Joseph Baena mirrors dad Arnold Schwarzenegger in new bodybuilding photos

Like father, like son.

Joseph Baena was the spitting image of his dad, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a series of new snaps showing off his bodybuilding progress.

The 26-year-old real estate agent struck several poses made famous by the former action movie star, 76, when he was at the height of his career in the ’70s and ’80s.

“Competing with myself to be better everyday! 😤,” Baena captioned the shirtless video Monday, in which he wore a pair of gray sweatpants and black and white Vans sneakers.

A few days before flaunting his very toned upper body, the fitness model revealed he visited his dad’s museum in Graz, Austria.

“It’s not a trip to Austria without visiting the @arnoldschwarzeneggermuseum right?” he captioned the post last week.

Baena, who rocked a black tee with matching pants and a black leather jacket, lifted a vintage dumbbell and even posed with a life-size sculpture of the “Terminator” star.

Joseph Baena is his father’s mini-me.
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The 26-year-old was the spitting image of his dad, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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“You look just like him bro,” one person commented, noting the pair’s uncanny resemblance.

“This kid looks like Arnold more than Arnold 😂,” another chimed in.

Schwarzenegger secretly became a father to Joseph after having an affair with the family’s housekeeper, Mildred Baena.

“Competing with myself to be better everyday,” he captioned his snap.
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Baena also recently visited his dad’s museum in Austria.
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The seven-time Mr. Olympia winner was married to Maria Shriver at the time, and welcomed his son with Mildred just five days after Shriver gave birth to the couple’s youngest son, Christopher. 

Joseph acknowledged in a 2022 interview on the “Unwaxed” podcast that it “took a little while” to become “close” with the “Expendables” star after his paternity was revealed.

The “Dancing With the Stars” alum, who noted that the pair have since reached a place where they’re able to “joke about everything,” has bonded with his father over their shared passion for bodybuilding. 

The father-son duo have maintained a close bond through the years.
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A source, however, told Page Six in May that Arnold and Shriver’s four kids, Katherine, 33, Christina, 32, Patrick, 30, and Christopher, 26, “don’t love” Joseph and “take [the affair] out” on him.

Just last month, the former California governor bluntly described his affair as a “f–k-up,”


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“Remember it’s not like we had a feud,” he told People magazine of his marriage-ending mistake. “We didn’t have a fight.”

Nevertheless, Arnold insisted that he and the journalist, 68, remain on good terms.

The former California Governor welcomed Joseph after having an affair with the family’s housekeeper.

“My chapter with Maria will continue on forever,” he explained. “Even though it’s a different relationship, there’s no reason for me to feel anything other than love for her.”

After the former couple finalized their divorce in 2021, he moved on with physical therapist Heather Milligan, who is 27 years his junior. 

The pair sparked engagement rumors last week when she stepped out with a diamond sparkler on her finger.

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