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Joseph Baena placed fifth on Friday in his first professional bodybuilding competition.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a> competed in the Classic Physique Open category at the PNBA World Cup in El Segundo, California<\/a>. It was his third bodybuilding contest since March.<\/p>\n

“First look at my posing routine from the PNBA World Cup,” Baena wrote on Instagram alongside footage of his performance. He posed to Ennio Morricone\u2019s The Trio from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as fans cheered. “You’ve been about it for a long time, you might be the rare famous son who surpasses famous dad,” one follower wrote.<\/p>\n

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“You rocked the stage. Excellent work brother!!! Congratulations,” another commented.<\/p>\n

“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!” a third added.<\/p>\n

Baena made his competitive debut March 28 in Denver. A week later, he earned his pro card in Corona, California.<\/p>\n

His father, who won seven Mr. Olympia titles, has helped him prepare.<\/p>\n

“He’s the best training partner. I don\u2019t know what to say. He pushes me. He makes sure that I don\u2019t slack off in the gym. When the carbs are low and the calories are low and I start getting tired, he pumps me up,” Baena told GQ in April.<\/p>\n

He said his interest in bodybuilding began in college.<\/p>\n

“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

“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.”<\/p>\n

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Baena has also spoken about struggling with his weight.<\/p>\n

“People sometimes forget that I used to be chubby in high school. I got cut from my basketball and soccer team because I couldn’t keep up with the other kids,” he wrote on Instagram in July.<\/p>\n

“Swim didn’t have tryouts, thankfully and completely changed my life forever. That was my introduction to Fitness and training.”<\/p>\n

“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,” he told People in 2022.<\/p>\n

“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

“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.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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