{"id":33645,"date":"2026-11-09T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=33645"},"modified":"2026-11-09T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:02:00","slug":"joseph-baena-arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-makes-pro-bodybuilding-debut-at-pnba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=33645","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Baena, Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s son, makes pro bodybuilding debut at PNBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Joseph Baena finished in fifth place on Friday during his debut professional bodybuilding competition.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old son of <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/arnold-schwarzenegger\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a> took part in the Classic Physique Open category at the PNBA World Cup in El Segundo, <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/california\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">California<\/a>. This marked his third bodybuilding competition since March.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First look at my posing routine from the PNBA World Cup,&#8221; Baena shared on Instagram with video footage of his performance. He struck poses to Ennio Morricone&#8217;s The Trio from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly while the crowd cheered.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"list-disc\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve been about it for a long time, you might be the rare famous son who surpasses famous dad,&#8221; one fan commented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You rocked the stage. Excellent work brother!!! Congratulations,&#8221; another wrote, reports <a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/arnold-schwarzeneggers-lookalike-son-joseph-2102524\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the Mirror US<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great job @joebaena, you stayed committed and performed flawlessly on the PNBA stage. This is only the beginning of your journey. Keep up the incredible work!&#8221; a third person added.<\/p>\n<p>Baena made his competitive debut on March 28 in Denver. Just one week later, he secured his pro card in Corona, California.<\/p>\n<p>His father, a seven-time Mr. Olympia champion, has been instrumental in helping him prepare.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s the best training partner. I don&#8217;t know what to say. He pushes me. He makes sure that I don&#8217;t slack off in the gym. When the carbs are low and the calories are low and I start getting tired, he pumps me up,&#8221; Baena told GQ in April.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that his passion for bodybuilding started during his college years. &#8220;My dad gave me the bodybuilding encyclopedia. I was flipping through that, trying to learn how to grow the biceps, and I fell in love with weightlifting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fell in love with eating healthy. I fell in love with learning about the body and how it reacts to training, and I became very passionate about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Baena has also opened up about his battles with weight issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People sometimes forget that I used to be chubby in high school. I got cut from my basketball and soccer team because I couldn&#8217;t keep up with the other kids,&#8221; he shared on Instagram in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Swim didn&#8217;t have tryouts, thankfully and completely changed my life forever. That was my introduction to Fitness and training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was bullied when I was a kid, elementary, middle school, and not really in high school, but I just felt like an outsider in high school at the beginning,&#8221; he confided to People in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was really overweight from the end of elementary school into the beginning of high school. It was my closest friends that were the ones that bullied me the most and made fun of me for being overweight and all these kind of things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, that was really a big struggle for me in finding myself and figuring out and creating that ambition to change my weight and my physique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news, entertainment, sport and lifestyle updates from our dedicated American team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up for our newsletters <\/strong><strong><a data-ylk=\"elmt:article-inline-link;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/newsletter-preference-centre\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/joseph-baena-arnold-schwarzeneggers-son-055900000.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Baena finished in fifth place on Friday during his debut professional bodybuilding competition. 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