Country boy
Schwarzenegger was born in the Austrian village of Tal into a poor family. “My father wanted me to become a policeman just like him. Mom suggested going into trade,” recalled the famous actor. He dreamed of becoming successful and rich, and already at the age of 14 he decided that he would be a bodybuilder.
In sports, the awkward but hardworking young man quickly succeeded: first he became the champion of his region in weightlifting among juniors, and then won the Austrian championship in heavyweight powerlifting.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as a child. pic.twitter.com/eRUBAyTdle
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Bodybuilder career growth
Schwarzenegger is, first of all, a legend in bodybuilding and bodybuilding. The man achieved great heights in life, he became an actor, politician, and also an athlete. His achievements undoubtedly boggle the human imagination. Agree that it is difficult to believe that all the achievements listed are intended for one person. From this article you can find out all the achievements of the athlete in the field of sports. To make a career in bodybuilding, you need to put a lot of effort into getting your body perfect.
You should know how to properly gain muscle mass, and most importantly, in which places it needs to be increased and where it needs to be decreased. To do this, first of all, you need to have strength indicators that will make it possible to correct the body. So, you should understand these issues, as well as study the strength characteristics and anthropometry of Schwarzenegger.
Difficult inheritance
One “point” from his father’s biography always poisoned Arnold’s life: Gustav Schwarzenegger was a member of the Nazi Party (which became known to the general public during the “Terminator” election campaign for the post of governor).
In 1938, Gustav volunteered to join Hitler's associates and became a member of the SA's famous "storm troopers" known as the Brownshirts. But to unpleasant questions about the “sins of his father,” Arnold himself answered that he never got along with him and did not even attend his funeral (Gustav died when the movie star was 25 years old).
Gustav Schwarzenegger and his service in the Wehrmacht About Gustav Schwarzenegger https://t.co/dwbO0oogB3 pic.twitter.com/jsb6eTO23o
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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American bodybuilder, entrepreneur, actor of Austrian origin, politician. Arnold was not a favorite: his parents, especially father Gustav, paid more attention to their eldest son Meinhard. Arnold's duties included getting up at 6 in the morning and doing all the housework before school. As a child, under the influence of her father, the future celebrity began playing football, but already at the age of 14 she chose a career as a bodybuilder. Arnold was inspired by famous bodybuilders who often appeared in films. The young man worked out every day in the gym in Graz. On weekends the club was closed and Arnold climbed through the window. And during training, Schwarzenegger took anabolic steroids. The bright streak in the life of a bodybuilder began in 1966. Arnold Schwarzenegger unexpectedly gets to the second stage of the Mr. Universe competition. The following year brings him the long-awaited title “Mr. Universe 1967”. The year 1968 also became special for the future actor. Bodybuilding magazine publisher Joe Weider invited Schwarzenegger to the USA. There, Arnie was able to take part in the Mr. Universe 1968 competition, organized by the IFBB. After taking second place, a bodybuilder focused solely on leadership first becomes despondent. But not for long. Since 1969, Schwarzenegger, like many of his bodybuilding idols, began acting in films. But Arnie’s problem turned out to be too much muscle mass and a noticeable German accent. Therefore, the aspiring artist is given only episodic roles with a minimum of text. In order not to remain further in the background, Arnie attends acting classes, loses weight and gets rid of his accent. A cinematic biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger begins with the film “Hercules in New York”. Subsequently, Arnie calls this film his least favorite of all in which he had to act. Although the public accepts other films of the aspiring actor-bodybuilder with extreme restraint. For his work, the former bodybuilder receives several prestigious awards. However, he also collected 8 nominations for the Golden Raspberry Award. To avoid being portrayed as a concrete killer with a minimum of phrases, Arnold began acting in comedies. For the first such works, for example, for the painting “Twins,” he did not receive a fee at all and did not even demand it. But in the comedy Last Action Hero, Arnie became a parody of the Terminator and himself. In 2011, Arnie decided to return to film after resigning as governor. At the age of 30, Arnold Schwarzenegger became a millionaire. His money multiplied thanks to investments. He opened a mailing business and founded. Among other things, Arnie became involved in real estate. The heart of his financial empire is through which money is transferred from film studios and interest on sales of video games and comics. With the start of his bodybuilding career, Arnold's personal life began to boil. In 1969, Schwarzenegger met Barbara Outland Baker. Friends claimed that Arnold truly fell in love. However, their relationship ended five years later. In 1975, Arnold met an ordinary hairdresser, Sue Moray. And in 1977, he began an affair with journalist Maria Shriver, the niece of John Kennedy. A year later, Moray forced her to choose one of the girls. The bodybuilder chose the second. But during his engagement to Maria, he still had affairs on the side. Shriver and Schwarzenegger married in 1986. The couple had four children, two daughters and two sons. In 2011, Arnold announced the end of his marriage. It turns out that for 10 years Schwarzenegger was the father of an illegitimate child, whom his housekeeper gave birth to.
Army service
To quickly leave his parents' home, Schwarzenegger joined the army at the age of 18. The service was a pleasure for him (he even set up a gym for himself in the barracks), but in just 9 months the athlete was pretty tired of his superiors.
One day, a fighter went AWOL to take part in competitions for the title of Young European Athlete with the Best Physique. The future star actor, of course, won the competition, but when he returned to duty, he was sent to the guardhouse for a whole day. “I couldn’t miss this important event for me, but I didn’t think about the consequences,” Schwarzenegger later admitted.
Arnold Schwarzenegger. 1974 Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org
Schwarzenegger's accent: modern days
After Schwarzenegger decided to go into politics, he had to work even more seriously on his language. Because arguments were often heard from political opponents that Arnie could not speak English properly, whereas how could he govern an entire state?
