Brent Fikowski: "I'll Never Get Cut Again" 

the more Brent talks, the more i want to hear from him. The guy is smart and very aware.

I like how Brent just accepts it how it is. No matter the circumstance, you have to pull the W. That’s the most important thing at the end of the day. This is why I love Brent.

Thank you for all your hard work over the last couple of days. It's been awesome to have you running around doing what you do for the fans. Love your work Armen! #SneakyFit

the CF Games dont deserve Brent. IF3 needs to blow up so this man can show his true professionalism

These conversations with those that were cut early are awesome, especially with Brent who can think through what had happened in a logical, unemotional way. What he speaks about around the 19:00 mark of athletes saying they worked to hard to get cut, is a huge flaw in some of those top athletes mind-sets and I feel they were to comfortable with how the process had gone in the past, and to be honest as you mentioned to Brent him being a student of the game, I am not sure that some are students of the game. On the day the teams did that chipper workout on the North Park I thought for sure that the individual athletes would do some type of version of that also. Last note, the people like Mat, Tia, Mayhem they all come in with a very different mind-set, sure they want to win the "GOLD" but they all have a Michael Jordan like attitude about competing and that is win every event, every game. In CF we all know that isn't very possible but it for sure keeps them in positions to always be at the top seeking that "GOLD"; The seasons have changed as did everything about CF this past year, athletes, fans shouldn't be surprised at this point with how the games turned out, other than the majority knew who would be wearing the "GOLD" on Sunday.

He might be quite right, but nobody above 5'10" made the top ten on the men's side. The entire women's podium was 5'4" tall. So, he may be right, but I do believe that there was some bias in the programming that affected the final cuts.

19th, 17th, 13th, 27th, 28th. Given 5 opportunities to do well and didn't execute on any of them where others did. I think coming 23rd isn't so bad given these placings.

I think Brent is extremely methodical and a planner. I think not knowing what to expect was harder for him. It was definitely hard to watch he just did not look like himself. But he wasn’t the only one. I think he did amazing can’t wait to see him next year!

Brent definitely has less holes in his fitness than some of the guys in the top 20. He also didn't get a chance to showcase his strengths either with the early competition programming. He didn't do poorly in any one event, but the programming probably allowed some of the top 20 to steal some points in their more "wheelhouse" type of workouts.

Brent is an awesome guy. Great interview Armen, to catch him at such an emotional moment, it's a story you don't always get. sick content 👍❤️

This was a really good interview. The general attitude from the athletes has been positive which is refreshing from what many other sports sometimes have.

"The training owes you nothing" ... love that! We all need to watch this to learn how to graciously not win.

I'd like to see Brent win the games. He's the right amount of not to cocky.

Awesome interview. So genuine the both of you. Well done and really thanks for your insight!!!!

the rogue invitational was better than the Crossfit games

Brent: I'll never get cut again. Castro: Hold my sheathe.

Dude, Brent is so reasonable. I really enjoyed how casual and authentic the interview was.

Great interview, good perspective.

Your athlete interviews are on point!!

San Diego, San Diego, San Diego... California!

Great interview Armen. Thanks for the hard work during Games week.

Hey Armen, Thanks for all your coverage and content this Games, you've really enhanced our viewing experience and kept us up to date and informed. And showing you hanging out with people like Travis Mayer was awesome, it really makes us respect and appreciate them more for seeing their human/personal side. Will you be covering the Sanctionals as well this year? Thanks again bro, much respect 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Great interview Armen. Interesting to see the athletes side of things. Glad also to see Brent’s positivity in moving forward. #BeBetter is never a bad option. Good luck to Brent going forward. And good luck to you as well Armen. #SneakyFit

This is the only workout that Fikowski’s ever done that I could actually keep up with him on #inspired #thankyoubrent

The cuts were aggressive. But as a fan and viewer it made this year the most exciting to watch! Just gotta go back to work and do what you do and next year make dayum sure your not close to what could possibly be a cut!

The majority of the programming felt very basic. It really felt like Glassman had more control of it this year and was basically forcing the games to step back to fit his adjusted image/version of Crossfit. It would not have surprised me to see a row of couches and blue jugs on the floor for Sunday's final. Blue jug box/couch squats for time!

Brent is already a legend, so one low finish shouldn't effect sponsorships or relevance for him. The fringe top 20 guys who used to be relevant because of a few 15-30 place finishes at the games are really hurt by being cut early.

Brent is a champ in my book and a class act sportsman!

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Love your work! Thanks. Any plans to release the audio as a podcast? I’m struggling to stream in Peru.

