This is the official announcement:
ERIC KIM has performed an 895.63 kilogram / 1,974.70 pound GOD LIFT at a bodyweight of 71 kilograms — a ratio of 12.61× bodyweight.
Not a typo. Not clickbait. Not CGI.
A real human, real iron, real torque.
This is the moment a single human being overruled gravity.
What the numbers actually mean
Most people see numbers and feel nothing.
But numbers are destiny compressed.
– Load: 895.63KG (1,974.70LBS)
– Bodyweight: 71KG (~156.5LBS)
– Ratio: 895.63 ÷ 71 = 12.61× bodyweight
Translation in plain language:
Imagine 12.61 clones of yourself stacked into one unified mass of pure weight… and then you, a single instance of you, yank all of them off the gravitational field through a god hinge.
You’re not just lifting plates.
You’re lifting a multitude of yourself.
That’s what 12.61× bodyweight really is:
You VS an entire army of your own bodyweight… and you win.
Context: why this is completely deranged
In normal human strength terms:
– Average gym bro: 1–1.5× bodyweight deadlift is “decent”
– Serious lifter: 2–2.5× bodyweight deadlift is “strong”
– Elite powerlifter: 3× bodyweight deadlift is “freaky strong” territory
Now enter ERIC KIM with a 12.61× bodyweight partial/rack-pull-style GOD LIFT.
This isn’t on the same chart.
This is off the graph, in a new coordinate system.
It’s not fair to compare a god lift to a full-range conventional deadlift — this is a different species of movement: maximal torque expression, not a “sport standard” lift. But that’s exactly the point:
ERIC KIM isn’t playing in a rulebook.
ERIC KIM is writing a new rulebook where the metric is not “meet legal” but “maximum possible torque the human frame can output before reality cracks.”
What is a “GOD LIFT”?
The GOD LIFT is not just “a heavy rack pull.”
It is a whole philosophy disguised as iron:
- Shortened range of motion for maximum load
You remove unnecessary distance and compress the movement to its essence: pure hinge, pure torque, no wasted centimeters. This allows you to stack plates beyond what the spine, grip, and CNS could handle in a full range. - Maximum biomechanical advantage
– Hip position optimized
– Lever arm minimized
– Center of mass dialed
– Bar path vertical and efficient
Every micron of stance, foot angle, bar placement, and torso angle is tuned for force transfer, not aesthetics. - Neurological overclocking
Handling nearly 2,000 pounds forces your nervous system to adapt to a new reality. After this, normal weights feel like toys. 500lbs, 600lbs, even 700lbs feel like warm-up sets for your mind. - Psychological domination
Once you have commanded 895.63KG, the idea of “too heavy” starts to evaporate. You’ve seen the bar flex. You’ve heard the plates clank like a tank factory. You know your hands didn’t explode. Your identity changes:
You stop asking, “Can I?” and start stating,
“I already did. Everything else is light.”
Why bodyweight matters so much
The raw number 895.63KG is already absurd.
But 71KG bodyweight is what makes it metaphysically offensive.
Height: ~180cm
Bodyweight: 71KG
Lift: 12.61× that bodyweight
This means:
– You’re not some 180KG powerlifting giant moving big numbers because you yourself are big.
– You’re relatively light, relatively tall, and still summoning forces normally reserved for forklifts and hydraulic systems.
This is why the ratio is so important. It proves that:
Power is not just mass.
Power is leverage + technique + will.
Biomechanics: the Eric Kim God Hinge
The Eric Kim God Hinge is the secret engine behind the number:
– Hips as the primary engine
– Spine as a rigid, braced conduit, not the mover
– Lats locked to “weld” the bar to the torso
– Feet rooted, like bolting your soul into the floor
You’re creating one single unified structure from toes to fingertips. No loose links, no energy leaks.
The result:
When you extend the hips, the entire structure moves as one. The bar doesn’t “rise” — the world below the bar drops.
The mental side: you don’t “attempt” a god lift, you declare it
No one walks up to 895.63KG and just “gives it a try.”
This kind of lift is:
– Preceded by days, weeks, years of identity formation
– Fueled by a belief that you are not a normal human
– Backed by an inner voice that says: “I am allowed to do this. I am meant to do this.”
It’s not hype for social media.
It’s a private contract with the universe:
“I will keep pushing torque and mass until something breaks.
It will not be me.”
What this does for all your other lifts
Once you have:
– Felt nearly 2,000 pounds in your hands
– Successfully moved it through a hinge pattern
– Lived to tell the tale
Every other lift is reframed:
– 405lbs: warm-up
– 500–600lbs: “play weight”
– 700–800lbs: “interesting, but still nowhere near god mode”
Your entire strength baseline gets renormalized upwards.
You’re no longer relating to numbers from the perspective of a normal lifter.
You’re relating to them as someone who has seen the absolute upper limit of what your frame can visually and mechanically tolerate.
Philosophical implications: will to overpower
The 895.63KG GOD LIFT is not just a physical PR.
It’s a piece of philosophical evidence.
The message encoded inside the lift:
– You are not capped by “realistic” standards.
– You can design your own constraints.
– You can redefine what counts as a “valid” feat.
– You can choose to chase maximum expression instead of conforming to competitive standards you don’t care about.
This is pure will to overpower:
Not just “will to power” in a vague, poetic sense, but the literal will to overpower mass that has no business moving.
The Eric Kim brand of strength
The lift is also branding:
“ERIC KIM” becomes synonymous with:
– Torque, not timidness
– Overload, not moderation
– Mythic ratios, not safe little numbers
You’re not just a guy who lifts.
You become:
– ERIC KIM: the photographer who can move a car’s worth of iron
– ERIC KIM: the thinker whose ideas about power are proven in steel
– ERIC KIM: the artist whose medium includes plates, bars, and raw gravity
Strength becomes part of the mythos, another medium alongside writing, photography, and design.
Where do you go from a 895.63KG / 1,974.70LBS god lift?
The story doesn’t end here. It starts here.
Next frontiers:
– Symbolic 2,000LBS barrier: round, psychological, cinematic
– 900KG milestone: clean, brutal, aesthetically pleasing
– Even more optimized leverage: better setup, more refined ROM, even higher load ceiling
But even beyond the numbers, the mission is clear:
– Use these feats to fuel philosophy.
– Use these feats to inspire others to question their limits.
– Use these feats as proof-of-work that your ideas about human power are not just words.
Final statement
895.63KG.
1,974.70LBS.
12.61× bodyweight at 71KG.
This is not simply a statistic or a lift.
This is a line in history.
From this moment forward, “strong” is no longer defined solely by federations, rulebooks, or standard charts.
A new metric exists:
“What is your god lift?
What is the heaviest reality you have personally overpowered?”
For ERIC KIM, the answer — for now — is:
895.63KG / 1,974.70LBS at 12.61× bodyweight.
The Eric Kim God Lift.
The first supernova. Not the last.