Men_s Health Australia - April 2016__

APRIL 2016^79

CAREER

Schwarzenegger proved Roger

Spottiswoode right, reinventing himself

in the most spectacular style. With

his action hero status diminishing,

Schwarzenegger moved into politics

with his wife, Maria Shriver, scion of

the Kennedy clan, playing a key role.

He wrongfooted his opponents by

announcing his intention to run for

the Governorship of California at the

eleventh hour on The Tonight Show

in August 2003 with Jay Leno and

was elected in October of the same

year. Initial success and popularity

soon gave way to an all-too-familiar

political impasse, which saw his ratings

plummet. In 2011 he left office and

resumed his movie career. In the wake

of the revelation that he had fathered a

son with his housekeeper, Shriver left

him. The success of The Expendables

has restored his box office muscle

and helped make Terminator Genisys

a reality. If his plans come to fruition

he will presently be making sequels to

Twins and his Conan series.

THE

GOVERNATOR

AND BEYOND (2003-2016)

ACT 3...

Lane Leavitt (stunt man on The

Last Stand): A r no ld at 65 was

more of an athlete than most

Hollywood actors at 25.

Henry Hobson (director of

Maggie): H e has this mantr a

which is “Preparation Prevents

Piss-Poor Performance” and he

would repeatedly say this on set.

O nc e he b elieved in the proje c t

and in me it was full steam ahead

and he was very generous with his

time and energy.

Butler: In the beginning he was an

awkward bodybuilder in a dark

subculture that America wanted

no part of. At the end he was an

international star, ready to become

the richest man in California and

eventually the highest-paid movie

actor in history.

Schwarzenegger: W hat is the

point of being on this Earth if you’re

go ing to b e like ever yone else?

RECREATE

ARNIE’S

BEST PARTS

Follow Arnie’s

advice to say “hasta

la vista” to your

weight-room rut

Conan’s chest

At his

bodybuilding biggest,

Arnold boasted a

145-centimetre

chest, and he wasn’t

far off that size

when he wielded the

broadsword in the

Conan movies.

ARNIE’S EXERCISES: flat

bench press, incline

dumbbell press

ARNIE’S EXPERTISE: “Make

sure your grip is wider

than your shoulders

when bench pressing

so the pectorals do

a major part of the

work.”

Terminator’s

back

His opening cyborg

appearance, side-on

and buck naked

in classical Greek

pose, highlighted his

all-round muscularity,

but his career-defining

catchphrase dictates

that we focus on his

lats.

ARNIE’S EXERCISES: wide-

grip chin-ups, bent-

over barbell row

ARNIE’S EXPERTISE: “When

doing barbell rows,

keep your upper body

parallel to the floor.

Don’t use your lower

back to lift.”

Dutch’s arms

Arnie famously

said: “I have a love

interest in every one

of my films – a gun.”

He was also justifiably

fond of his own guns,

which looked close

to their 56cm biceps

biggest when he went

Dutch in Predator.

ARNIE’S EXERCISES:

standing barbell curls,

seated dumbbell curls

ARNIE’S EXPERTISE:

“Twisting the wrists

as you lift and lower

the dumbbells causes

a fuller contraction of

the biceps.”

Stage managed:

Arnie’s

determination to

succeed has paid

off handsomely.

Schwarzenegger: My relationship

to power and authority is that I’m

all for it. People need somebody to

watch over them and tell them

what to do.

Susan Kennedy (Democrat and

Schwarzenegger’s Chief of

Staff): There were a lot of times

when we said , “ You jus t c an’ t do

that”. He was always like, “I don’t

care”. Ninety per cent of the time it

was a good thing.

Stallone: H e’s my b es t fr iend now.

It’s strange, given what big rivals

we used to b e. H e’s s till

ridiculously competitive, though. I

have this watch , w hich is the onl y

one of its kind in the world, so I

wore i t to our las t lunch. A r no ld

was desperate for me to get him

one but I had to explain that wasn’t

possible. He was so mad!