Over the last 7 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son, Christopher Schwarzenegger, has shown the same dedication to fitness that his father once showed the world. He is now living a perfectly fit and healthy life, as a result of a massive body transformation.

Now, the question is, how did the 28-year-old Schwarzenegger lose his body fat? The answer is simple: a strong will and well-defined training shifts. His turning point came at the age of 21, when young Schwarzenegger's size limited him from taking part in certain activities.

According to People Magazine, during the Beacher Vitality Happy & Healthy Summit, Christopher admitted, "I started in 2019, when I was living in Australia. I was on this big trip. I made it a big [deal] like, Oh, I’m going to go out and do all this stuff, be in Australia, and I just saw how much my weight was prohibiting me from doing the everyday activities."

The major shift in his life came in 2020, when the youngest son of the Austrian Oak and Maria Shriver gave up bread for Lent, a religious practice in which people fast.

He said, “I was like, Well, if I’m giving up bread, I might as well just take the opportunity, and I’m a good Catholic boy, so I’m not going to break it…. And that was my one rule. I was like, I’m not going to break Lent. And so I lost 30 pounds just through that.”

After gaining momentum with this practice, Men's Health says that the young Schwarzenegger now does the following activities consistently.

• Walking
• Hiking
• Strength training.

Over the years, he has lost about 100 lbs and still believes there is more to achieve. Christopher said, “It took a lot of trial and error, and even still to this day, when you’re saying, Oh, before and after photos, I don’t feel like I’m an “after” yet. I don’t feel like I’m at the point”.

However, his father did not leave him alone throughout his weight-loss journey.

Christopher’s weight-loss journey was indirectly supported by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Although the 7-time Mr. Olympia is proud of young Schwarzenegger’s determination and dedication, he also admitted that it was tough for him to see his son struggling with his weight.

Still, the bodybuilding legend never said anything about the weight to the University of Michigan alum.

Once the legend admitted, “I could never go and say to him, ‘You’re overweight.'” However, the Austrian Oak and his family indirectly supported their son's weight loss journey.

They introduced Christopher to healthy foods, and Arnold said they “introduced him always to the gym and all of that kind of stuff.”

Now, when his son achieved a milestone, the legend said, “And then, out of nowhere, he decided that he wanted to be lean. And now he is…. So that is, of course, fantastic, the self-discipline and the self-motivation. I always felt one day it would have to come from him — and it did.”

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Written by

Supradeep Dutta

Edited by

Souvik Roy