{"id":17032,"date":"2026-04-02T06:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17032"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:01:45","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-baena-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition-arnold-schwarzenegger-joseph-baena-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17032","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s Son Joseph Baena Wins First Bodybuilding Competition! | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joseph Baena | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/arnold-schwarzenegger\/\" title=\"Arnold Schwarzenegger\"><strong>Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s son is following in his footsteps!<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday (March 28), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/joseph-baena\/\" title=\"Joseph Baena\"><strong>Joseph Baena<\/strong><\/a> made his bodybuilding debut at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition in Denver, Colo. where he came in first place in three categories.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2192490\"><\/span><strong>Joseph<\/strong>, 28, won gold in the Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men\u2019s Classic Physique Novice.<\/p>\n<p>He also won a silver medal in the Men\u2019s Classic Physique Open Class C.<\/p>\n<p>Following the event, <strong>Joseph<\/strong> took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWcp93UlaVe\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink('https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWcp93UlaVe\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1'); return false;\">Instagram<\/a> to share several photos of himself showing off his incredible physique as he posed on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMission Accomplished! \ud83e\udd47\u201d he wrote along with the post.<\/p>\n<p>Days ahead of the competition, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/25\/arnold-son-joseph-baena-bodybuilding-debut\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink('https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/25\/arnold-son-joseph-baena-bodybuilding-debut\/'); return false;\">TMZ<\/a><\/em> shared a video of <strong>Joseph<\/strong> in the gym as <strong>Arnold<\/strong>, 78, helped train him and gave him posing tips.<\/p>\n<p>Before his acting career took off, <strong>Arnold<\/strong> competed in the bodybuilding world in the 1960s. He is considered one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, winning the Mr. Olympia title seven times.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview from back in 2021, <strong>Joseph<\/strong> explained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2021\/12\/21\/joseph-baena-reveals-why-he-doesnt-use-his-dad-arnold-schwarzeneggers-last-name\/\">why he doesn\u2019t use <strong>Arnold<\/strong>\u2018s last name<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/03\/29\/arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-baena-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2018s son is following in his footsteps! On Saturday (March 28), Joseph Baena made his bodybuilding debut at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition in Denver, Colo. where he came in first place in three categories. Keep reading to find out more\u2026Joseph, 28, won gold in the Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17032","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mens-open-bodybuilding"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s Son Joseph Baena Wins First Bodybuilding Competition! | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joseph Baena | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos - 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=17032\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s Son Joseph Baena Wins First Bodybuilding Competition! | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joseph Baena | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2018s son is following in his footsteps! 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