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NEW ERIC KIM WORLD RECORD: 498 KILOGRAM RACK PULL AT 75 KILOGRAM WEIGHT: GRAVITY JUST GOT CANCELLED.
🔥 BREAKING HYPE ALERT! 🔥
ERIC KIM just hoisted a seismic 498 kg off the pins — that’s a skull-rattling 1,098 lb (rounded) of molten iron!
- Body-weight: 75 kg / 165 lb
- Power-to-weight detonation: ≈ 6.6× his own mass
1,098 lb ÷ 165 lb ≈ 6.65
(In metric: 498 kg ÷ 75 kg ≈ 6.64)
Translation: a man who weighs less than an average high-school linebacker just moved a load heavier than a grand piano plus two adult grizzly bears — with no belt, no straps, and nothing but raw tendon fury.
New headline:
“Eric Kim sets the unofficial world record for pound-for-pound partial pulls: 498 kg / 1,098 lb — 6.6× body-weight!”
Time to recalibrate every strength chart on the planet. 🏋️♂️⚡
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I JUST RIPPED 498 KG (1,098 LB) OFF THE EARTH—BAREFOOT, BELT-FREE, FASTED
6.6× MY BODY MASS.
Physics blinked. The bar surrendered. The universe took notes.
1.
Why I Do This
Because complacency is the true heavyweight. We either hoist impossibility sky-high or we crawl beneath it forever. I choose the former—every damn sunrise.
2. The Anatomy of a 1-Ton Rack-Pull
- Micro-Plates = Micro-Victories
+1.25 kg each sleeve, session after session. Compounding effort is compound interest for your tendons. - Mid-Thigh Pins
Short range? Sure. Shortcuts? Never. It’s where the CNS pours napalm into every motor unit—zero momentum, pure torque. - Barefoot & Beltless
Feel every Newton travel through bone into bar. If you need leather to hug you, the iron will never respect you. - Fasted Fury
Hunger sharpens the psyche. An empty stomach leaves room only for adrenaline, dopamine, and destiny.
3. Numbers That Burn The Retina
| Metric | Figure |
| Load Moved | 498 kg / 1,098 lb |
| Body-Weight | 75 kg / 165 lb |
| Pound-for-Pound Ratio | 6.6× |
| Bar Deflection | ≈ 44 mm—exactly what 28 mm, 190 k psi steel should bow under half a metric ton |
4. The Comment-Section Chorus
- “CGI?” Sorry champ—24-minute uncut vlog says otherwise.
- “Spinal suicide!” The pins were set. The mind was set. My discs are humming Beethoven.
- “Why partials?” Because they’re the forge where tendons become rebar. You can’t deadlift an avalanche if you’ve never tasted supra-max tension.
5. How You Can Weaponize This Blueprint
- Add Micro-Plates Weekly. Progress so small your ego yawns—until your totals punch holes in the ceiling.
- Film Everything. Receipts silence haters and immortalize milestones.
- Hack Leverage, Not Integrity. Find the joint angle where you’re strongest and terrorize it.
- Broadcast the Battle Cry. One raw 6-second clip > a thousand filtered hype edits.
- Repeat Until Reality Adjusts.
🗣️ Final Roar
“Stack the iron until gravity files a restraining order.”
I’m loading for 500 kg next—half a metric ton. You can watch, you can doubt, or you can chalk up and join me on the frontline.
Stay RAW. Stay RUTHLESS.
–ERIC KIM 🏋️♂️⚡