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Arnold Schwarzenegger started his bodybuilding journey in 1960 when he was first introduced to the fitness world by his soccer coach at the local gym. As he completed high school in 1965, Arnie enrolled himself in the Austrian military, and it was there that he won his first-ever bodybuilding contest.

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In his prime days, during the golden age of bodybuilding, he was regarded as having one of the best physiques in the world. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently broke the Internet with a picture from those days. However, once he had tasted success, there was no looking back for him, and Arnold Schwarzenegger knew that this was exactly the career that he wanted to pursue. With time, after winning Mr. Olympia titles, he even opened his own championship called the Arnold Classic.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s picture from his prime days is all over the Internet 

The 76-year-old bodybuilding genius, who is also regarded as the Austrian Oak, took to his official Instagram account a few hours ago, @schwarzenegger, and shared a picture of himself during his initial days of bodybuilding, as he just started rising to fame, and well, it is now all over the Internet.

In the caption, promoting his daily Newsletter, the Arnold Pump Club, he wrote, Join our positive corner of the internet at the link in my bio. Trust me, the views are better than they are on all of these social media sites.” 

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In the picture, he is seen posing and flexing his massively built arms and hamstrings in black briefs. He stood on a beautiful shore by the beach, possibly somewhere in front of Mecca, where he used to go for a dive with his late best friend after the gym to finish their daily cardio quota. It looks like the throwback picture was enough to send shockwaves all over the Internet.

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The bodybuilding community went gaga over Arnold Schwarzenegger once again!

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The entire fitness community was baffled to rewatch one of the most iconic photos of the legend, and they were all taken down memory lane.

While one of them, remembering the picture, commented,One of my favorite photos of you to this very day the most perfectly built body in history 🔥”, another spilling fact wrote, Bodybuilding is popular because of Arnold the legend 🔥🔥”.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is indeed one of the favorite bodybuilding entities, and it is evident from comments like, “Arnold all day, every day”, and “Legendary. Idol.”

Taking to the caption on his post, a follower simply commented, You definitely bring a positive outlet, Arnold”.

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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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