Joseph Baena is making a name for himself in bodybuilding.
The actor and fitness model, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, competed in a bodybuilding competition over the weekend for the Professional Natural Body Building Association.
Baena, 29, came in fifth place in the men’s classic physique open at the INBA PNBA Pro/Am World Cup in El Segundo, California, on Saturday, Nov. 7, according to People magazine
.Per contest rules, the classic physique open − inspired by the "Golden Era" of bodybuilding epitomized by Schwarzenegger − requires competitors to appear in two rounds of presentation, during which a bodybuilder poses for the judges and is evaluated for the muscularity and aesthetic of their physique.
Baena
provided a glimpse of his top-rated performance on social media, sharing an Instagram video of himself posing onstage.
"First look at my posing routine from the PNBA World Cup 🏆" Baena wrote in the Nov. 8 post.
In the video, Baena can be seen showing off his brawn with Hollywood-level pizzazz, flexing his biceps and other muscles in a series of theatrical poses.
Baena's athletic triumph comes eight months after he won several categories at the NPC Natural Colorado State competition. Schwarzenegger's son swept the men's open body heavy weight class, men's classic physique true novice and men's class physique novice contests.
Schwarzenegger, known for his muscular build and hulk-like action movie roles as much as his political record as former California governor, is an icon in the bodybuilding universe. In the 1977 film "Pumping Iron," he famously described "the pump" − or when blood flows into your muscles during a workout − as "the greatest feeling."
"There's a scene in 'Pumping Iron' when I talk about the pump and all of this stuff," Schwarzenegger told USA TODAY in an interview last October. "We used sex as kind of a tool to seduce people into the bodybuilding and all of that. But … what I really was saying is that, working out makes you feel so good, not just physically … but psychologically."
Joseph Baena draws Arnold Schwarzenegger comparisons after competition
Several of Baena's followers took to the comments section to praise his bodybuilding win and for following in Schwarzenegger's footsteps.
"One can definitely see his dad's genetics and influence in his posing routine," @jamesm.needles wrote on Instagram.
"Like father, like son," @juraj.velicky commented.
"You look exactly like your dad," @jayrosenfeld wrote.
"Son of Arnold, the GOAT," @theplot81gardener commented.
"Terminator Jr. 👏👏👏," @eddie_valenzuela79 wrote.
Contributing: Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Joseph Baena is spitting image of Schwarzenegger at bodybuilding contest
