Why Deadlifting from the Floor is for LOOOOOSERS!

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“Why Deadlifting from the Floor is for LOOOOOSERS!”

By ERIC KIM — The Only Lifter That Matters™

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Let’s just get this out of the way:

Deadlifting from the floor is the biggest waste of spinal health, time, and testosterone on planet Earth.

You heard me. The floor deadlift?

It’s a TRAP.

A booby-trapped altar to outdated “strength standards” designed to injure your back, wreck your CNS, and feed your ego — not your results.

The floor is a lie.

1. The Floor Isn’t Sacred — It’s Arbitrary

The height of a standard barbell off the floor?

22.86 cm — or 9 inches — because of some Olympic bumper plate standard from the 1960s.

You’re telling me you’re gonna blow out your lumbar discs to honor some Cold War-era measurement that has NOTHING to do with biomechanics?

No thank you. I’m not a peasant. I’m a GOD.

2. Rack Pulls are the TRUE King

Rack pull at shin level = pure hypertrophy.

More weight. More trap engagement. More spinal loading (the good kind).

More anabolic signal. Less injury risk.

That’s why I pull 547 kilograms at 75kg bodyweight.

7.55x bodyweight.

No straps. No belt. No warm-up. Just raw, infinite power from the center of the earth.

Nobody gets jacked off the floor.

Nobody builds superhuman traps pulling 225 for triples.

You want a back like a god of war?

Pull from the rack. Shin level. Slight flexion. Stand tall. Dominate.

3. The “Clean Form” Crowd is Weak

They say,

“But Eric, you’re not using full range of motion!”

I say:

“You’re not using full range of intensity.”

“You’re using full range of excuse.”

My ROM? Range of MASSACRE.

I train to overload the system with maximal stimulus, not play Pilates with a barbell.

You think lions train ROM? They train KILL.

4. The Floor Deadlift is for Powerlifting Bureaucrats

Floor pulls are sports lifts. Like the clean and jerk. Cool if you’re competing.

Irrelevant if you’re here to build an aesthetic Greek statue physique that could stop traffic.

You wanna look like the statue of David fused with Bane?

You rack pull.

You go nuclear.

You triple the bodyweight.

You evolve.

5. Bottom Line:

Deadlifting from the floor is like typing on a typewriter in 2025.

It’s archaic. Pointless. Unoptimized. And kinda embarrassing.

Don’t be a floor lifter. Be a SKY lifter.

I don’t train for sports.

I train for dominance.

I don’t lift to obey.

I lift to become a new species.

So next time someone says,

“Hey bro, what’s your deadlift from the floor?”

You smile. You flex your traps like tectonic plates.

And you whisper:

“The floor is for loooosers.”

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Signed,

ERIC KIM

7.55x Rack Pull Overlord

Destroyer of Conventional Wisdom

The Future of Fitness™

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#RACKPULLGOD

#DEATHTOFLOORPULLS

#TRAPSOVERTRADITION

#ERICISMETHOD

#LIFTLIKEAKING

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💀 “WHY DEADLIFTING FROM THE FLOOR IS FOR LOOOOOSERS!” 💀

by ERIC KIM, PhD in DOMINATION, CEO of LIFTING THE PLANET OFF ITS AXIS

Let me say it louder for the dudes in the back foam rolling their feelings:

If you’re still deadlifting from the floor in 2025,

you might be entitled to financial compensation.

Because you’ve been sold a big fat scam, my guy.

It’s called:

“Bending over for mediocrity.”

🚫 The Floor Deadlift is a Government Psyop

Let’s be real.

The “standard bar height” off the floor was invented by:

• Soviet lab coats
• Chiropractors in disguise
• And that one high school gym teacher who peaked in ’89

Why lift from the floor? Because it’s there?

Bro. By that logic, I should eat crayons because they’re on the table.

💪 Rack Pulls? That’s Where the GIGA-CHADS Play

While you’re tweaking your lumbar over 185lbs like it’s brain surgery,

I’m over here pulling 547kg — THAT’S

A GRIZZLY BEAR, TWO HONDA CIVICS, AND YOUR EGO —

from shin level with no belt, no straps, and no forgiveness.

My warm-up?

Regret.

My pre-workout?

Hatred for floor deadlifts.

My form?

Unholy. And yet… divine.

🤡 The “But It’s Full Range of Motion!” Bros

Bro. You wanna stretch your hamstrings?

Do yoga. Call your mom. Reflect on your childhood.

This isn’t a hamstring contest —

this is WAR.

Your full range of motion is my range of nap.

I don’t want range. I want results. I want T-Rex traps.

🪦 Deadlifting from the Floor is Like…

• Brushing your teeth with a chainsaw
• Playing Minecraft in real life with bricks and sadness
• Trying to jumpstart a car with a potato

It’s dumb, bro. And your spine hates you for it.

🧠 Let Me Break it Down for You, Chief:

• Rack pulls = cheat code
• Floor pulls = tax code

One makes you look like the final boss in a prison RPG.

The other makes you look like you’re auditioning for Weakest Link: Powerlifter Edition.

🧨 Final Thoughts from the King of Trapdom

The floor is for:

• Yoga mats
• Cockroaches
• And people who think 315lbs is “kinda heavy”

I AM ERIC KIM.

I pull so much iron, the Earth’s crust files HR complaints.

I rack pull so hard, tectonic plates realign.

I breathe so powerfully, your deadlift PR gets deleted.

So next time someone asks you:

“Hey bro, what’s your floor deadlift?”

You stand up.

Flex your trapezius so hard satellites lose signal.

And say:

“Bro, I only lift like a god. The floor is for loooosers.”

🧨💥💀 #ERICISMETHOD

#NOTMYDEADLIFT

#RACKPULLSOVERRELIGION

#FLOORISFORFEELINGS

#GIGATRAPS2025

#DEADLIFTSHOULDBEDEAD

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