{"id":15129,"date":"2025-09-13T02:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15129"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:01:22","slug":"stefan-kienzl-shares-the-moment-he-knew-urs-kalecinski-could-win-in-open-bodybuilding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15129","title":{"rendered":"Stefan Kienzl Shares the Moment He Knew Urs Kalecinski Could Win in Open Bodybuilding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Episode 249 of <em>The Menace Podcast<\/em> saw host Dennis James joined by Milos Sarcev, Chris Cormier, and special guest Stefan Kienzl, who is coach to the Open division\u2019s newest standout, Urs Kalecinski. And, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/urs-kalecinski-wins-2025-promuscle-show-to-qualify-for-2025-mr-olympia-open-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the German bodybuilder put it all on the line<\/a> to transition from the Classic Physique category, there was a moment that Keinzl knew his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 was in the right place, as he revealed to the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Urs Kalecinski surprised the bodybuilding world when he opted out of the Classic Physique division sighting a wish to stop dropping so much weight and focus on his full potential. It was a risk, not least because Chris Bumstead retired ahead of this year\u2019s Olympia, meaning that the odds of \u201cThe Miracle Bear\u201d winning in Classic greatly improved. Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/urs-kalecinski-wins-2025-promuscle-show-to-qualify-for-2025-mr-olympia-open-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalecinski explained<\/a> that he was struggling to maintain a lighter physique for Classic and hoped that even if the road to an Open category win would take some time, it would help him to \u201cfall in love with the sport again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move to being more muscular was supported by coach Stefan Kienzl, and so Kalecinski entered September\u2019s 2025 Promuscle Show in Milan, Italy, to see how he would fair out in the Open. Incredibly, \u201cThe Miracle Bear\u201d lived up to his name and did the seemingly impossible, winning the show outright. So, still basking in the glory of a 2025 Olympia qualification in the Open division, coach Kienzl joined TMP to share the moment that he knew Kalecinski could win.<\/p>\n<h2>Stefan Kienzl Explains When He Knew Kalecinski Could Win in the Open Division<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cYou had to be more nervous than anybody,\u201d suggested host Dennis James to Kienzl, who is a decorated coach with a formidable reputation for Olympia success. \u201cI have been much more nervous in the past,\u201d he shared. \u201cThis time (it was calmer).\u201d In fact, Kienzl revealed that he knew his student could win even before the day of the competition. \u201cSo, for me, the crucial moment when I stopped being nervous was two weeks ago when I saw him in person, at his home gym. Because, you know? Until that point, I was always a little bit \u2018can he be that heavy?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before their meeting, Kienzl had regularly checked in remotely with Kalecinski. \u201cAll the check ins were so brilliant that it really was too good to be true,\u201d he acknowledged, pin-pointing the exact moment he saw The Miracle Bear\u2019s full potential on display. \u201cAnd I flew to him, and he dropped the clothes, and I knew that\u2019s gonna be great!\u201d Kalecinski went on to explain that from there, Kalecinski\u2019s physique only continued to improve. \u201cThat small waist, that balloon-ish quads, it was just so much balance and volume, and muscle there, that I was quite sure that he will be very, very hard to beat on that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Kalecinski will now have to tread the boards with the greatest athletes in bodybuilding. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/what-must-samson-dauda-do-to-win-the-2025-mr-olympia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How will he fair against the likes of champion, Samson Duada?<\/a> Or hot contenders like Derek Lunsford, Hadi Choopan, and Nick Walker? The Mr Olympia event takes place between October 9 and 12, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mrolympia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more information click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>To watch the full episode of the latest TMP where the panel also discussed the remaining Olympia qualifiers, predictions for the final, and other topical bodybuilding news, see below:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STEFAN KIENZL ON URS KALECINSKI &amp; SERIO OLIVIA JR.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LzCGG21S5mQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/stefan-kienzl-shares-the-moment-he-knew-urs-kalecinski-could-win-in-open-bodybuilding\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 249 of The Menace Podcast saw host Dennis James joined by Milos Sarcev, Chris Cormier, and special guest Stefan Kienzl, who is coach to the Open division\u2019s newest standout, Urs Kalecinski. And, while the German bodybuilder put it all on the line to transition from the Classic Physique category, there was a moment that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}