Key Points

• Joseph Baena made a strong impression at his professional bodybuilding debut over the weekend.

• The son of Arnold Schwarzenegger placed fifth in the Classic Physique Open category at the INBA PNBA Pro/Am World Cup.

• Baena previously won three contests at the professional qualifier event in March.

Joseph Baena’s star just keeps rising.

The son of Arnold Schwarzenegger has been collecting medal after medal at professional bodybuilding qualifying competitions this year, ever since he started training seriously to follow in his famous dad’s footsteps. On Nov. 7, the 29-year-old got his chance to finally compete with the pros.

Baena placed fifth in the Classic Physique Open category at the INBA PNBA Pro/Am World Cup, which took place in Los Angeles at the El Segundo Performing Arts Center. It marks a strong start to his professional bodybuilding career after entering his first competition only in March.

Baena crushed the competition at that contest, securing three top placements at the NPC Natural Colorado State Championships in Denver. He placed first in Men’s Open Bodybuilding Heavy Weight Class, Classic Physique True Novice, and Classic Physique Novice, and second in the Classic Physique Open Class C show.

Celebrating his run at the Pro/Am World Cup on Sunday, Baena shared an Instagram video of himself flexing on stage with the caption, “First look at my posing routine from the PNBA World Cup.”

In a separate post on Monday, Baena was pictured in several film photographs by his friend, Ryan O’Connor, depicting him holding up his medal, showing off his abs, devouring a burger at L.A.s’ famed Apple Pan restaurant, and more.

“Each photo has a great story of what it’s like to be a competitor at a bodybuilding show,” Baena wrote in the caption.

Just days after winning his first bodybuilding competition in March, Baena won his second. The athlete gold medaled in the Classic Physique contest at the INBA Iron Gladiator competition in Corona, Calif. on April 4.

“I started swimming and lost a lot of the fat. It wasn’t until my junior year of college, so about 10 years ago, or eight years ago, that I started lifting weights and fell in love with bodybuilding,” he said in a video alongside the news of his win. “I fell in love with the sport and even watching, but this year with the overthinking and being afraid, it [was] time to commit and do a show.”

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