Arnold Schwarzenegger Have you ever met someone with unwavering determination? Someone so determined that you wouldn’t dare doubt him or her. This actor, model, producer, director, activist, businessman, investor, writer, philanthropist, former professional bodybuilder, and politician is an example of what dedication can do and a no holds bar attitude. Starting from when he was just a young boy finding his passion in bodybuilding at the age of 15 and saying that he would become the greatest bodybuilder of all time, his path started there, bodybuilding lead him to the United States where he won numerous titles. He then pursued acting and politics, and is well known among most if not every American even to this day.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American born on July 30th, 1947. He has become a lot of things, starting as a youngster, working out became his passion after a soccer coach took him and the rest of the team into the weight room to train, and Arnold was hooked. He then submerged himself into bodybuilding, especially after seeing Reg Park –the greatest bodybuilder at the time. People made fun him and told him to give it up, but Arnold was dedicated. He enlisted in the Austrian army, this is where his parents thought his “weird” habit of bodybuilding would end, but they were wrong. He figured out ways to workout while in the service, training at night and in the morning. Then he snuck out of the camp and took the train to the junior world championship, which he won. He won Mr. Europe the following year at just nineteen; this paved the way for his career in bodybuilding.
Arnolds first attempt at the Olympia would come in 1969, but came just short to winner and three time