Arnold Schwarzenegger has never given up on the world of professional bodybuilding and continues to be the ultimate icon for physical fitness. Although Schwarzenegger officially retired from bodybuilding in 1980 after his "Comeback" victory, Arnold has continued to work his body like a beautifully sculpted work of art. Over two decades after Schwarzenegger's champion bodybuilding competing days, The Oak , now at age 60, continues to work out daily.

The ARNOLD FANS receives emails daily requesting the knowledge of The Oak's current workout status. "Does Arnold still work out? How often? What are Arnold's favorite sports?

Understanding our reader's need for these most frequently asked questions, we at The ARNOLD FANS can only oblige and offer you this section devoted to Arnold's current workouts to remain fit. We call this section of our body building site THE PRESENT PUMP!

"...I train at least a half hour with weights everyday and I train at least a half hour of cardiovascular training every day. Sometimes, depending on the time of availability, I train more. If I go to the "World Gym" in Los Angeles and I see all my buddies there like Franco and all the old-timers, I'll train for like two hours or more because we're having such a good time. I think THAT is the most important thing - to train with weights every single day and every day with the cardiovascular training. It's kept me always in shape so I could do the stunts in the movies that are required ­ so I don't get injures and that I remain very active all day. Sometimes the shoots are very, very tough like 14-16 hours of running around in the jungle of Mexico for this "Collateral Damage". But with this training, with pumping up everyday, with getting in touch with the weights, you feel good about yourself. You feel secure physically and even though I'm 53 years old, I feel like I can do all the things that I could do when I was 30."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger at the 2001 Arnold Classic



WARMING UP: The Cardiovascular Pump!
When The Oak is ready for his daily workout he starts off by getting the blood flowing. After his stretches, Schwarzenegger can chose from many of his favorite sport activities to achieve his cardiovascular goal of perfect health. Of course his favorite cardio activity is when he and his lovely wife get to share a romantic and private workout. Four Schwarzenshrivers are the proof. However, when Arnold needs to leave the bedroom he must find other ways to achieve the cardiovascular pump.





Bicycling
Schwarzenegger likes to accomplish many tasks each day so why not COMBINE them. As you can see Arnold makes time with his family being the perfect dad while simultaneously exercising the cardiovascular system. A bike ride is very healthy and it does wonders for his dark tan.





Swimming
A few laps around the pool is an excellent workout. Arnold also likes to use his children as weights, curl them and then heave them into the air for fun. Get out your speedos, last one in the pool is a low forehead!





Skiing
One of Arnold's favorite sports is skiing on the slopes of Aspen. Occasionally, he'll hook up with his longtime Aspen friend Conan Angelo and will ski the mountains high enough to touch Crom himself. All of the Schwarzenshrivers are avid skiers. The thin air and sport activity gets the heart rate up. Excellent!







Excercise Machines
When Arnold is working on the set of his movies he always brings with him his own private and portable workout trailer. Equipped with free-weights and a plethora or exercise machines, the Terminator gets to work out in-between takes. Rest is for the week.





Stunts
You may not think of filming an action movie as "working out" but when you consider all the stunts Arnold does you realize he is constantly pumping up. Just imagine take after take of filming a fight sequence or running up stairs over and over. Arnold did not receive the first Honorary Taurus Award from the World Stunt Academy for nothing!







ARNOLD GETS SERIOUS: The modern PUMP!

Now that Arnold has warmed up with his cardiovascular workout, it's time to bust a move and get serious! The Austrian Oak has the same drive and determination as he always had. Of course in the old days Schwarzenegger used to workout with very heavy free weights all day until he passed out. Now it's not about adding the most muscles humanly possible but rather to stay toned and remain in his good physical shape for his "international stud" appeal.

These days Arnold works out with lighter weights but does more reps. And what better way to help him pump up than to pump up the volume of his favorite hard rock music. To key to working out every day is to set goals and most important - to have fun!

Finally we have a few motivating words from the man himself to make sure YOU students make time to workout daily.

"Now I can tell you the Pope works out for an hour and a half every day before he gets to work. The busiest people in the world find time to work out. You have to understand that the day has 24 hours. Let¹s assume that you go to school and study - that's 10 hours. You work for 4 hours- that's 14 hours. Let¹s assume you sleep for 8 hours-that's 22 hours. So what happened to the other 2 hours?"
- Arnold Schwarzenegger



Schwarzenegger pumped up hard once more for his role as The Terminator in 2003's "T3: Rise of the Machines"! TheArnoldFans talked to Arnold about his new look.

TheArnoldFans: Arnold, your physique is FANTASTIC in T3...

Arnold:"Thank you" (followed by big Austrian grin).

TheArnoldFans: ...Can you tell me if you are currently in that SAME SHAPE or do you like to let go a little bit after a film and then train hard again in preparation for your next movie?

Arnold: (Nods) "I always do that, but I train normally with a half-an-hour of weights every day and also a half an hour of cardiovascular training a day. Then, when a special project comes up...you never know what the movie is. There are certain movies I need to lose weight where people don't need to look at the muscles first, but rather the character. So you try to lose weight to blend in a little bit better. In other movies you gain weight. For the Terminator, it was extremely important for me because there is a comparison being made. You know, it's the same Terminator. So I need to look the same as 10-12 years ago or 20 years ago. So that's number 1. Number 2, people are going to look at it and they are going to say, 'let's see if he's still got it.' So I want to be sure I satisfy both. There was more training. 2-3 hours of training a day and dieting. There were many times when I was on the set. At 2 or 3 in the morning and if I had an hour off, I would go to the gym work out and then go back to work again. So any moment that was available for me to hit the weights - I was there."



This is Arnold's current pump! This image showing his ripped, tan muscles was featured in the 2007 magazine Fast Company.
The tattoos are fake but the muscles are REAL!


 

At age 61 Arnold still has the physique to take on the beach! This was taken in July of 2008!

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