Arnold Schwarzenegger, 73, shows off toned arms on beachside bike ride

Arnold Schwarzenegger showed off his musclebound arms while biking near sunny Venice Beach this Thursday.

The 73-year-old former Governor Of California slipped into a navy T-shirt that emphasized his toned torso as he pedaled down the path.

He flaunted his legs in tiny bike shorts and accessorized the look with shades, making sure to take the precaution of wearing a mask.

Looking fab: Arnold Schwarzenegger showed off his musclebound arms while biking near sunny Venice Beach this Thursday

His latest outing comes after he defended the ongoing attempt to recall the current California Governor Gavin Newson.

Arnie himself won the governorship as a Republican in 2003 after his Democrat predecessor Gray Davis was recalled.

While Gavin is a Democrat and has dismissed the current effort as a ‘partisan Republican recall,’ Arnold told Politico this week that he disagrees.

Rather he stated that the ‘ordinary folks that have signed on’ fueled the recall petition, whose more than two million signatures are in the process of being verified.

When you got it: The 73-year-old former Governor Of California slipped into a navy T-shirt that emphasized his toned torso as he pedaled down the path

Off he goes: He flaunted his legs in tiny bike shorts and accessorized the look with shades, making sure to take the precaution of wearing a mask

When you got it: The 73-year-old former Governor Of California slipped into a navy T-shirt that emphasized his toned torso as he pedaled down the path

‘The political parties will make it right away about them. The Republicans are going to claim the Democrats are terrible, and then the Democrats are going to come in and they say: “It’s a power grab,” which of course I heard a million times in 2003. It had nothing to do then – and it has nothing to do today – with either party,’ he said. 

‘People are dissatisfied. [The recall is] the people’s way of kind of letting off some steam, and then they decide: Do we want to follow through, or not follow through?’ 

The movie star and his estranged wife Maria Shriver share four children together – Katherine, 31, Christina, 29, Patrick, 27, and Christopher, 23. 

Maria left Arnold a decade ago after it emerged that he had fathered a son called Joseph by the family’s housekeeper Mildred Baena.

Family matters: The movie star and his estranged wife Maria Shriver share four children together - Katherine, 31, Christina, 29, Patrick, 27, and Christopher, 23

Family matters: The movie star and his estranged wife Maria Shriver share four children together – Katherine, 31, Christina, 29, Patrick, 27, and Christopher, 23

Although they have been separated since 2011 and he is now dating blonde physical therapist Heather Milligan, 46, the divorce has not been finalized. 

Arnie became a grandfather for the first time last summer when Katherine gave birth to her firstborn daughter Lyla by her sizzling husband Chris Pratt. 

Meanwhile Joseph, 23, has followed Arnold’s footsteps to become a bodybuilder and is occasionally seen on social media with his proud father.

In January Joseph posted an Instagram snap of himself and his father standing in front of a mural showing Arnie in his bodybuilding days as the Austrian Oak.

Meanwhile: Joseph, 23, has followed Arnold's footsteps to become a bodybuilder and is occasionally seen on social media with his proud father

Meanwhile: Joseph, 23, has followed Arnold’s footsteps to become a bodybuilder and is occasionally seen on social media with his proud father

History: Maria left Arnold a decade ago after it emerged that he had fathered a son called Joseph by the family's housekeeper Mildred Baena

History: Maria left Arnold a decade ago after it emerged that he had fathered a son called Joseph by the family’s housekeeper Mildred Baena

Joseph has now also taken his first acting role, a sci-fi comedy called The Chariot, in another career move that mirrors Arnold’s.

‘I’m following my father’s footsteps because I’m doing my own thing,’ Joseph told DailyMailTV in a recent exclusive interview.

‘I’m pursuing acting because I want to pursue acting. So really the pressure is just from myself,’ said the actor-to-be.

His hope is to ‘just focus on myself’ and ‘drown’ out comparisons to Arnie, despite the fact the Terminator star is an ‘inspiration’ to him.

By the way: Although Arnie and Maria have been separated since 2011 and he is now dating blonde physical therapist Heather Milligan, 46, the divorce has not been finalized

By the way: Although Arnie and Maria have been separated since 2011 and he is now dating blonde physical therapist Heather Milligan, 46, the divorce has not been finalized