“The apple under the apple tree”…

THE Joseph Benya he looks more and more like his dad, Arnold Schwarzenegger, at a young age in a series of photos and videos showing his bodybuilding progress.

The 26-year-old, who has been working out for a long time, has become a … theoretician, mimicking many of the poses of his father and former action star, now 76, when he was at the height of his bodybuilding career in the 70s and 80s .

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“I compete with myself to be better every day” says the 26-year-old in a video he posted on his Instagram account on Monday.

Benia intends to compete in bodybuilding, but in a category in which no drugs are usedwith some being certain that with the drugs he could have been… spat his father in physique.

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While he was married to Maria Shriver, the 76-year-old actor had an illicit relationship with his housekeeper, Mildred Benia which gave birth to their son, Joseph.

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