{"id":5425,"date":"2025-07-02T10:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:41:37","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-opens-up-on-his-secret-health-battle-as-he-admits-he-struggled-with-the-long-days-at-his-annual-sports-festival-after-actor-reveals-he-had-a-pacemaker-fitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5425","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up on his secret health battle as he admits he \u2018struggled\u2019 with the long days at his annual sports festival after actor reveals he had a pacemaker fitted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"395\"><strong data-start=\"80\" data-end=\"242\">Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, has revealed he recently had a pacemaker fitted due to an irregular heartbeat caused by scar tissue from past open-heart surgeries.<\/strong> The actor has undergone three previous heart procedures, including valve replacements in 1997, 2018, and 2020 due to a congenital bicuspid aortic valve.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"676\">Arnold said the decision followed a checkup before his annual Arnold Sports Festival, where he struggled with 16-hour days. The long hours and fatigue made him realize it was time for action. \u201cThat\u2019s life with a genetic heart issue. But you won\u2019t hear me complaining,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"1006\">He underwent surgery last Monday in Cleveland and was already attending events by Friday. On his podcast <em data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"803\">Arnold\u2019s Pump Club<\/em>, he joked he\u2019s \u201ca little bit more of a machine\u201d now, like his <em data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"878\">Terminator<\/em> character. Though he\u2019ll pause heavy gym training, he assured fans he\u2019s recovering well and ready to film <em data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"991\">FUBAR<\/em> Season 2 soon.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1333\">Schwarzenegger also opened up about breaking from his Austrian upbringing, which discouraged discussing health issues. He said sharing his story has helped others with similar conditions find courage. \u201cYou\u2019re not alone,\u201d he added. \u201cIf you&#8217;re putting something off out of fear, I hope I inspire you to listen to your doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, has revealed he recently had a pacemaker fitted due to an irregular heartbeat caused by scar tissue from past open-heart surgeries. The actor has undergone three previous heart procedures, including valve replacements in 1997, 2018, and 2020 due to a congenital bicuspid aortic valve. Arnold said the decision followed a checkup before&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5425\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Arnold Schwarzenegger opens up on his secret health battle as he admits he \u2018struggled\u2019 with the long days at his annual sports festival after actor reveals he had a pacemaker fitted&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5427,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5425\/revisions\/5427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}