# Schwarzenegger: How much smaller compared to his bodybuilding days?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 7, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580 "2003-08-07T13:55:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580/1 "2003-08-07T13:55:42Z")
I’m no bodybuilder (or even a weightlifter), but it seems like Arnold Schwarzenegger has lost quite a bit of muscle compared to his glory days in the 1980s. Not only is he in his mid-50s, but no one, I suppose, can stay bulked up and in prime condition that long–especially when some of the mass is due to steroids.
How much smaller/lighter is he since his peak?
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Observation: Did I imagine it, or did Ahnold have a rather odd gait as he strode across the stage on the Leno show last night?
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### Author:  [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580/2 "2003-08-07T15:30:43Z")
He is quite a bit smaller. I know that in the late 70’s and early 80’s he would work out for up to 6 hours a day in three hour shifts. He doesn’t do that anymore. I would guess that he works out _maybe_ two hours a day. He did say that when he was doing T3 he worked out a lot more, as he wanted to look like he did in the first two movies.
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### Author:  [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580/3 "2003-08-07T22:51:01Z")
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> How much smaller/lighter is he since his peak?
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580/4 "2003-08-08T01:17:11Z")
I betcha his kidneys have gotten a lot smaller over the years…
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### Author:  [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580/5 "2003-08-08T02:19:30Z")
Thanks for killing my thread. I’m looking for a serious answer and you respond by violating Board rules. What’s your problem?
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### Author:  [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schwarzenegger-how-much-smaller-compared-to-his-bodybuilding-days/193580/6 "2003-08-08T03:06:30Z")
Well, perhaps the mods will be kind and simply undo the link,