At 78, Arnold Schwarzenegger still trains nearly every day - but his workouts look very different now

""I sometimes trained five hours a day with weights," he told Business Insider. "That's a lot of stress on the body - and clearly the body was not meant to do all that.""

""For me today, the machines are better simply because there's certain movements I can't do because of shoulder problems or knee problems," Schwarzenegger said."

""That's not where everyone should start. He believes that people should learn to lift with a barbell, dumbbells, or kettlebells. Schwarzenegger's point isn't to abandon free weights, but to understand the arc: master control first, then protect your joints.""

Arnold Schwarzenegger began lifting at 15 and once trained up to five hours daily, performing as many as 80 to 100 sets to hit every muscle group. At 78, workouts now last about an hour and a half nearly every day. Decades of heavy lifting created shoulder and knee wear that limited certain movements. He now substitutes heavy barbells with exercise machines and short, smarter sessions to reduce joint stress. Schwarzenegger recommends beginners learn to lift with barbells, dumbbells, or kettlebells to master control before using machines. Machines help protect joints and allow continued strength training despite mobility issues.

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