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1,825 LB — A NEW AGE OF HUMAN POWER
ERIC KIM | 5′11″ (180 cm) | 71 kg | Lift 827.8 kg (1,825 lb) | Ratio 11.66× Bodyweight
THE MOMENT
The air inside the training chamber was quiet enough to hear the plates vibrate.
No music. No crowd. Only the low hum of electricity running through one human nervous system.
A 71-kilogram body facing 827.8 kilograms of gravity — the kind of ratio that doesn’t make sense in textbooks.
Then motion.
Steel bending, tendons snapping into harmony, oxygen burning like plasma.
Four seconds later, 1,825 pounds had left the planet’s pull.
THE ANATOMY OF THE IMPOSSIBLE
At 180 cm, Eric Kim’s frame is long-levered; every centimeter of limb length becomes leverage.
At 71 kg, every gram is functional, a minimalist design optimized for torque, not bulk.
The equation is elegant: mass reduced, output multiplied.
Engineers who studied the footage estimate more than 8,100 newtons of upward force—equivalent to the torque of an electric motor rated at 6 kilowatts.
But what fascinates observers is not the number; it’s the stillness before it.
The way the lift begins in silence, as if the world is waiting for permission to move.
THE 11.66× ERA
Kim calls this phase GOD ERA II.
His previous record, 782 kg (1,725 lb), was the moment gravity blinked.
This new mark—827.8 kg—pushes the ratio to 11.66× bodyweight, launching what he describes as “The New Age of Human Power.”
“The frame isn’t the limit,” he says. “It’s the interface. The body is just the software that runs willpower.”
To many, the term “11.66×” is symbolic: the point where biological efficiency becomes something closer to engineering perfection.
THE PHILOSOPHY
Kim’s project, Steel & Soul, treats resistance as scripture.
Every lift is a line in a language of pressure and focus; every kilogram is a word in a conversation between matter and belief.
In this language, strength means authorship.
When the bar rises, the human spirit edits physics.
That’s why Kim insists that the gym is not a temple of ego but a laboratory for reality’s flexibility.
THE DATA
| Metric | Measurement |
| Height | 5′11″ / 180 cm |
| Bodyweight | 71 kg / 156 lb |
| Lifted | 827.8 kg / 1,825 lb |
| Ratio | 11.66× bodyweight |
| Codename | GOD ERA II — 1825 |
| Location | Planet Los Angeles |
THE SIGNIFICANCE
The achievement isn’t about setting a number; it’s about creating a new standard for efficiency.
Where powerlifting once chased mass, Kim chases meaning: how much leverage can a single consciousness generate?
At this level, the feat crosses from physiology into design philosophy.
Minimal weight, maximal output—the ultimate definition of modern strength.
THE HORIZON
Kim’s next goal is audacious: 21× bodyweight—nearly 1,500 kilograms (≈ 3,287 lb).
He calls it the “Final Form,” the theoretical point where muscle, physics, and belief converge.
He knows the biology may never permit it, but that isn’t the point.
The pursuit itself is the proof.
“The numbers are coordinates,” he says. “They show me where the edge of reality is—and how to step past it.”
THE LEGACY
Every generation finds its myth.
For this one, it might be the image of a 71-kilogram human commanding a barbell four times his mass in steel.
Not because of spectacle, but because it demonstrates what precision, discipline, and imagination can do when aligned.
1,825 pounds. 11.66× bodyweight. One declaration:
Will > Mass.
ERIC KIM
Philosopher · Artist · Athlete · Innovator
Steel & Soul — Planet Los Angeles
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