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At 72, Arnold Schwarzenegger just showed the world exactly what’s in his fridge and why he stopped chasing max weight.

Arnold Schwarzenegger opened his own kitchen and home gym to Men’s Health cameras for the September 2019 installment of “Gym & Fridge,” and the seven-time Mr. Olympia used the visit to explain how decades of training have given way to something more practical: staying alive and moving well. With “Terminator: Dark Fate” on the way, the 72-year-old walked through his refrigerator shelf by shelf and then into his workout room to show exactly how his routine has changed since multiple heart surgeries forced the issue.

• Schwarzenegger’s fridge is stocked with loose whole eggs, lettuce, strawberries, grapes, blueberries, bananas, and pre-cubed watermelon kept on ice — he’s largely cut out red meat and cow’s milk, swapping in almond milk.
• His daily protein shake blends almond milk, tart cherry juice, a whole banana, protein powder, and a raw egg cracked in shell and all, occasionally finished with a shot of schnapps or tequila.
• Following his heart surgeries, he no longer trains for maximum weight — his workouts now center on high-rep machine circuits, faster transitions between exercises, cycling, and swimming.

Inside the Fridge

Schwarzenegger’s refrigerator tour reads less like a bodybuilder’s meal-prep haul and more like a plant-forward pantry. Loose eggs sit next to lettuce, strawberries, grapes, blueberries and bananas, with pre-cubed watermelon chilling on ice for easy grabbing. He told Men’s Health he’s essentially phased out red meat and cow’s milk, leaning on almond milk instead — a notable pivot for a man who built his career, and his physique, on a diet once heavy in steak and dairy. It’s the same instinct behind pieces like 8 Foods Men Should Eat Everyday (Science-Based), which makes the case that a handful of consistent, nutrient-dense staples beat any trendy diet plan.

The Shake Recipe

The centerpiece of the fridge segment is Schwarzenegger’s daily protein shake, and it’s not a subtle recipe. He blends almond milk, tart cherry juice, a whole banana, a scoop of protein powder, and — without cracking it open first — an entire raw egg, shell included. He finishes some batches with a shot of schnapps or tequila purely for taste. It’s an old-school bodybuilding habit dressed up for 2019, blunt and unfussy in a way that fits the guy who’s been mixing his own shakes since Venice Beach.

Schwarzenegger’s shake goes in the blender with a whole raw egg, shell and all — no separating, no cracking it open first, just straight into the mix.

Training After Heart Surgery

The gym portion of the tour is where the real shift shows up. Schwarzenegger told Men’s Health that after going through multiple heart surgeries, chasing maximum weights is off the table. Instead, his sessions are built around high-repetition circuits on machines, moving quickly from one exercise to the next to keep his heart rate up, plus regular bicycling and low-impact swimming to protect his joints while still getting a pump. It’s a philosophy that echoes what other veteran lifters have preached in home-gym tours like Tony Horton’s Insane Home Gym Tour — train around the body you have now, not the one you had at 25.

Consistency Over Intensity

Schwarzenegger was direct about the takeaway: it’s not about the number on the plate anymore, it’s about showing up. He framed daily training as non-negotiable, something he plans to keep doing “until he dies,” while acknowledging that listening to an aging body matters just as much as pushing it. The intensity has changed. The habit hasn’t.

Schwarzenegger’s due back on screen soon in “Terminator: Dark Fate,” and if the “Gym & Fridge” tour is any indication, the guy who once trained for the Mr. Olympia stage is now training just to keep showing up for the next role — shake in one hand, resistance machine in the other.