The thousand pound club is too basic; strive higher, for example, the 2000 pound club, or even better, the 3000 pound club.
Advancing my powerlifting 2.0 notion, rock pool instead of dead lift, atlas lift instead of squat, and floor bench press instead of normal bench press.
Currently, my atlas lift is close to 800 pounds, my rock pool is over 700 pounds, and my four benchpress is around 500 pounds.
boom. 2000 pounds.
More black coffee during the day, super quick gym pump sessions, 100% beef carnivore diet, sleeping early, saving time.
I have a theory; a lot of modern day afflictions, including depression, lack of energy and motivation is because the modern day diet is too much comprised of starches, and non-meat items.
My simple prescription; a more 100% carnivore diet, beef.
Also, I’m starting to think that this propaganda towards a “plant-based diet and Court, or being partial vegetarian and vegan might be one of the worst things for society, humans and health.
Why? When you save time, you save life.
Are people so depressed because they don’t eat enough red meat or meat general?Â
Nobody cares for weight to power ratio; the most important thing is supreme power, supreme strength.
For example, in the context of weightlifting, nobody cares for the lightweight weight lifters, who could lift more than four times their body weight. We care more for the gigantic monsters and freaks, who can lift ultimately the heaviest weight possible.
Or in boxing, nobody cares for the lightweight boxers or the welterweight boxers. We only care for the heavy weights, Mike Tyson, etc. Why? Because ultimately in reality, it doesn’t matter what your way to power issue is, Mike Tyson would eat Floyd Mayweather alive.
Or in the context of cars, we only care for the car which has the fastest 0 to 60 time, the fastest quarter-mile time, or, the most horsepower. Currently speaking it seems like that is the model S plaid.
Nowadays, it seems that everyone is chasing phantoms. Ultimately when it comes down to it, mano a mano (hand to hand), one on one, PVP, player versus person.
I think that we are chasing the phantom of ephemeral things, but ultimately what is it that we truly care for? The admiration and affection of a solo individual.
Manufactured desires are the ones which are propagated by society, capitalism and consumerism, marketing, advertising, and media.
True desires are the ones which are integral to you.
Perhaps the supreme way is spending more time thinking about ourselves, our bodies, our art, our mind, our philosophy, our creations etc.
In fact, perhaps it is not a good use of life to think about extraneous things; economy, politics, global affairs, etc. Also also certainly not individuals.
Rather than killing time on social media or going on Twitter to inquire the activities of someone else, make the news yourself.
My two passions; bits, like in computers and stuff, and steel, as in heavy weights at the gym.
For example at the gym, all I care for are the heavy weights, the rack, the power rack, the barbell and equipment, etc.
The only people I look up to include Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Kanye West, etc.
And for dead people, Steve Jobs.
I was born in 1988, and I am currently 35 years old. I don’t know any other 35 year olds who are interesting.
The upside of napping in your car; like a natural sun box, lots of great natural light, ability to get a tan.
Also, especially during the winter months, it is actually warmer in your car than at your house, if your home is in the shade.
AWS and Lightsail — Amazon web services as the future.
The best diet is a 100% carnivore diet. Eat only red meat, flesh, preferably beef or lamb.
The keys to success include Costco, preferably the Costco business Center.
The reason I like going to sleep, and wake you up in the morning is that it is almost like you died and came back to life. Every day you wake up in the morning is like a metaphorical and literal rebirth, starting off the day with no prejudices, no biases, no things in the past holding you back.
In America, being forgetful is seem as a bad trait. I remember as a kid, I would always forget my water bottles, my umbrella, my jacket, and my thermoses at school, or at my friends house.
Also nowadays, I think being forgetful still afflicts me.
Yet, what if being forgetful was actually a superior quality? That remembering too much was in fact, a bad thing, a vice?
For example, in terms of social things; it is good to be forgetful of the ways that people might’ve snubbed you the wrong way in the past, and also, some sort of negative memories of the past. It is good to forget your scars.
