Overview
- Baena, competing Saturday in Denver, won three divisions at the NPC Natural Colorado State Championships and took silver in a fourth.
- The Denver show marked his first-ever bodybuilding contest in the National Physique Committee’s amateur ranks.
- Event coverage notes the “natural” contest uses drug testing, with reports also describing a 30‑minute polygraph for entrants.
- He trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger at Gold’s Gym in Venice in the days before the show, with his father offering hands-on pointers.
- The result invites comparison to Schwarzenegger’s seven Mr. Olympia titles and signals a potential climb through the sport’s established pipeline.