Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger pulled no punches when he candidly discussed his sex life and gave an insight into his gruelling workout regime at 75.
The Hollywood superstar was speaking to Men’s Health where he revealed how he has continued to showcase a chiseled physique into his senior years, and getting intimate with his 48-year-old long-term lover.
Showing off his workout regime at the legendary Gold’s Gym in Venice Beach. the veteran actor told the publication that he hits the weights to ‘protect himself and stay alive’ after several heart and knee surgeries.
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The Terminator star also reflected on his intimacy with partner Heather Milligan, 48, now he’s in his seventies.
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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 made a name for himself in the world of bodybuilding, but revealed he got emotional when looking back on his competitive days, where he says he was at the peak of his physique in 1974 when crowned Mr Olympia..
When asked whether he still hits classic bodybuilding poses, but said: “Yes, but only in the bathroom, because sometimes it makes me cry.”
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Nowadays the Austrian Oak says he protects his body and does therapy training at the same time.
“I do faster, lighter but correct exercises and I try to stay young,” he said.
“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.
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“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 hadn’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 ass off in order to get anywhere, in order to be successful.”
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His workout routine includes five sets of machine preacher curls designed to warm up his ‘vulnerable’ elbows, five sets of machine dips, and five sets of overhead presses to work his shoulders – ending each set with a five second iso-hold squeeze.
The Conan The Barbarian star also opened up about his past steroid use, revealing he took “one hundred milligrams a week, and then three Dianabol a day, so that was 15 milligrams a day.’
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This usage was not illegal until Congress passed the Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.
He said: “Bodybuilding always, always was considered a safe sport. But now it’s not. Now people are dying—they’re dying because of overdoses of drugs and they don’t know what the f**k they’re doing.
“They’re listening to charlatans. If I want to get medical advice from a doctor, I go to UCLA or I go to the Cleveland Clinic.”
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‘Yes, we are at a time now where we always look for the easy way to make money, the fast way to get rich, the easy way to be an influencer.
“Anytime you abuse the body, you’re going to regret it.
“So I just want young people to know that I have seen people getting kidney transplants and suffering tremendously from it.’
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