In fact, from a philosophical perspective, it is better to be magnanimous and simply forget your past injustices, rather than to “forgive“.
Remembering too much is bad. It is like caring the weight of 1000 cares on your shoulders. In fact, I think the modern day human, with too many of these Evernote type apps, almost remember too much. I think that the human brain is an intelligent filter; when it forget something, in fact it rings it as unimportant, and not critical. The brain forgets that which is not critical.
For example, there are certain things that we must do, versus things that we think we “should doâ€.
Things that we must do are critical, things that we “should do“ is actually not critical.
Curate comes from couer, which means heart, which comes from care. I think the modern-day human doesn’t know what he or she cares for.
In fact, perhaps wisdom and self intelligence is more about figuring out what you care for, and what you don’t. Even for myself, I am starting to try to think deeper about this; to barbell it. For people that I really care for, to pour even more heart and soul into them, and for people I do not care for, to become even more cold and not acknowledge their existence.
Another big way to think about it is when it comes to affection. Perhaps we should just categorize and separate people into two categories; people who you have affection for, and people you do not have affection for.
Disregard and discount people you have no affection for. Once again, put more heart and soul into the people you care for.
What would Jeff Bezos do?
I think out of all of the modern day entrepreneurs, Jeff Bezos might be one of the most underrated ones. Why? First of all, he is swole. Just Google images the photo of him looking like the Terminator, and his massive, super jacked arms. Maybe he is the only great entrepreneur that we know who actually lift weights.
Secondly, just read invent and wander by him, he has major balls. For example, during the dot com boom and bust, Amazon went from $99 a share down to $.99 a share. Ouch. The fact that Bezos was able to ride through that is phenomenal. It really shows his courage as a man.
Third, in someways, he is extremely admirable, in terms of his mindset and approach. In someways he is very zen; his notion that every day is day one has permeated for decades. Treating every day like they one is actually a good blank slate, tabula rasa strategy.
We are entrepreneurs. We are risk takers, we are risk lovers, and we are interested in attempting the new, the foreign, the exotic, the unknown. For me anything that you do which do you hundred percent know the outcome is uninteresting.
For example, I think we could also take an entrepreneurial mindset towards muscles. That is, weight lifting is only interesting and fun if we don’t actually hundred percent know what the outcome will be.
For example, the reason why I am so fascinated with “one rep max†style lifting, or attempting your personal records whenever you go to the gym is that I have zero idea whether I will be successful or not. Certainly I want to be successful, but what the actual outcome will be is uncertain.
The reason then why I find this so enjoyable is then every time I lift something, it is a certain risk, and the uncertainty and the challenge, the danger, is what I love.
Also, with muscle entrepreneurship, it is all about attempting new approaches to weightlifting, lifting weights in a manner that other people have not lifted before. I called this powerlifting 2.0, or HYPELIFTING.
For example, don’t benchpress off the bench, rather, just do it on the floor with the weight and barbell elevated up high on the power rack/safety pins. Using this method, I was a bowl to easily floor bench press five plates, that is, five 45-pound plates on each side, which is considered godlike by most gym standards. 495 pounds.
Also, instead of doing squat the gym, do the atlas lift. That is, just rocking insanely heavy amount of weight on the bar, and just see if you could lifted off the ground off the rack, and hold it on your shoulders for a few seconds, and put it back.
8 plates and beyond or nothing.
I think in order to innovate and pave new methods, new approaches etc. you must allow yourself to become a little bit more “insaneâ€, or “irrationalâ€, or “delusional.â€
Why? We always must think first principles. This is where physics is a massive boon to us; you got to ask yourself:
According to the laws of physics, is this possible or not?
Ludo, ludus— just means “game†or “to playâ€.
To delude, or being delusional, means that you are deceiving, or just playing a game with yourself or others.
Once again, going back to first principles: the facts are that you are alive, and you live in a physics world. Then, with your life, what kind of fun games do you want to play?
The first one is simple; reformat your phone, your iPad, your laptop back to scratch, don’t restore anything. And when you start again fresh, uninstall all of the superfluous apps, and reinstall apps which you find truly critical.
