Baena shared an Instagram video on July 15 of him plopping onto the sofa, with the phrases “Sort of drained, would possibly skip the health club at the moment” flashing on display screen. The video then reduce to a photograph of a youthful, shirtless Baena on the seaside — a photograph which served as a reminder for him to then soar off the sofa in a panic and get to the health club.

“Folks generally overlook that I was chubby in highschool. I received reduce from my basketball and soccer workforce as a result of I couldn’t sustain with the opposite children,” he defined within the caption.

He then revealed the saving grace that kickstarted his health journey.

“Swim did not have tryouts fortunately and utterly modified my life eternally. That was my introduction to Health and coaching. Everybody begins someplace however beginning is a very powerful,” he added.

The Dancing with the Stars alum takes after his father relating to physique constructing, with the 2 even spending some father-son bonding time within the health club.

In an 2021, Baena posted a photograph of the duo on Instagram, captioning it with phrases from his father and the inspiration he receives from him.

“This selfie was taken moments earlier than my dad advised I do “pressured reps” for the remainder of the exercise. You need to go all out and completely NO dishonest once you prepare with him, so you already know I’m going to be hurting tomorrow,” he captioned.

“Overloading on the rows, bench press, pull downs, and so on… fortunately my studly coaching companion helped me get each final rep. That is one other nice method to coaching and a incredible option to construct measurement and power! Attempt it out along with your coaching companion ,” he wrote.

Now, the 27-year-old dedicates his time to health and bodybuilding, sometimes exhibiting off his muscular physique on his social media posts. Like father, like son, proper?