“I’ll Never Forget My Mom Crying”: Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock Revealed How Arnold Schwarzenegger Changed His Life

Published 08/20/2022, 3:00 PM EDT

The world of today looks at Dwayne Johnson as a bodybuilding icon too, alongside a WWE legend and action hero in Hollywood. The fans compare The Rock with bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger for his roles in Hollywood films.

The Great One once revealed he decided to work out because of Schwarzenegger. However, there is a big reason why Schwarzenegger helped Johnson take up bodybuilding as a hobby.

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Once Dwayne Johnson appeared for an interview with Muscle and Fitness, where he shared his reason for hitting the gym.

The Great One said, “I’m a long way from being evicted, but I’ll never forget it. I’ll never forget the feeling. I’ll never forget my mom crying and I’ll never forget the thought I had: ‘Well the only thing I can do is just go build my body,’ because the men who were successful that I knew of—Stallone, Arnold, Bruce Willis—they were men of action.”

The Jumanji Actor was of the perception that all the successful men he knew had a superb physique and he wanted that, too. It can be easily said that The Austrian Oak changed Johnson’s mindset at a young age about maintaining a great physique.

Johnson loves his mom and one of his top priorities was to keep his mother smiling always after being successful. The Rock explained he struggled with depression when he was facing problems in his life. However, lifting weights helped him to overcome the problems and face them with a firm attitude.

After all those years when Johnson became successful like his idols, he calls as successful. We refer him to as the current generation’s action hero in Hollywood. It was similar to how Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were back in the day.

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Anyone who follows The Rock on social media knows he has a mega-presence over the platform. After talking about his overcoming stress by working out, Johnson shed a light on efficiently using social media to show his regular life to his fans.

He said, “But then I got into it, and I jumped into it I thought, ‘If I’m going to jump into it, let me do it in a way that feels good and authentic to me and not just sharing, ‘Hey, look at my f**kin’ hamburger I ate today.’”

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Johnson further added he likes to spread motivation among the people. He refers to the people having that Seven Bucks moment in their life. He claimed if his story helps people to overcome that moment, then The Rock thinks he has used social media in the most effective way.

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Tushar Deogharkar is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Tushar has done his Master's in Tourism Management and is an ardent fan of pro wrestling. He follows WWE and AEW very closely and wants to learn how the promotions are run.

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“I’ll Never Forget My Mom Crying”: Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock Revealed How Arnold Schwarzenegger Changed His Life

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