Great content, and first cut athlete with the right attitude on cuts. Try to win every event and be better. Amount of training does not equal success and in sport past success does not give you any rights, nothing is owed, only earned on the day.

As a guys who strategize a lot of his workouts and can walk away peacefully wherver this workout is a win or a loss, I empathize with and dig Brent "The Proffessor" Fikowski a lot. So yeah, see you next time, have during the off season/Open/training/whatever... And let's keep watching ArmenHammer TV for everything Fitness (From Dave Castro to Jillian Michaels to #sneakyfitness). Around 10:00 on this vid, you're mentioning Chaos, the workout. Right after day one of these 2019 CF Games, I made the following comment (And they used it on the French feed ;) #my15secondsoffame !): "These CF Games are like a 4 days version of Chaos" (With a lot people on the field not really knowing what to expect next)... And listening to Brent's take on Chaos and on the 2019 CF Games, I think this it: an event or a comp' one doesn't like to do but will learn to appreciate a lot as time goes by.

I cant wait for next year. Gonna be few people with big chip on there shoulders. Open is in October so close!

Brent is so level headed

With a year of hindsight I think Castro had his hands tied by Glassman on wanting the cuts & how much they could fit in with so many athletes from the start, luckily this year no Glassman so hopefully the games can only get better from now on

This year’s games were setup in a way that over emphasized small wins to generate big cuts. An elite athlete didn’t have to lose by much in an event to get cut in points. The sad thing is there was no broad comparison of endurance over the four days. If all events were weighted the same and more athletes remained on the field, then we would know who is truly the fittest on earth!

good guy Brent

Never get cut again! That is something I would bet on.

that sign in the back is very ironic in the interview`s context: GET FIT(ter)...haha, just kidding. Brent is awesome, change is hard.

Sadly, as a fan, the main focus has not been on the competition but actually on the changes and the cuts.

After all athletes that were cut got over the shock, it likely turned into disappointment.

Can a competitor with a larger "frame" like Brent (188 cm) make it to the podium in the CF-games in the future? I is to a high degree up to Castros design of coming Games. With lots of body weight related events during thew cuts... and only adding swimming, lifting, strongman, longer events after the cuts it will be close to impossible for a tall guy/girl to be in the top

I think the athletes went out and did the work they always do. It's one thing to have the event announcement right before the event. It's another thing to not know the rules. CrossFit is just like any other corporation on that they suck at communicating.

Fikowski is a proper gent!

What are the chances of running into such an awesome crosfit athlete? 😱

I want brent to adopt me and breastfeed me

Fik was too focused on Hoonter. Took a fat L. Karma hahaha.

I feel like this year’s games was great for Dave Castro, and terrible for the fans and spectators. The programming wasn’t fun on the last day, and the best athletes got cut because of mostly running. Hoping for better next year.

Is 2020 the last contract year for Reebok?

Some elite athlete is probably going to be cheesed at Brent for the referencing their comment about the cuts and referring to them as 'Hun'.

Armen if you were offered a wild card to compete would you have taken it?

Is it weird that all I could focus on during this vlog was your hair?

Class act 👍🏼 🇨🇦

You should always cut to BF closing for you

All this is Glassman. He's a narcissist. Watch some of Glassman's video's. He said in one interview, "i'll get my way." We need to replace CrossFit with a new organization. I'm sure he had his hand in this.

I don't know if it was just his serious face or what but he looked disinterested during the ruck. I was wondering if his motivation was even there this time around.

Just so much outside the athletes control. Nothing Brent could have done. Programming just didn't fit him. Besides events...he got crappy lane in sled push.

luck man. You're a sick athlete. It's ROM...you're a rifle not a pistol.

I hear what Brent is saying here.. And I think he's a good enough athlete to make changes and get better... But as a "professional athlete" aren't the ppl that cover them supposed to be a little accountable for the things they say...like every single year since her rookie year games Sara Sig said she wasn't going to fill in the says she called before... Would you let Serena Williams slide with that for 5 straight years... Cuz shes really cool and pretty... Are you a fan or are you covering professional athletes? This goes for all CF media

1:36 - what did Fikowski mean with "unless you're in Bulgaria" :D Did he have some weird conversation with the Bulgarian guy or was it just totally random

I think some of these guys were used to being able to kind of feel things out the first couple of days, then really go for it the last 2 days. With the new format you have to go all out all the time. Those "All In" Documentaries are poison. Look what they did to Fikowski and Vellner. I hope Noah Ohlsen stays away from them.

bf is too tall. the weightlifting and gymnastics give the advantage to shorter athletes.

I doubt that Candadian ever breaks top 10 again.