Friday, February 11, 2011

I'll be back -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold made his way to America with only a gym bag, he popularized a sport that was riddiculed, became the highest grossing actor of all-time and became a govenor. Arnold was born in 1947 without heat, or a fridge. His father was a champion of curling, and Arnold enjoyed the outdoors. His father favoured Arnolds older brother and made Arnold work for his things. Arnold was a very good soccer player, and one day when his coach took him the gym and stood in awe of the hulking body builders. He said when he was 15 he would be the best body builder in the world. He always liked to see movies and after he became a famous body builder he would become a famous movie actor. His father made Arnold allowed only to work out 3 times a week but Arnood built his own gym in his barn. From age 14-18 his life was the gym and then when he was 18 for his compulsory military training. In 1966 when he won the Mr. Europe body building contest he was already a legend in Austria and Germany. When he was 19 he won 2nd place in the Mr. Universe contest, in 1967 he bought his own gym, and was very famous in Europe. At the age of 20 he became the youngest Mr. Universe of all-time. In 1968 he won his frist professional Mr. Universe. In his first American Mr. Universe he became 2nd, he was crushed and swore he would never lose again. Joe Weider (Canadian) became Arnolds mentor and taught him about not only bodybuilding but also business. In 1969 he won his first IIFB in New York, by 1970 he capture the Mr. Olympia trophy and held it for a record 6 years. In 1075 he retired from bodybuilding, and became a promoter for the sport. In 1974 he began acting lessons to make an impression on hollywood, his first feature film Conan brought in over 100 million dollars. After Conan, Arnold was offered the role in the Terminator. After many more successful movies he had ahuge box office flop in the Last Action Hero. But after he responded with another winner in the James Bond spoof True Lies.

Conclusion: In conclusion Arnold was a very successful man in many things in his life, he helped shaped a sport that was riddiculed, became a very  popular movie star, and eventually a popular govenor. But what makes Arnold stand out his is ability to put someone else before himself, and care for the people around him. What I have learned from the Arnold movie was to set goals for myself and try to achieve them no matter what stands in my way and never give up even when im faced with a problem.


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