Because in those days, in bodybuilding, there was no money. I went to college, I went and worked out five hours a day. He also continued to focus on his bodybuilding career, and because his education was very important to him. Arnold got his first role in Hercules in New York. But his path to success was filled with struggles. He moved to America to fulfill his dream. But he trained hard because he knew that bodybuilding was his way out of that small town.Īnd out of all the hardships he faced there at the age of 21, with little money, barely speaking English. He came back with a trophy but spent a week in a military prison as a punishment. He escaped from there, so he can be a part of a competition. While he was serving one year in the Austrian army. He trained very hard and started going to competitions. He found his life purpose, and nothing could stop him. They all laughed and didn’t believe in him. When Arnold told his friends about his dream to become the world’s greatest bodybuilder.
He was even working out outside in freezing temperatures. He turned everything he could find in his home into improvised weights and continued to exercise. So he would give up on his ridiculous dream.
His father started forbidding Arnold to go to the gym with the attention to discourage him. Every time he disapproved of me or embarrassed me. Every time he said weight training was garbage, that I should do something useful, and go out and chop wood. I want to be somebody every time he hit me. Every time I got hit, and every time someone said, you can do this, I said, this is not going to be for much longer. I was one who did not conform, and whose will could not be broken. The Motivational Success Story of Arnold Schwarzenegger 2021