Schwarzenegger was one of two children—he had an older brother by the name of Meinhard Schwarzenegger. In later interviews, Schwarzenegger has expressed that his father clearly favored Meinhard, and as a result he did not have a good relationship with his father. Despite this barrier between his father and him, Schwarzenegger was very close with his mother. Growing up, Schwarzenegger had a happy childhood. He played a lot of sports throughout his youth, such as baseball and soccer.
However, he really became committed to weight lifting. He was first introduced to the sport by his soccer coach, and he became serious about bodybuilding when he was fourteen.
When Schwarzenegger was seventeen, he officially began his competitive career as a bodybuilder. This was against both the wishes of his parents—his father wished for him to become a police officer, and his mother was hoping that he would go to trade school. Yet, Schwarzenegger was inspired by the sport, and believed he could be successful at it. In , Schwarzenegger joined the Austrian army. At the time, there was a requirement for one year of service in the army for all eighteen year old Austrian males.
During this year, Schwarzenegger left the army during basic training to participate in the Junior Mr. Both were engaged in sports, which helped Arnold a lot when he started lifting weights at the age of Arnold was fascinated by their bodies and started to work on his own. His famous physique was gained by hard training and a lot of discipline.
The hard work was worth it as Arnold already almost perfect physique attracted international promoters. On August 8, , with the age of 19, he had the possibility to leave Austria for the German City of Munich. There he stayed until as he moved to the USA when he was 21 yeas old. In California he was part of the Golden Age of Bodybuilding and became the best in this sport, winning the Mister Universum contest five times and the Mister Olympia contest seven times. He was the first human being that was able to train his biceps to a size of 55 cm 21,7 in.
Continuing with his acting career, Schwarzenegger rejoined Stallone for The Expendables 3 in The following year he returned to the film franchise that made him a star with Terminator Genisys. However, the show stumbled to low ratings and within a few months the actor announced that he would not return. That year Schwarzenegger revealed that he was involved with a new Terminator film in the works. With the announcement that original co-star Linda Hamilton was also returning, buzz built ahead of the fall release of Terminator: Dark Fate , though the big budget film ultimately disappointed with its opening weekend performance at the box office.
Schwarzenegger endured a health scare while undergoing surgery for a catheter valve replacement at a Los Angeles hospital in March The valve replacement failed, resulting in emergency open-heart surgery that proved successful. According to his spokesman, Schwarzenegger was soon in stable condition, reportedly waking up with the words "I'm back," in a nod to his famous Terminator character. We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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