{"id":17092,"date":"2026-04-02T20:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17092"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:16:31","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17092","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s son wins first bodybuilding competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Joseph Baena claimed first place in his debut bodybuilding competition Saturday, taking home wins in three categories at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/29\/parents\/arnold-schwarzeneggers-look-alike-son-joseph-baena-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Page Six;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Page Six&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Page Six<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 28-year-old won the Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men\u2019s Classic Physique Novice divisions. He marked the achievement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWcp93UlaVe\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&amp;img_index=4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> with a photo of himself posing on stage and the caption, \u201cMission Accomplished!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The victory followed training sessions with his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, which Baena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWRmUjvlAe6\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:documented on social media;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;documented on social media&quot;}\" class=\"link \">documented on social media<\/a> last week. The 78-year-old former bodybuilder, who won seven Mr. Olympia titles and five Mr. Universe titles during his career, watched his son lift weights at the gym, Page Six noted. Baena shared his father\u2019s training approach in a post, writing, \u201cyou have to shock the muscles!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Baena is the son of Schwarzenegger and Mildred Baena, who worked as a housekeeper for the family. Schwarzenegger has four other children with his ex-wife, Maria Shriver: Katherine, 36, Christina, 34, Patrick, 32, and Christopher, 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Schwarzenegger family has drawn attention for fitness achievements in recent years, Page Six said. Christopher Schwarzenegger was recognized last August for a weight loss transformation he began in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/christopher-schwarzenegger-opens-up-about-his-weight-loss-transformation-11732759\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:He said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;He said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">He said<\/a> the change started after he realized his weight kept him from participating in activities like skydiving.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/2026\/03\/arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-wins-first-bodybuilding-competition.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cleveland.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;cleveland.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \">cleveland.com<\/a>. 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The 28-year-old won the Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men\u2019s Classic Physique Novice divisions. He marked the achievement on Instagram with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s son wins first bodybuilding competition - 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=17092\" \/>\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 wins first bodybuilding competition - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joseph Baena claimed first place in his debut bodybuilding competition Saturday, taking home wins in three categories at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition, Page Six reports. 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