How Much Did Arnold Schwarzenegger Weigh in His Prime
“How much did Arnold Schwarzenegger weigh in his prime.” I pondered this tonight at the gym after weighing myself. I don’t get too concerned with weight since I don’t feel like I have a lot of fat to lose and muscle weighs more than fat. However, I do worry about the long term of lugging lots of weight around on my heart. I am in no way shape or form “ripped” and have a bit of a gut I wouldn’t mind loosing.
I worked out a bit in college, but didn’t do much for a few years until last summer when I joined Anytime Fitness to get back in shape like I was before college (it wasn’t that long ago – it IS doable). Since joining the gym, I have consistently weighed 230lbs. Before joining the gym, I was consistently 215lbs for years starting in mid college. Now, I am trying to do more reps versus just lift a ton of weight so I can get lean and not huge. To some extent it seems to be working since I am getting definition and I definitely don’t feel huge.
So what is up with weighing so much? I always think of those UFC fighters who are my height and ripped but only weigh 180lbs. Granted, I am somewhat big framed and weighed 180lbs in middle school and was pretty lean.
Anywho, I came home and found this post that suggested that Arnold was 240 lbs at his prime and we are supposedly (read the article) the same height. So yeah, that just seems weird. For all that muscle, he was only 10lbs heavier than I am now. Lame. Anyone got a good explaination? Should I be concerned with my weight (fat or otherwise) in regard to my heart? I don’t really want a triple bypass at 50 years old. At least that is the goal. I suppose not eating complete crap would help too. der….
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U don’t need to worry unless you poison your body with steroids. Workout and healthy food r enough.
Yeah, you are probably right on that. No steroids here nor any other stuff aside from food. Thanks for the comment!
Yeah, as long as your heart is fairly trained (check your resting heart rate, the average for a 20 year old male is 60-90, the lower the better) you shouldn’t have much to worry about.
And steroids will destroy your heart, my cousin is in his 20s and his resting heart rate is 140!!! (walking heart attack), mine is just below 50 and my uncle who is superfit is 38.
So check your resting hear rate! and let me know!
Lifting a ton of wait isn’t going to get you more definition that is wat gives u bulk, to get better def you need to lift with a lighter weight and do more reps per set, this is wat i use to do but i wanted to be a bit more bulky so i added more weight and it worked, i think with alot of people it works different cus i have always been big built naturally so gaining bulk for me wasn’t to hard!
if what your doing is working for you tho then thats great and i wish you the best of luck
also the heart problem with arnie was nothing to do with his weight training or diet, it was a family problem that his father also had and died from! as for the weight thing he weighed 250lbs in his prime of pure muscle, he was 4% body fat and 6ft2 ! yes muscle weighs more than fat but he was nearly pure muscle, do you know what your body fat is?
I figure I will comment on this as I have a bit of information. As you can see, Arnold is incredibly lean in these photos. Most people don’t realize how much fat they need to lose in order to look like this. 10% bodyfat is actually very close to being as lean as an on-stage bodybuilder. 6% is probably a good number, especially for someone arnold’s size. For an amateur, less is probably achievable. This is because muscle also contains fat.
Water is also a variable you should take into consideration. If Arnold were not manipulating his water levels he wouldn’t look so lean and “dry”.
I always wonder about stuff like this in the gym.. I have great form and I always pay extreme attention to all the exercises to make sure that (to the best of my knowledge) i am doing them to get the best final results.. im always concerned though that if i drop my weight a bit that i wont be able to eventually get my weight higher and or get bigger (since my body wont think the weight is to much and not seeing a need to grow??)