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Joseph Baena has followed his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s footsteps and stepped into bodybuilding. He started training during his teen years and, despite not stepping into the professional realm yet, the dedication he puts in for his health is exceptional.

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Baena uses his social media platforms, not only to share fitness updates but to also to motivate his followers to start living a healthy life. His recent post, flexing his super ripped upper body, has caught the attention of fans.

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Joseph Baena flexes his abs

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s look-alike son, Joseph Baena, recently took to his official Instagram account and shared a series of pictures of himself after a workout in the gym. In the first picture, he visibly flaunted the vacuum that he had created. That itself reflects the level of hard work that he has been putting in. 

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In the second picture, he was seen flexing his chest and shoulders with the perfect level of conditioning. And in the final picture, he struck a normal pose, showing his complete upper body. Wearing just a pair of reflective blue joggers, Baena sure managed to garner a lot of attention towards him.

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The entire bodybuilding community went bonkers over the transformation of Joseph Baena and showered the post with comments of appreciation and motivation for his hard work.

The fitness community compares Joseph Baena to Arnold 

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The fitness community never misses an opportunity to point out the uncanny resemblance Joseph Baena has with his father. Even in this post, to compliment him, they left comments like, “Looking good. Wild how much you look like your dad!” and “Young Arnold.” Another user even went on to compare Baena to the God of Aesthetics, Frank Zane, while talking about his insane vacuum and wrote, “The Zane vacuum.”

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All of them complimented him on the amount of hard work he is putting into crafting the perfect physique. One of them commented, “Putting in the work. It’s showing. Good for you!!!” While another simply wrote, “Joe, for us Greeks, you are an inspiration above all in gymnastics.”

As Baena continues to provide his fitness updates on social media, one can’t help but wonder if they will see him in the professional circuit any time soon. Do you think Baena will start competing? Let us know in the comments below. 

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Aheli Chakraborty is a Golf Writer at EssentiallySports. Armed with a Bachelor’s Degree in Literature, Aheli has actively covered many big events in the sport, including The Masters. She specializes in covering up-and-coming athletes like Charlie Woods and Ludvig Aberg, and she is always looking to answer her readers' most-asked questions through her writing! Aheli is also a bodybuilding fanatic and has contributed many niche pieces for ES' fitness coverage. Moreover, not only can she write about lifting and golf, but she can also lift and swing a club like many of the athletes she writes about.

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