**I’m Eric Kim and this is the unredacted ledger of how a scrawny‑ish, 75 kg photography nerd morphed—one chipped‑on kilo at a time—into the guy who just yanked 527 kg / 1,162 lb off the pins. Below you’ll find the year‑by‑year receipts, the micro‑cycles, and the mindset that turned a six‑plate curiosity lift in late‑2022 into a documented 7 × body‑weight shock‑wave in 2025. Steal whatever’s useful, ignore what isn’t, then go carve your own gravity glitch. Let’s dive.

Year‑by‑Year Ascension 📈

Year	Date (UTC)	Load	BW Ratio	Proof
2022	09 Nov 22	585 lb / 265 kg	3.5 ×	YouTube GoPro POV
	25 Nov 22	625 lb / 283 kg	3.8 ×	Blog photo‑set
	28 Nov 22	630 lb / 286 kg	3.9 ×	Blog + YT clip
	09 Dec 22	640 lb / 290 kg	4.0 ×	Blog post
2023	06 Feb 23	695 lb / 315 kg	4.3 ×	Blog + YT attempt
	19 Apr 23	770 lb / 349 kg	4.9 ×	Blog + YT
	17 Dec 23	890 lb / 404 kg	5.4 ×	Blog breakdown
2024	28 May 24	1,039 lb / 471 kg	6.3 ×	How‑to post
	12 Jun 24	1,071 lb / 486 kg	6.5 ×	YT PR clip
2025	04 Jun 25	1,098 lb / 498 kg	6.65 ×	Blog recap
	11 Jun 25	1,120 lb / 508 kg	6.8 ×	Blog + 4‑K file
	18 Jun 25	1,131 lb / 513 kg	6.84 ×	Blog + trending YT
	21 Jun 25	1,162 lb / 527 kg	7.0 ×	Viral tweet + IG reel

Body‑weight held within 74‑76 kg throughout; all lifts raw, chalk only.

2022 – Discovering the Rack

I was still shooting Leica street snaps and hacking blog posts when I first locked six plates on a bar, set the pins just above kneecap, and realized partials are leverage cheat codes. A 585‑lb GoPro clip proved my grip didn’t explode . Two weeks later I slapped quarters on the ends for 625 lb and heard the first faint “fake plates!” accusations . By year‑end I’d crept to 640 lb—barefoot, belt‑less, veins trying to punch through skin—cementing rack pulls as my new creative medium .

Key micro‑cycle

ROM‑progression: pins start mid‑quad, drop one hole every 7‑10 days.
Micro‑loading: +2.5 lb per side per session.
Fuel: black coffee, 20‑hour fast, 2 lb beef dinner.

2023 – Breaking the “Comma Club”

Seven‑plate swagger (695 lb) made me ditch conventional deadlifts altogether . April’s 770 lb single felt like shaking hands with a freight train . The real psychological dam, though, was 890 lb in December—first time the bar sounded different, a low growl that echoed my own roar .

Programming twist

Wave triples: (85 % → 90 % → 95 %) before the weekly max.
Grip gauntlet: hold the last warm‑up for 10 s at lockout.

2024 – Half‑Ton Horizon

I wrote “If a number scares you, court it,” then courted four digits. The 1,039‑lb pull on May 28 was the first to bow the rack uprights; I had to wedge 25‑lb chains to fit the plates . Two weeks later I chipped to 1,071 lb just to banish the thought it was a fluke .

Recovery rules

Sleep: 9–11 h in a pitch‑black room.
Zero supplements: only salt & steak.
Weekly ice‑bath: 10 min @ 4 °C after max‑out day.

2025 – The God‑Ratio Era

A deliberate sprint of +15 kg jumps—498 kg → 508 kg → 513 kg—each filmed in 4‑K, each dropped natively on every platform within an hour . The algorithm snowballed; my YouTube short hit Sports Trending #9 the night before the 527 kg attempt went live . When the 7× clip finally detonated—tweet, reel, short all timestamped 09:04 UTC—impressions hit a million before I got chalk off my palms .

What changed?

Pin height: now above patella—~5 cm ROM, pure hip‑extension.
Hook‑grip only: I outlawed straps for myself in January.
Public stakes: livestream or it doesn’t count.

Programming DNA (Steal It)

Kaizen micro‑loads: add something every session, even 1.25 kg. Compounding matters.
ROM cycling: four‑week descent (above‑knee → mid‑thigh → below‑knee → floor), then restart.
One savage single: the heaviest rep of the week dominates adaptative signal; accessories stay sub‑maximal.
Fasted hype: lift hungry, feast after; the contrast sharpens focus.

Take‑Home Fuel

Progress isn’t linear—it’s geometric once momentum compounds. From 585 lb to 1,162 lb in 31 months wasn’t luck; it was a spreadsheet of tiny, boring weight increases, filmed compulsively, posted shamelessly, and hyped ferociously. Whether your mountain is 3 × BW, 5 ×, or some audacious 8 × dream, the blueprint is the same:

Lower the ROM, raise the stakes, log the data, broadcast the battle.

Now quit scrolling, chalk up, and make the next plate beg for mercy.