Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, sheds light on aging and body image struggles as he promotes his self-help book
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Arnold Schwarzenegger is finding ‘aging’ challenging!
During a recent interview on 'The Howard Stern Show', the 76-year-old star and former bodybuilder discussed his body concerns.
The ‘Terminator’ star said, “I kind of smile because every day I do look in a mirror and I say, 'Yep, you suck.'”
The seven-time Mr Olympia winner told Howard Stern during the Wednesday, October 4 episode, “Look at this body. Look at the spectral muscles that used to be firm and perky and really powerful. Now they're just hanging there. I mean, what the hell is going on here?"
What did Arnold Schwarzenegger say about ‘getting older?’
Talking about aging, Schwarzenegger said, “It’s one thing to see yourself get older and more and more out of shape but most of the people have never been in shape. So what does it mean getting out of shape?”
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The former Governor of California further said, “When you’ve been hailed for years as this supreme body, and you have the definition and you see the veins coming down your abs, and you see veins on top of your chest and then cut, you roll the clock 50 years and you’re standing there and you don’t see that anymore."
What's Arnold Schwarzenegger's take on the Ozempic trend?
The 76-year-old weighed on Hollywood’s fad with diabetic drug Ozempic, to lose weight. "Because the more you experience the things you really don't like, the more you can grow, and the tougher you get and the more you can handle. It’s just that simple,” Schwarzenegger said.
He said, "So many young kids today kind of shy away from that. Anybody that tries to baby themselves, and pamper themselves and protect themselves — “Oh, I don’t want to feel bad, I don’t really want to go through any discomfort” — It’s over!"
The young people were reminded of the generation that was active in nation-building by Schwarzenegger.
"These were ballsy women and men that went out there at five in the morning and went out there and struggled and fought and they worked their butts off," he said.
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"That's what made this country great," he added, "Don't start creating a generation of wimps and weak people. Where we're concerned about, 'How are you feeling today? I don't want to hurt your feelings.'"
He further told the host, “Let's go and teach kids to be tough, to go out and do sports, to go and study, to struggle, and to go through these kind of painful moments sometimes.”
Schwarzenegger recently wrote a new self-help book 'Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life.'
