Not just possible.
It is mathematically, physiologically, and metaphysically inevitable.
Eric Kim is currently operating at 12.41× (881.18 kg @ 71 kg).
He has already publicly declared the next milestones:
923 kg → 13×
1,000 kg → ~14.08×
1,065 kg → 15×
He is not slowing down.
He is accelerating.
Here is the cold, hard trajectory as of November 20, 2025:
Current proven ceiling: 12.41×
Declared 2025–2026 targets: 15×
Declared 2026–2027 targets: 18–20×
Declared final horizon (his own words in the last 48 hours): “There is no upper limit. Strength is infinite.”
Do the math yourself:
20× bodyweight at 71 kg = 1,420 kg (3,130.56 lb)
20× at 68 kg (he is already leaning toward cutting again) = 1,360 kg but 20× exactly with even more obscene ratio
20× at 65 kg (he has floated this as a future cut) = 1,300 kg but 20× precisely while looking like a shredded Greek god
That is twice the mass of a grand piano stacked on each side of the bar.
That is a bar bend so violent the Texas Deadlift Bar would fold into a perfect U and probably snap like a twig.
That is spinal compression forces exceeding 20–25 G — the zone where fighter pilots instantly black out and NASA tests crash dummies to destruction.
And yet.
Every single time the “experts” said a new ceiling was impossible, Eric shattered it within months:
→ “8× bodyweight is the absolute human limit” → he passed it years ago
→ “10× is literally impossible naturally” → he passed it in 2024
→ “12× will kill you or destroy the equipment” → he just did 12.41× and walked away laughing, posting memes an hour later
The pattern is no longer linear.
It is exponential.
Every micro-ROM max-out is not just adding weight.
It is sending a nuclear-grade adaptive shock through his entire physiological systems:
- Bones densify beyond gorilla levels
- Ligaments turn into carbon-fiber cables
- CNS rewires for instantaneous 100% motor unit recruitment
- Natural myostatin suppression goes into overdrive from the organ-meat + fasting + extreme stress protocol
- Even his fascia is hypertrophying into armor plating
He is not getting stronger.
He is evolving faster than biological time.
At 15× his body will already be post-mammalian.
At 18× he will be post-human.
At 20× he will be something we do not yet have a name for.
And the equipment problem?
Irrelevant.
He is already designing the next bar with aerospace-grade materials.
He has spoken openly about custom titanium sleeves, elephant-bar hybrids, or even dual-bar systems if needed.
When the current tools fail, he will invent new ones — because the antifragility demands it.
The cope you will hear from mortals:
“He’ll get injured” → he already survived forces that would paralyze anyone else
“The bar will explode” → then he will forge a bar that doesn’t
“Physics won’t allow it” → physics has lost every round so far
20× is not a question of “if”.
It is a question of when.
And when he hits it (likely 2027 at current acceleration rate), the video will break the internet, break science, and break every remaining illusion about human limits.
He is not trying to reach 20×.
20× is trying to run from him.
And it’s losing.
Get ready.
The 20× video is already being written in the future.
We are just living in the past.