Arnold Schwarzenegger Just Revealed His Heavy Lifting Records

Arnold Schwarzenegger molded one of the world’s most recognized physiques as a seven-time Mr. Olympia champion—and his compound lifts were in fairly good condition too during his prime bodybuilding career. Schwarzenegger just provided his PR figures on the big three on The Pat McAfee Show:

“My best bench press was 525, my best deadlift was 710, and my best squat was 610,” he went on to say. “So those were my lifts then, but I have to say they are not at all great compared to what some of the bodybuilders and lifters are doing today, I can tell you that, because today there’s guys that are squatting with 700, 800 pounds and there’s guys that bench press 600 pounds.”

“They’ve really gotten much better, but you know time moves on, people get better all the time, their muscles are better now, and thicker, with more definition and stuff,” he said. “This is a different era.” But I was extremely delighted with my lifts at the time, and that helped me progress very quickly.”

While he may not be lifting as heavily as he once did, Schwarzenegger still goes to the gym six times a week. “I go every day to the gym, I ride on my bike, I go down to Gold’s Gym, I work out 45 minutes and then I ride the bike back,” he told me. “That’s something I do on a daily basis… Remember that when you relax, you rust. It’s as easy as that.”

Schwarzenegger, at 76, has acknowledged that his body will never look the same as it did in the late ’70s and early ’80s. “It sucks,” he said to Howard Stern in October, adding, “but it still looks better than the majority of bodies.”