Arnold Jacked triumphed over noted contenders like Hadi Choopan and Nick Walker to win the Arnold Classic 2026, and the big boss, Arnold Schwarzenegger, knows how Jacked secured the feat.

Even during the broadcast, commentator Phil Heath sounded surprised when Hadi Choopan finished at the 3rd place and revealed that he believed Walker would win the competition.

However, Arnold viewed the situation differently. According to Fitness Volt, the Austrian Oak praised jacked during the athletes’ seminar, saying, “You were never ever out of breath. I never saw your stomach going in and out. Oh my God, I cannot catch my breath. Why? Because you were ready."

The 7x M. Olympia also said, “It’s all about presentation. Everything is about presentation. This is why we now have a new winner at the Arnold Classic, and because of his great, great posing. That’s what was common that everyone said, his posing. He outposed all the rest of them, and this is what it’s all about”.

Sharing his experience of watching the Men's Open, Arnold said, “There was still yesterday a bodybuilder onstage competing with you guys that was shaking during the posing. That’s inexcusable. There is no shaking. When you get to this stage, there is no shaking”.

According to the 7-time Mr. Olympia, it is the practice that makes athletes ready and calm on stage or during the competition. And that is where Jacked left everyone behind.

With everyone talking about his posing, the winner of the Arnold Classic Men’s Open revealed how he developed his matery in this department.

Andrew Jacked Talks About His Posing

On March 8, RxMuscle shared a short clip on Instagram in which Andrew was seen revealing his posing routine.

The Instagram post also highlighted the fact that: “WILD! ANDREW JACKED'S ARNOLD POSING ROUTINE WAS BASED OFF CUSTOMIZED SONG HE WAS DM'D ONE DAY PRIOR 😲”.

Later, the 6ft-2in tall bodybuilder said, “The thing about me, I always find the vibe, like this routine I did now was this morning…. I got a couple of songs, and I had like now I have about 15 playlists, and I have each song have its own pause”.

He also shared the experience where someone DM’d him a song, and he said, “And I put it there, and you can see it was all like monolithic just about me. And I'm like, and I'm like, okay, this is, it's an effort by someone. So let me also appreciate”.

Like a true hero, Andrew played the song during his posing, and he knows the songwriter will listen to it and love it.

So, it can be safely said that perfect conditioning, aligned with creative posing and confident presentation, can make someone a star, just like Jacked. Do you agree?

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Written by

Supradeep Dutta

Edited by

Souvik Roy