On the back of this, he made a slew of popular action and comedy flicks. As you probably know he went on to superstardom with major roles in the films Terminator and Terminator 2 and Conan The Barbarian. Despite all of this he gained some early success with Hercules in New York. He was told his name was too long, that his body shape was too weird and that his accent was an issue. He found out how cutthroat Hollywood could be and faced multiple setbacks. ActingĪrnie decided to give up bodybuilding to pursue an acting career. He went on to win the prestigious title an impressive seven times. He is the youngest person to ever win the title. The next year, at the tender age of just twenty-three, Arnie took the title, officially making him the world’s best bodybuilder. He studied and worked in the US for a year while managing to train five hours a day before entering the Mr Olympia contest and finishing runner-up. He switched his attention to bodybuilding using it as a tool to help him achieve his goal of leaving Austria and moving to the US which he did at the age of twenty-one. The young Austrian was only fifteen at the time. The story goes that as part of the football team he was taken to a local gym where he had his first experience of weightlifting. He was an athletic kid and was a keen soccer player. He recalls one of his favourite childhood memories was when his family could finally afford a fridge! Schwarzenegger was raised by parents who were abjectly poor. In the aftermath of the second world war, Austria wasn’t the most fantastic place to live. How did he accomplish this? By not wasting time on dreaming! Rough start for ArnieĪrnie came from humble beginnings.
Not handed anything and yet has achieved what many of us could only dream of. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an icon, a legend who has been successful in every area where he has attempted to be successful.