Schwarzenegger's accent was already very weakly expressed in 2003, when he took part in the elections, but then he had to get rid of it completely.
This is what Schwarzenegger's speech sounds like today. Let's demonstrate this with an excerpt from The Jimmy Kimmel Show, where Arnie was a guest in 2019.
As a foreigner, Arnold's English is perfect today. Let's be honest, most Native Americans speak worse than Schwarzenegger.
By the way, Jimmy Kimmel is there asking the question of how Arnie managed to completely get rid of his accent. Fun interview, be sure to check it out.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a man who embodied every aspect of the American Dream. We are sure that he would even try to become president if he did not have to be born in the USA to do so.
It’s already pointless to somehow evaluate his success in English. Today Arnie's American English is no worse than that of native speakers. After more than 50 years of use, English has become Schwarzenegger's second native language.
But it's worth remembering that in order to get this result, Arnie spent thousands of hours perfecting his speech and his accent. And this is worthy of respect.
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Bad tanker
The future governor of California served in the tank forces, where he received a driver's license to drive a motorcycle, a car, a truck, and even a tractor and trailer. However, the Terminator was chronically unlucky with the tanks themselves: either he would forget to put the car on the handbrake and drown it in the river, or instead of warming up the engine, he would put it in gear and destroy the hangar.
Schwarzenegger recalled his dismissal from the army this way: “The officer told me with a smile: “Since your presence here poses a certain danger to others, we decided to satisfy your report and release you early. We don’t need you to continue destroying tanks.”
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American dream
At the age of 21, Arnold fulfilled his long-time dream: he moved to America, where he lived for a long time as an illegal immigrant. The provincial young man faced many difficulties, including problems with speech (in Hollywood they joked for a long time that “the only thing stronger than Schwarzenegger’s muscles is his accent”).
Over time, the ambitious bodybuilder managed to improve his life, and the famous actor recalled about that period: “I knew almost no language at all. I couldn't listen to the news. I couldn't read newspapers. I was left completely without money. It was the most difficult time of my life."
Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Cannes Film Festival. 1977 Photo: www.globallookpress.com
Personal life
The personal life of Arnold Schwarzenegger is always at the peak of interest. His first serious relationship began with an English teacher, Barbara Outland Baker. The romance ended in 1974 for the reason that the girl wanted an ordinary family life, and the guy hated the very idea of such a life.
In the mid-70s, Schwarzenegger had two affairs at once - with hairdresser Sue Moray and television journalist Maria Shriver, the niece of John Kennedy. When Sue insisted that the guy decide, Arnie chose Maria.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver
In April 1986, Schwarzenegger and Shriver became married. In this marriage, the couple raised four children. The first child, Catherine Eunice, was born in 1989. She was followed by Christina Maria Aurelia and Patrick. The youngest son, Christopher Sargent, was born in 1997.
The Schwarzenegger family lived in a huge mansion in Brentwood, occupying 1 thousand square meters. m. The actor, like his father, raised his children with the strictest discipline, forcing them to do exercises every morning and keep their rooms in perfect order. If he came across scattered things, he immediately threw them into the fireplace.
Arnold Schwarzenegger with his wife and children
In May 2011, a scandal broke out. The betrayal of the artist, who was considered an exemplary family man, was discovered. As it turned out, Schwarzenegger had an affair with housekeeper Mildred Baena, which resulted in the birth of an illegitimate son, Joseph. Arnie admitted this to his wife immediately after leaving the post of governor. The couple filed for divorce.
The shocked daughters stopped communicating with their father, and Patrick changed his surname to his mother's maiden name. At least, that’s what the press decided when he renamed his Twitter page. Over time, passions subsided, Maria and the children forgave Arnold.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is divorced
Mildred later said that until recently she did not admit to Schwarzenegger that Joseph was his son. As the guy grew up, the similarities became obvious. Now the young man is called the true heir of the Terminator. For his birthday, his father gave Joseph a gym, and in the photo, the sporty Baena is a copy of Schwarzenegger in the role of Conan.
The media call Arnold's last companion physical therapist Heather Milligan. The woman is 27 years younger than the actor.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan
Evil tongues gossip that in old age, a person who has undergone 2 heart surgeries and has been involved in a motorcycle accident as many times, not counting movie injuries, the presence of a doctor nearby is simply necessary. At the same time, Schwarzenegger has not yet completed the divorce proceedings with Maria Shriver.
Terminator with humor
Schwarzenegger's subsequent career in Hollywood is well known to everyone: its pinnacle was the Terminator franchise. The fateful role went to the bodybuilder after Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone . For Schwarzenegger, it was an ideal job: firstly, his character spoke in only 18 scenes in the film, and secondly, he could demonstrate his excellent physical fitness.
Unlike many movie stars who successfully found their image, the cult actor in the late eighties was not afraid to break the established stereotype of the indestructible hero. In the film “Twins,” Schwarzenegger made his debut as a comedic character, and after that he played a pregnant man in the film “Junior.”
Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1986. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
The Adventures of the Good Arnie
Legends still circulate about the numerous love affairs of “Iron Arnie” and his ability to charm women. The bodybuilder always knew what impression he made on girls, and could offer sex even to a stranger on the beach.
The only woman whom the Terminator led to the altar was the niece of the 35th US President John Kennedy, Maria Shriver . She became the mother of Schwarzenegger's four children, but despite the fact that the couple were always considered an exemplary couple, they divorced two weeks after the “silver wedding.”
It soon became clear that the Terminator had an illegitimate son from his married housekeeper.
Schwarzenegger family. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
