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the ratio is king

June 22, 2025
My desire is to eclipse standard notions

June 22, 2025
The renaissance of weight lifting. Because of Eric Kim.

June 22, 2025
**Across strength forums, coach blogs, and comment threads, the number “527 kg / 7 × body‑weight” is travelling faster than the lifter’s name. Redditors, Starting Strength coaches, BarBend writers, Jim Wendler disciples, and T‑Nation old‑timers all register the same visceral “wait, what?” before scrambling for explanations. What blows minds is the unheard‑of ratio, what keeps the debate alive is the puzzle of how a 75‑kg human can briefly own 1.16 t of iron. Below is the deepest third‑party dive yet into (1) how the internet is reacting and (2) the leading theories people are floating to make sense of it.

June 22, 2025