{"id":16990,"date":"2026-04-01T21:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16990"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:32:35","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=16990","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s Son Wins First Bodybuilding Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Like father, like son. <\/p>\n<p>Joseph Baena, the son of global megastar Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently won his first bodybuilding competition. Baena, 28, shared the update to his <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWcp93UlaVe\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&amp;img_index=4\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:540px; margin:auto;\"\/><p>\n&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;&gt;Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mission accomplished,&#8221; he wrote in the caption, before citing the categories he secured wins in. <\/p>\n<p>Those wins came in: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Men&#8217;s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s classic Physique True Novice <\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s Classic Physique Novice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Baena also had a second-place finish in the Men&#8217;s Classic Physique Open Class C category. <\/p>\n<p>The picture on the Instagram post shows Baena, who is the spitting image of his dad, striking a pose on stage. <\/p>\n<p>Baena&#8217;s victories also came with some amazing father-son moments. Just a week before his victory, he shared an image of himself working out with his dad. The image shows Arnold staring intently at Baena while he lifts weights. The caption read, &#8220;You have to shock the muscles!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>To be fair, you couldn&#8217;t ask for a better personal trainer when it comes to getting ready for a bodybuilding compeition. After all, Arnold won seven Mr. Olympia titles and five Mr. Universe titles during in his prime. Even now, Arnold is in fantastic shape for his age.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-arnold-schwarzenegger-could-return-to-the-big-screen\">Arnold Schwarzenegger Could Return to the Big Screen<\/h3>\n<p>Arnold, 78, could reprise three of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/arnold-schwarzenegger-reveals-plans-to-return-to-3-of-his-biggest-roles\">most memorable roles<\/a> in the near future. The <em>Last Action Hero <\/em>star recently revealed that he&#8217;s been approached about being part of the next <em>Predator <\/em>movie<em>. <\/em>His revelation came at a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnoldsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arnold Sports Festival<\/a>\u00a0appearance in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They did a remake of\u00a0<em>Predator \u2014<\/em>\u00a0not a remake but an additional\u00a0<em>Predator<\/em>, and that latest director, he&#8217;s been doing a great job with that. And so now he wants me to be in the next\u00a0<em>Predator<\/em>,&#8221; Arnold said. &#8220;So we were talking about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arnold then continued by naming the other two franchises he could make a return to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fox Studio has kind of rediscovered Arnold. They come to me and they say, &#8216;We want you to do Predator, we just got the script for you to do Commando 2,&#8217; and they just hired a writer-director who did Tom Cruise&#8217;s last four movies, a fantastic writer-director \u2014 they hired him to write and direct King Conan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, it seems like we&#8217;re going to be getting a lot more of Arnold in the coming years. If Baena continues to follow in his footsteps, those franchise&#8217;s could also have a ready-made replacement waiting to step in when the time is right. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n            !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                if (f.fbq) return; n = f.fbq = function () { n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments) };\n                if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n; n.push = n; n.loaded = !0; n.version = '2.0'; n.queue = []; t = b.createElement(e); t.async = !0;\n                t.src = v; s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n            }(window, document, 'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '2861694700719201');\n            var plugin_name=\"WooCommerce\";\n            \/\/ Track PageView event\n            fbq('track', 'PageView', {\n                plugin: plugin_name\n            });\n        <\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wideopencountry.com\/arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like father, like son. 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