The actor last week posted a video to Instagram showing him checking on [his] back three days after the May incidentby pumping some serious iron.
Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger Crush a Shoulder Workout Just Days After Being Drop-Kicked
Remember that time an unsuspecting Arnold Schwarzenegger was attacked at a sporting event in South Africa? Turns out the flying kick to the back earlier this year didnt throw him off his training routine.
Watch Arnold Crush a Shoulder Workout at Age 72
View this post on Instagram #TBT to checking on my back 3 days after that guy kicked me. A post shared by Arnold Schwarzenegger (@schwarzenegger) on Aug 15, 2019 at 2:51pm PDT
In the video, the bodybuilder and former California governor is seen doing 12 reps on a pull-down machine at its maximum weightproving, it seems, that his back was just fine after the attack.
You want me to keep going? a smiling Schwarzenegger says after the tenth rep. Okay. Schwarzenegger was speaking with fans at the Arnold Sports festival in Sandton, Johannesburg in May when he was suddenly attacked from behind by a man who ran up to the action star and drop-kicked him in the back.
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The attacker, who seemed to shout I need a Lamborghini after he was apprehended by security, was immediately escorted out of the event. Schwarzenegger assured everyone he was fine at the time, continuing to greet fans and posting on Twitter that he hadnt even been aware hed been kicked until he saw the video. There is nothing to worry about, he wrote .
The throwback Thursday workout video Schwarzenegger posted last week removed all doubt. Indeed, his back appears to have been just fine after the surprise jump-kick. To handle such a kickand such weight at any age would be impressive. But at 72 years old, its even more commendable.
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