![]() Bodybuilding was very much a fringe sport in Austria at that time, with those who partook of it being look down upon and considered in some way defective. One Sunday, discovering that the gym was closed, he smashed the window to get in so that he could get in his workout.Īrnold’s father was less than impressed with his son’s new found obsession. Within two years he had already overtaken most of the other trainers at the gym in Graz where he worked out religiously. He soon discovered that he had an amazing ability to build muscle. It was something I suddenly just seemed to reach out and find, as if I’d been crossing a suspended bridge and finally stepped off onto solid ground.Īrnold embraced weight lifting. There it was before me – my life, the answer I’d been seeking. Arnold would later record his feelings in his 1977 autobiography Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder. He was mesmerized by the size of the bodybuilders who stalked the gym, waging war with the steel weights. When he was fifteen, Arnold’s soccer coach decided that lifting weights for an hour once a week would be a good way for his players to stay in shape, so he took them for a visit to the local gym. ![]()
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