{"id":17382,"date":"2026-04-05T17:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17382"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:52:55","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-love-child-son-joseph-earns-pro-bodybuilder-status-with-another-win-as-he-follows-in-his-famous-dads-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=17382","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s love child son Joseph earns pro bodybuilder status with ANOTHER win as he follows in his famous dad&#8217;s footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"100.57805907173\">\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-154\/ben-nagle.html\" class=\"author\">BEN NAGLE, US SPORTS EDITOR<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-05T18:21:03+0100\"> 13:21 EDT, 5 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2026-04-05T18:21:03+0100\"> 13:21 EDT, 5 April 2026 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/othersports\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/11.66.1\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.4.3\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/15.78.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/18.5.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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the Men\u2019s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men\u2019s Classic Physique Novice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Joseph has even been training alongside his famous father Arnie, now 78, at Gold&#8217;s Gym in Venice Beach, with the\u00a0former Governor of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/california\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d2efd1e0-2b7b-11f1-8442-175d15ebba10\">California<\/a>\u00a0seen helping his son perfect one of the signature moves from his heyday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"splitLeft\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-82d8ca6abeb75ecf\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/05\/18\/107671811-15708131-image-a-9_1775409234203.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Joseph Baena flexes on stage during his\u00a0INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Physique win on Saturday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splitRight\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2591506bdcc4a676\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/05\/18\/107671805-15708131-image-a-10_1775409249084.jpg\" height=\"469\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Baena's victory is his second in a week after he won on his debut in Colorado last weekend\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Joseph Baena flexes on stage during his INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Physique win on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-957452064cc8991a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/05\/18\/107671807-15708131-image-a-13_1775409274914.jpg\" height=\"801\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Baena celebrates on stage after becoming a pro bodybuilder like his famous father Arnold\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Baena celebrates on stage after becoming a pro bodybuilder like his famous father Arnold\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Schwarzenegger enjoyed an illustrious career as a competitive bodybuilder, winning seven Mr. Olympia titles before becoming Hollywood royalty and eventually turning to politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Out of all five of Schwarzenegger&#8217;s children, Baena has followed in his footsteps the most, despite primarily growing up with his housekeeper mother, Mildred &#8216;Patty&#8217; Baena, in Bakersfield, CA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Pepperdine University grad was only 13 in 2011 when Arnold revealed he secretly fathered him during a &#8216;one-night stand&#8217; with his former housekeeper, which ended his 25-year marriage to journalist Maria Shriver. Their divorce was finalized in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Last year, Maria admitted in her poetry book I Am Maria that the divorce &#8216;broke my heart, it broke my spirit, it broke what was left of me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She added: &#8216;Without my marriage, my parents, a job, the dam of my lifelong capital-D Denial just blew apart.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-15ed85674c836fd6\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/05\/18\/107462495-15708131-Schwarzenegger_was_seen_teaching_the_28_year_old_his_moves_earli-a-15_1775409293225.jpg\" height=\"1099\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Arnold Schwarzenegger was seen teaching the 28-year-old his famous moves last month\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Arnold Schwarzenegger was seen teaching the 28-year-old his famous moves last month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4ef9604b5c2b9dc3\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/05\/18\/107507807-15708131-Of_the_former_Mr_Olympia_s_five_children_Baena_shares_his_bodybu-a-14_1775409289412.jpg\" height=\"586\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Of the former Mr. Olympia's five children, Baena shares his bodybuilding passion the most\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Of the former Mr. Olympia&#8217;s five children, Baena shares his bodybuilding passion the most<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-fe7076341fb65c34\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/04\/05\/18\/107507783-15708131-Baena_was_only_13_in_2011_when_Arnold_revealed_he_secretly_fathe-a-16_1775409303130.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Baena was only 13 in 2011 when Arnold revealed he secretly fathered him with a\u00a0housekeeper\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Baena was only 13 in 2011 when Arnold revealed he secretly fathered him with a\u00a0housekeeper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Joseph and the FUBAR producer-star first bonded over fitness, and he gifted him a copy of The Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, which he co-authored in 1985.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;My dad is old-school; he doesn&#8217;t believe in handouts. 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