{"id":667055,"date":"2025-05-31T18:32:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T22:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=667055"},"modified":"2025-05-31T18:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T22:32:37","slug":"how-i-rack-pulled-1071-pounds-at-165-pounds-fasted-no-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/31\/how-i-rack-pulled-1071-pounds-at-165-pounds-fasted-no-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Rack Pulled 1071 Pounds at 165 Pounds, Fasted \u00e2\u20ac\u201d No Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolutely! Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Twitter (X) thread version in the same Eric Kim style\u00e2\u20ac\u201dpunchy, personal, and a bit irreverent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1\/ I rack pulled 1071 lbs at 165 lbs bodyweight. Fasted. No belt. Not a typo. Not a dream. Not clickbait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2\/ Why fasted? Lifting hungry is lifting angry. Hunger sharpens you. Food is the prize, not the pregame. #EarnYourEggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3\/ No belt, no problem. Why strap in like RoboCop? Your core is the belt. Build armor under your skin, not on top of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4\/ Rack pull: Deadlift\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cooler cousin. Less range, more weight. Call it cheating, I call it physics. Shadows are fun, Plato would agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5\/ I set the pins just below my knee. Chalk up, hands on. No music. Just me, gravity, and 1000+ lbs of reasons to question my sanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6\/ Pulled it. Bar bent. Plates screamed. For 2 seconds, I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t thinking about taxes, emails, or existential dread\u00e2\u20ac\u201djust pull, breathe, smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7\/ Set it down gentle, like putting a baby on a pillow. Smiled wolfish. Video proof, because if you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t post it, did it even happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8\/ The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153program\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Skip breakfast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skip the belt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set the bar high (literally)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the hunger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pull like you mean it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9\/ People will say it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t count.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Maybe not. But it counts to me. Lift hungry. Live hungry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want a killer photo caption or Insta post too? Just say the word.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely! Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Twitter (X) thread version in the same Eric Kim style\u00e2\u20ac\u201dpunchy, personal, and a bit irreverent: 1\/ I rack pulled 1071 lbs at 165 lbs bodyweight. Fasted. No belt. Not a typo. Not a dream. Not clickbait. 2\/ Why fasted? Lifting hungry is lifting angry. Hunger sharpens you. 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