely well. He competed in a natural bodybuilding show in Colorado, taking home a great amount of hardware. For those of you out there that don\u2019t compete, hardware<\/em> means trophies. And in the sport of bodybuilding trophies are what matter most, especially at the amateur level where you can\u2019t win money or qualify for the Mr Olympia. Trophies are where it\u2019s at because that\u2019s what determines which competitor excelled amongst the rest. Joseph was able to compete at a very prestigious natural show in Colorado and was able to win in four categories. This is tremendous news for one of the most anticipated bodybuilding debuts in the sport. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not just the most popular bodybuilder on the planet, but he is also the namesake of the second most prestigious bodybuilding show in the world and has the bodybuilding show that pays the most. It used to be that the Olympia was the Super Bowl of Bodybuilding and it still is because the Olympia determines the best of the best; however, it is no longer the biggest payday. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been able to build a tremendous foothold in bodybuilding and is arguably bigger today than even Joe Weider is. Most people do not know who Weider is outside of the hardcore of the sport, but everybody knows who Arnold is. And now I suspect a lot of people are going to know who Joseph is as well.<\/p>\n Without taking anything away from this young man\u2019s great success, this is what happens with legacies. A legacy is the child of a major bodybuilding star. We saw it with Sergio, we saw it with Hunter, and now we will see it with Joseph as well. This is because when you are the son of a legacy no matter how well you do, it is almost impossible for writers and content creators not to talk about the parents who brought these kids to the world. Their parents who did so much and in a very real way it\u2019s harder for a legacy to excel than it is for anybody else. I have often heard people say that legacies have it made, but in reality legacies have their work cut out for them because not only do they have to do better because of the fact that they have the last name (even though Joseph doesn\u2019t use his dad\u2019s last name), but they are more or less going to be in the shadow of their superstar parents forever. The difference between Joseph and perhaps other legacies is that I don\u2019t know that Joseph wants to go all the way. Of course that\u2019s going to be the next question. The fact that he did so well at the Colorado show is not going to be celebrated for very long without people wondering what\u2019s next? Is he going to do more shows? Is he eventually going to dabble in the super fuel? Let\u2019s not talk about that just yet. I mean that\u2019s what everybody\u2019s thinking, but let\u2019s not fall prey to what so many other outlets will do. We are IronMag after all!<\/p>\n Let\u2019s talk about Joseph\u2019s physique. This was a natural show and it\u2019s natural shows that are always going to be the real litmus test for which competitors are actually going to be able to take it one step further. When you talk about natural bodybuilding and fitness you\u2019re talking about a level of discipline above any other. There are no drugs involved. There are no steroids involved to make the muscles bigger, there are no diuretics involved to make the muscle dryer, and there are no drugs\u00a0 or fillers that are going to fix weak body parts. Natural bodybuilding is not a sport about looking the freakiest possible or looking the biggest possible. Drug free bodybuilding is about seeing how far a competitor can go relying solely on diet, training, and natural food-based supplements. The fact is Joseph answered the call. As the son of the most popular bodybuilder on earth, he showed the world that he was able to follow in his footsteps. I don\u2019t know that Arnold ever competed naturally, but this is a great start for Joseph. I think that if he had started in untested bodybuilding and had started taking a lot of different exogenous hormones, he probably would have looked way bigger \u2013 but at what cost? This way he is able to get his bodybuilding career underway and test his wherewithal out of the gate. And I think the results speak for themselves. He was able to win novice and open categories. and this speaks volumes because of the fact that he was able to do it naturally. Who knows, maybe he will continue on the national path? There is a way to get the pro card without ever touching a drug. And once he has the pro card then he can consider other avenues if bodybuilding is really his calling.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n