Are you looking back, Arnold?

[crunchy]

Was just on YouTube while sitting here eating, watching some videos of pics and videos of Arnold and Franco training and competing from their Olympia days.

Arnold oozed confidence. it dripped from his pores. But not just when he was on stage, when he was in the gym, or out in public. He was on top of the world. Unbeatable. Immortal.
And watching him next to other people, his personality dominated everyone.

So this got me wondering. If Arnold watched some of these videos right now, what would he think or how would he feel? Negative feelings because those days are long gone, never to come back, with only the physical decline of old age now approaching?
Or positive feelings and pride because of what he accomplished.

Even if you're not Arnold, when you're in your 20's (and teen's) you think you're going to live indefinitely. Aging is beyond your thought process.

For those of us close to 40, over 40, close to 50, and so on, aren't we trying to defy our own aging process and resist having to look back, and feel negative because "those days" are gone because you're on a that downward slope of aging?
Don't we like telling ourselves that, yes, we might be older and have to train smarter, but we're better now than where we were 10/15/20 years ago?

I'm not arguing the point, I'm just thinking out loud.

wow. that was deep.

/cr

[JG1]

He's worth 300 million. How negative could he be feeling??

Lol

[Curt James]

He's worth a pretty penny, sure, but he must have greater satisfaction from his accomplishments than his bank balance.

Arnold's life has been amazing. And he looks like he's still having fun.

I'm really looking forward to the next Terminator film. Since his movie comeback, he's really had some good flicks that have not been well received. Hope that turns around. Would like to see Arnold become another elder statesman in cinema, another Clint Eastwood.

[data4]

He's worth a pretty penny, sure, but he must have greater satisfaction from his accomplishments than his bank balance.

Arnold's life has been amazing. And he looks like he's still having fun.

I'm really looking forward to the next Terminator film. Since his movie comeback, he's really had some good flicks that have not been well received. Hope that turns around. Would like to see Arnold become another elder statesman in cinema, another Clint Eastwood.

If I can live half the life he has I will be a happy man.

[JG1]

He's worth a pretty penny, sure, but he must have greater satisfaction from his accomplishments than his bank balance.

Arnold's life has been amazing. And he looks like he's still having fun.

I'm really looking forward to the next Terminator film. Since his movie comeback, he's really had some good flicks that have not been well received. Hope that turns around. Would like to see Arnold become another elder statesman in cinema, another Clint Eastwood.

Idk. I think if he had to chose between his accomplishments and his bank account, he'd take the bank account. Lol

[Curt James]

Idk. I think if he had to chose between his accomplishments and his bank account, he'd take the bank account. Lol

heh :-)

I wonder.

You think he'd take that deal?

"Arnold, here are your choices:

a) Keep all your money and we erase your Olympia and Universe titles, your movie stardom, your governorship, and your Arnold Sports Festival. You will have your bank balance preserved but people will attend the Ronnie Coleman Sports Festival, will echo "Get to the choppa!" as voiced by James Caan, will remember Gary Coleman as the Governor of California, and will cheer the memory of Sergio Oliva as 10-time Mr. Olympia.

b) Lose all your money, but maintain your accomplishments."

I say he'd keep the accomplishments and gladly burn the cash. He can make more money. He can't rebuild a legacy.

It's all sci-fi, but I can't see Arnold erasing his history for any amount of money.

[JG1]

How's old is Arnie now? 67?

I'm not sure he'd want to start form scratch at that age to rebuild his fortune. And, if he lost all his titles, movie stardom, and governorship, it would prove to be rather hard. He will no longer be the celebrity he once was, but hey, he'll still have 300 million in the bank.

[crunchy]

I'm thinking that he's currently making money. Even if he was to lose his current fortune, he still has the earning power to keep him going well into the future, *because* of his past accomplishments.

I've heard money can't buy happiness. Maybe that's a load of crap, I dunno. i wouldn't know. I'm not rich. Lol. not even close.
But I've heard of plenty of miserable rich people and even Arnie got divorced (ok, ok! marital satisfaction is a whole other world, i know). But it does show that even with all that cash, it couldn't bury all his problems.

If you are well past your 20's, haven't you ever asked yourself (regardless of your current prosperity right now), "Would i give up what I have right now, to go back in time and re-live that time again? But also knowing that I'd have to go through everything again, the good the bad, etc."

This is what I wonder if he asks himself when (if) he sees pictures or videos of himself from 1974 (for example).

Geez, I've already asked myself this question. And my twenties were nothing special, except for the fact that they were *my* twenties, and I was doing well financially, academically, athletically, and having a blast at the same time. But there was plenty of bad crap too. And i'd be sacrificing a ton now to go back to that. Is it really worth it?

[swingslammer]

49, not completely happy about it but there is NO WAY I would go back in time. Everything happened just as it should have.

[JG1]

I'm thinking that he's currently making money. Even if he was to lose his current fortune, he still has the earning power to keep him going well into the future, *because* of his past accomplishments.

I've heard money can't buy happiness. Maybe that's a load of crap, I dunno. i wouldn't know. I'm not rich. Lol. not even close.
But I've heard of plenty of miserable rich people and even Arnie got divorced (ok, ok! marital satisfaction is a whole other world, i know). But it does show that even with all that cash, it couldn't bury all his problems.

If you are well past your 20's, haven't you ever asked yourself (regardless of your current prosperity right now), "Would i give up what I have right now, to go back in time and re-live that time again? But also knowing that I'd have to go through everything again, the good the bad, etc."

This is what I wonder if he asks himself when (if) he sees pictures or videos of himself from 1974 (for example).

Geez, I've already asked myself this question. And my twenties were nothing special, except for the fact that they were *my* twenties, and I was doing well financially, academically, athletically, and having a blast at the same time. But there was plenty of bad crap too. And i'd be sacrificing a ton now to go back to that. Is it really worth it?

Money can't by true happiness (love?), but it sure as hell makes life easier and less stressful, which brings upon happiness. Wish I had an opportunity to experience it first hand.

[crunchy]

Everything happened just as it should have.

^^ Thought the same. If i did one thing different, things wouldn't be as they are now. And if by some freak chance of physics I had the opportunity to re-live even one day of those years (do I get to pick? How about you, Arnold? What day would it be?), I might be tempted to do something differently and end up messing up everything I have now. There was that girl that one time (damn, I shouldn't have been in that parking lot, what was I thinking?! Deny, deny, deny)... There was that workout I skipped... the game I decided not to play in... you get the point.


And while it's true that money makes life less stressful, it brings its own problems too!
I see people's taxes and finances daily (my job). the more they make, the more they spend. The more bills they have, the more they complain to people in my position that they're broke. Seriously. I dunno.



/cr

[JG1]

^
I'd like to have those problems! Lol

[crunchy]

^
I'd like to have those problems! Lol

Yeah, you wouldn't believe what people can complain about when they have money to spend. I have to laugh sometimes, especially when I hear
"But we can't afford that! We have 3 car payments, and two mortgages!"
And I say, "I'm sorry to hear that, but..."

[JG1]

Yeah, you wouldn't believe what people can complain about when they have money to spend. I have to laugh sometimes, especially when I hear
"But we can't afford that! We have 3 car payments, and two mortgages!"
And I say, "I'm sorry to hear that, but..."

Oh I know all about it. My sister and brother-in-law rake in around 25-30k a month and they bitch nonstop meanwhile they have two vacation homes. Cheap bastards too, don't go out to dinner with them...lol

[John Hansen]

Here is what Arnold said recently about the way his body looks now that he is older -
http://jezebel.com/5793074/arnold-sc...y-image-issues