The second thing is imagine like you’re starting from zero. If you had zero dollars in your bank account, how would you approach life differently?
Third, think blank slate. Talk to nobody, read nothing, listen to nothing, just go to the gym, lift weights, no headphones, and just spend more time thinking. Go on a long random walk somewhere, and just think.
Fourth, reformat your contacts list. That is, delete all the contacts in your contacts list, and then, re-populate it.
Fifth, stop using Gmail. Just start a new iCloud email account with the iCloud+ account. Custom domain email mapping. For example, Cindy bought me and I currently on erickim.com, and I custom mapped with the iCloud+ Apple plan eric@erickim.com — I find that using iCloud, Apple, and your own custom email is at least 1 billion times better than using Gmail. Also it just looks more legit. Having an @gmail.com account almost looks like the new @aol.com account. One of the best ways you could now differentiate yourself as an entrepreneur or individual is by telling others that you don’t have Instagram, and instead to go to your own website, or email you with your own custom email. Also funny enough, I think it is actually better to just give strangers your phone number than your email.
The sun is out, and think of limitless possibilities. Think global, travel more, think more unorthodox and aberrantly, and utilize your life as a tool for great fun, play, experimentation, new innovations and discoveries, and new entrepreneurship!
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Think the whole planet.
In today’s world, what does money really get you? Paying rent, buying meat, etc.?
Also, buying a car, paying for gasoline, paying for a Tesla supercharger, Apple products, etc.
Also, purchasing flights, Ubers, hotel and Airbnb, etc.
Also, paying your web hosting bill. But beyond this, what else?
Clothing?
Technically, if you’re always on the road, living in a hotel, etc., you’re technically homeless.
Thinking is a physiological phenomenon.
First, get a muscular and blood pump. I find that just walking to the gym, Vibram five fingers is best. And once you’re at the gym, attempt a one rep max style of lifting, no headphones. Often while I am lifting, or in between lifts, this is when I get some of my most interesting thoughts.
Second, sunlight. Spend as much time as humanly possible out side of your house or office or home, getting direct light. If it is cold outside, just buy an expensive Canada goose jacket and layer up.
Third, movement. One does not think and then move, instead, one moves, and while one is moving, one thinks.
I think that any and every type of movement is beneficial to thinking; whether walking, hiking, walking around the gym, walking around an outdoor shopping center, or even driving. Or in transit on a plane or at the airport. Or even walking around at Costco!
“I need all the bad b’s up in equinox tell me whether they are a freak or not.†– Kanye
Equinox concept is great.
I think out of all of the traits out there, self-confidence may be one of the most critical ones. Why? If you have insanely high self confidence in yourself, you will not have fear, you will not have self doubt, and I also think you’ll just be happier.
The first prescription that I have is get into really really really really really heavy weight lifting, the one rep max style. The Eric Kim hypelifting, powerlifting 2.0 style.
For my atlas lift, that is eight plates on each side, and a 10 on each side.
My demigod 8 plate plus (785 pounds) Atlas Lift:
Real men lift weights:
The reason I like going to sleep, and wake you up in the morning is that it is almost like you died and came back to life. Every day you wake up in the morning is like a metaphorical and literal rebirth, starting off the day with no prejudices, no biases, no things in the past holding you back.
Start everyday with zero tabs!
Why were the ancient Greeks so prolific? Maybe because of the temperate climate in the Mediterranean is optimal for human thriving?
Also, why I was so productive in Vietnam, and also Phnom Penh Cambodia.
Also to some extent, why I am happier in southern California with the sun.
Certainly living in the right climate doesn’t guarantee happiness, but it certainly doesn’t hurt.
If you live somewhere and you’re miserable, and hate the climate, just move and experiment somewhere else.
After much doom and gloom overcast rainy days in Southern California, now, having the beautiful sun come out, I feel amazing!
As long as I got the sun, I can do anything!
The upside of driving a car with vibram five finger shoes is that you have superior foot pedal connection.
