ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER’S love child son, Joseph, has followed in his father’s footsteps and is now officially a professional bodybuilder.
The 28-year-old won his first competition in Denver, Colorado last weekend.
Just one week on, Baena has now officially earned himself pro status after triumphing in California to win the INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Physique title.
Baena celebrated his success on Instagram, posing on stage with a sword reminiscent of his father in Conan the Barbarian back in the early 1980s.
As you would expect, Baena is in phenomenal shape and his father has been helping to train him at the famous Gold’s Gym on Venice Beach.
This has led him to a stunning start to his life as a bodybuilder with wins in Colorado – the Men’s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Men’s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men’s Classic Physique Novice.
Prior to Hollywood, Schwarzenegger enjoyed an illustrious career as a competitive bodybuilder, winning seven Mr. Olympia titles.
He would eventually become an action film star and even pivoted to politics later on in his life.
Schwarzenegger has five children, but Baena has followed in his footsteps the most closely.
That’s despite primarily growing up with his housekeeper mother, Mildred ‘Patty’ Baena, in Bakersfield, California.
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The Pepperdine University graduate was only 13 in 2011 when he learned Arnold was his father.
Schwarzenegger revealed he secretly fathered Baena during a ‘one-night stand’ with his former housekeeper, which ended his 25-year marriage to journalist Maria Shriver. This led to their divorce in 2021.
The father and son bond began when Schwarzenegger gifted Baena a copy of The Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, which he co-authored in 1985.
That sparked his son’s interest in the discipline and the 78-year-old has helped him on his journey ever since.
Baena said: “My dad is old-school; he doesn’t believe in handouts. He believes hard work pays off, and so do I.”
“I love the word honour, and I’m very prideful in the sense that if I use my dad’s contacts or ask him for favours, I wonder what honour is that gonna bring me?”
Baena does have the acting bug like his dad, too. He has five acting credits in films, with three yet to come out.
