In a recent interview with Men’s Health, Arnold Schwarzenegger opened up about his sex life, aging in public, and his tough training regimen.
The 75-year-old action star, who has maintained a sculpted figure into his senior years, revealed his training routine at the famed Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach, saying he lifts weights to ‘defend himself and stay alive’ following many heart and knee surgeries.
The Terminator star, who is in a long-term relationship with Heather Milligan, 48, also made a provocative remark about his intimate life in his seventies.
When asked on his euphemism for sex, he joked: ‘Why would you use a code word? At my age, sex is becoming a four-letter word. Help!’
Arnold first carved out his career in the world of bodybuilding and revealed he often feels emotional when he reflects back on his competitive days
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Icon: Arnold Schwarzenegger candidly discussed his sex life, aging in the public eye and gave an insight into his grueling workout regime in a candid new interview with Men’s Health
When asked whether he still hits classic bodybuilding poses, he said: ‘Yes, but only in the bathroom, because sometimes it makes me cry.
He also said 1974 was the year he attained his best physique when he was 237lbs and crowned Mr Olympia.
Opening up about his workout motivation, he said: ‘I protect my body and do therapy training at the same time. I do faster, lighter but correct exercises and I try to stay young.
‘I train to stay alive, to be able to do my movies. I come in here and 25-30 sets in a half an hour.’
‘When you train, it is not just that your body gets pumped up and gets stimulated with blood, it’s also your mind. And you have a much more positive kind of outlook on the day and life when you have already had a pump behind you, or a bicycle ride, or a run, or a tennis match, or whatever sport you do.
‘My body and bodybuilding gave me everything. I don’t know, if I wouldn’t have gotten into bodybuilding, if I would’ve gotten the clear vision of where I want to go in life. I don’t know if I would’ve gotten the message that you have to work your *ss off in order to get anywhere, in order to be successful.”
His training plan consists of five rounds of machine preacher curls to warm up his ‘susceptible’ elbows, five sets of machine dips, and five sets of overhead presses to work his shoulders, with each set culminating with a five-second iso-hold squeeze.
During the wide-ranging chat, Conan The Barbarian actor opened up about his steroid use, stating that he used ‘one hundred milligrams a week, and then three Dianabol a day, so that was 15 milligrams a day.’
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Banter: The Terminator star, who is in a long-term relationship with Heather Milligan, 48, made a provocative statement about his sexual life into his seventies.
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The Terminator is returned. His training plan includes five rounds of machine preacher curls designed to warm up his ‘sensitive’ elbows, five sets of machine dips, and five sets of overhead presses to work his shoulders, finishing each session with a five-second iso-hold squeeze.
