He broke out of the army to lift weights — and won. 🏋️

He broke out of the army to lift weights — and won. 🏋️ . . . In 1965, Austrian Army private Arnold Schwarzenegger, 18, went AWOL from his tank base to sneak into the Junior Mr. Europe contest in Stuttgart. He won the title, then served two or three days in military prison. He later said the trophy made every day in the cell worth it.