Joseph Baena at INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son, Joseph Baena, was named the INBA Iron Gladiator classic physique champion on Saturday, April 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Baena’s victory comes one week after he won first place in multiple categories during his bodybuilding debut at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n \u201cThis year was the year that I said, \u2018Enough being afraid. Enough overthinking. It\u2019s time to commit,\u2019 \u201d said Baena of his first competitive bodybuilding season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Joseph Baena<\/a>\u2019s hard work is paying off!<\/p>\n On Saturday, April 4, the 28-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a> and Mildred Patricia Baena<\/a> achieved a win in a second bodybuilding federation. He competed at the INBA’s Iron Gladiator competition in California, having racked up multiple wins a week prior at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition<\/a>.<\/p>\n He shared several photos on Instagram<\/a> of himself onstage with a sword and shield after earning his pro card.<\/p>\n \u201cYour new INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Physique Champion,\u201d Baena captioned the snaps taken at the annual drug-tested competition.<\/p>\n Joseph Baena at INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ahead of the accomplishment, the bodybuilder revealed in an interview shared on Instagram<\/a> that the INBA Iron Gladiator was only his \u201csecond show ever.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really excited to be a part of the INBA and to experience this wonderful program,\u201d he said. \u201cMy fitness journey, it\u2019s been a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n Baena did swimming when he was younger before getting into weightlifting during his junior year of college.<\/p>\n \u201cI started lifting weights and fell in love with bodybuilding, seeing the improvement, the muscle gain, the strength gain and I fell in love with the sport, even watching,\u201d he explained in the interview. \u201cThis year was the year that I said, \u2018Enough being afraid. Enough overthinking. It\u2019s time to commit.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n Joseph Baena at INBA Iron Gladiator Classic Baena\u2019s victory comes one week after he won first place in multiple divisions at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition<\/a> \u2014 including the Men\u2019s Open Body Heavy Weight Class, Men\u2019s Classic Physique True Novice and Men\u2019s Class Physique Novice.<\/p>\n \u201cMission Accomplished! \ud83e\udd47,\u201d he wrote on Instagram<\/a> alongside several photos of himself flexing onstage during his bodybuilding debut.<\/p>\n In preparation for his first competitive bodybuilding season, Baena spent time training and receiving tips from his dad \u2014 who has been widely considered one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time \u2014 at Gold\u2019s Gym in Venice Beach, Calif.<\/p>\n Joseph Baena and Arnold Schwarzenegger at Gold\u2019s Gym While photos of their gym session showed Schwarzenegger, 78, coaching his son on how to pose for competitions, highlighting his chiseled physique, Baena admitted in a July Instagram<\/a> post that he was actually quite \u201cchubby\u201d in high school<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI got cut from my basketball and soccer team because I couldn\u2019t keep up with the other kids,\u201d the Gunner<\/em> actor explained at the time. \u201cSwim didn\u2019t have tryouts, thankfully and completely changed my life forever. That was my introduction to Fitness and training.\u201d<\/p>\n The athlete also told PEOPLE in 2022 that he used to be harassed by his classmates for his weight<\/a>.<\/p>\n “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,\u201d he said at the time. “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.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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