Why does this hurt to watch?

After his last competitive season — and getting cut from the Games way earlier than any of us probably saw coming — Brent Fikowski is hungrier than ever. He gave us a glimpse into his training on Instagram, which, on this particular day, involved heavy one-arm dumbbell push presses with a slow negative.

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One arm dumbbell work. ABSolutely. Trusting that I'm doing what is needed every day to get better. @brute.strength 🎵Japandroids🎸I happened on a house, Built of living light, Where everything evil disappears and dies! #garagegym

A post shared by Brent Fikowski (@fikowski) on Sep 26, 2019 at 1:00pm PDT

Ouch. Way to fight for it, Brent!

Main image: Brent Fikowski/Instagram