Joseph Baena is ready to pump you up, just like his famous father.
The 29-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger made his professional debut in the Professional Natural Bodybuilding Association on Friday and finished an impressive fifth in the Classic Physique Open category.
Baena shared a video of herself showing off her insanely chiseled physique at the competition in El Segundo, California, striking poses for the judges in just black underwear.
She captioned the images on Instagram: “First look at my posing routine at the PNBA World Cup 🏆.”
He stated that the song he used was Italian composer Ennio Morricone’s “The Trio” (from the 1966 Clint Eastwood classic “The Good The Bad & The Ugly”) and named it.
He also shared a video on Saturday praising his experience competing in the “fantastic” event.
“I’m extremely proud of myself,” he said of taking fifth place. “This is my first year competing.”
“I reached the goal I was looking for,” he added. “I know what I need to improve on. Now I know what I need to get better.”
In March, Baena posted photos of herself training with her father. “You have to shock the muscles!” on father-son photos at the gym. wrote.
He clearly follows in his father’s footsteps and wins his first bodybuilding competition that month. NPC Natural won first place in multiple categories at the Colorado State competition, including the Men’s Open Bodybuilding Heavyweight Class, Men’s Classic Physique True Novice, and Men’s Classic Physique Novice.
The following month, he placed first in the International Natural Bodybuilding Association’s (INBA) Iron Gladiator competition in Corona, California.
Schwarzenegger, 79, has won seven Mr. Olympia and five Mr. Universe titles.
The former action star shares Baena with his former maid, Mildred Baena.
He has four other children whom he shares with ex-wife Maria Shriver: sons Patrick (33) and Christopher (29) and daughters Katherine (36) and Christina (35).
In May 2023, a source who knows Schwarzenegger told Page Six that while he and Baena are “very close,” his children with Shriver don’t have much of a relationship with their half-sibling.
“But honestly the other kids don’t like Joe,” the source said. “It’s a shame that he’s a really good kid, and Arnold has always treated him like his other kids, pretty fair. But for whatever reason, the other kids accept it too.” [the affair] I went out to Joe.”