Arnold Schwarzenegger questions Mark Zuckerberg on his fitness regime during Facebook session

 
Fitness regime: Mark Zuckerberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Picture: Getty)
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Emma Powell1 July 2015
The Weekender

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US actor Arnold Schwarzenegger got involved in a Q&A with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in order to ask him how he keeps fit.

Clearly keen to know if he can bench press like The Terminator, the former body builder asked: "Mark, I always tell people that nobody is too busy to exercise, especially if Popes and Presidents find time.

"You've got to be one of the busiest guys on the planet, and younger generations can probably relate to you more than they can the Pope - so tell me how you find time to train and what is your regimen like?”

He jokingly added: “And by the way – will the machines win?”

Zuckerberg, 31, revealed that he works out at least three times a week when he first wakes up – and often alongside his pet Hungarian sheepdog.

"Staying in shape is very important," he replied. "Doing anything well requires energy, and you just have a lot more energy when you're fit.

"I make sure I work out at least three times a week – usually first thing when I wake up. I also try to take my dog running whenever I can, which has the added bonus of being hilarious because that basically like seeing a mop run."

Making sure to answer Schwarzenegger’s concluding question, Zuckerberg said: “And no machines don’t win.”

Also taking part in the session was physicist Professor Stephen Hawking who explained to Zuckerberg that he would like to know a "unified theory of gravity and the other forces" before asking Zuckerberg which of the big questions in science he would like to know the answer to and why.

Zuckerberg said that he was interested in whether or not there is a "fundamental mathematical law underlying human social relationships that governs the balance of who and what we all care about."

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