![]() ![]() He confesses to idolizing the big screen bodybuilding stars at the time especially Steve Reeves, Johhny Weissmuller, and Reg Park. He has said that he doesn’t remember how old he was when he saw his first movie in a theater but he knows it was a John Wayne movie. Arnold competed in many sports and was in excellent physical shape even before beginning his bodybuilding career.ĭuring Arnold Schwarzenegger's youth, he would spend time watching movies. He would mock Arnold’s goal of being a bodybuilder. His father was abusive and alcoholic and openly favored Meinhard over Arnold. He says every home in Austria and Germany at that time was the same. Schwarzenegger has mentioned that he dealt with what we could call abuse today hair pulling, being whipped with a belt. Life in the Schwarzenegger household was strict and focused on raising conformists. His older brother Meinhard proceeded him. ![]() Arnold Schwarzenegger was born near Graz, Austria on July 30th, 1947 to Gustav and Aurelia Schwarzenegger.
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