Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.” In the event he lifted a stone weighing 508 German pounds (254 kg/560 lbs) between his legs while standing on two foot rests before successfully placing it on the raised platform. In 1967, Schwarzenegger competed in and won the Munich stone-lifting contest. Arnold won two weightlifting contests in 19, as well as two powerlifting contests in 19. “What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?”ĭuring Arnold’s early years in bodybuilding, he also competed in several Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting contests.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TERMINATOR 3 BODY PROFESSIONAL
Universe – professional in London, England Olympia in New York (2nd place to Sergio Olivia) Universe in Miami, Florida (tall class winner)
1966 Best-Built Athlete of Europe in Germany.1963 Steirer Hof Competition in Graz, Austria (runner-up).“I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.” Accomplishments Bodybuilding Competitions “Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.”
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TERMINATOR 3 BODY MOVIE
The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.” Athlete Statisticsīodybuilder, Actor, Movie Star, Producer, Activist, Businessman, Inventor, Writer, Politician “For me life is continuously being hungry. If there was ever a poster child for the American dream, Arnold’s the one. His one-liners, humor (on and off the stage) and larger than life personality continue to echo through the minds of fans around the world to this day.
In later years, he has been known for bringing equality and equal rights to the forefront of political campaigns, fighting for environmental issues and social reformation. He soon appeared on the big screen, commercials, magazines, and advertisements across the entire country. This, Arnold says, “is when I saw the entire plan laid out before me.”īeing “the figurehead” and “the golden boy” of the “golden era,” Arnold brought bodybuilding to the mainstream. Freeze, The Governator, and to many of his fans just Arnie. Not only is he known as one of the greatest bodybuilders in history, but also as an action movie star, and an American politician.Īrnold began his journey after seeing the iconic idol Reg Park appearing as Hercules. Arnold Schwarzenegger – He’s been named the Austrian Oak, The Terminator, John Matrix, Mr.