Pride Cometh Before the Fall, but Pride is What Makes us Rise to to Get it All

Everybody knows the quote “the pride cometh before the fall,” however, I have a very different insight on this quote. Pride is being proud of every piece of who you are and being unashamed of your being. It is what drives you through your passion and shows off as gloating but is it is gloating for self success because one should be proud of what one does, and even if they slip or fall and their passion suffers, their pride should fuel them to continue towards their goal and should give them the energy they need to rise from their fall and continue to be proud and be themselves. This second 405 video is my 4o5 fail and fall, but my pride and passion kept me using and I stood back up and hit 405 finally, which is the second video.

• Tommy Roel
• Maxin’ Out

405 squat at 163. Been working for almost a year to hit this shit, so this felt great. Used no music to imitate meet. Theres nothing better than hitting a pr that youve wanted for so long. I did a mock meet today, and on bench hit 250 nice and smooth but missed 265. Deadlifts just got a 475 pull which is np pr but is the most ive pulled in a while so therefore was good. 1130lb total overall. Looking for a 425/275/500 total to get 1200 next time i step on the platform. #powerlifting #weightlifting #sbd #squat #bench #deadlift #mockmeet #surfclam #conjugate #cnj #snatch #gains #elitestrengthandconditioning #usapl #rps #uspa #roelpowerlifting

A post shared by Thomas Roel (@roel_powerlifting) on Mar 1, 2016 at 10:28am PST

First time attempting 405… But im confident that soon ill hit this, i can feel how close i am. Showing failures are important sometimes to document growth, and this motivates me to get this shit next time. The old ladies in the gym at the time were not happy with my noise

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