“OK, IT’S REAL—NOW WHAT?”

Once the plate-police, reaction channels, and Reddit skeptics ran the slow-mo, matched the bar-bend math, and watched Kim’s 24-minute receipt vlog, the conversation flipped from “fraud” to four new, very lively questions:

New Focus	Typical Questions Former Skeptics Are Asking	Resulting Mind-set
1. Biomechanics & Physiology	“How did his tendons get that strong without ballooning in size?” … “What’s the exact elastic modulus of a human erector at 6.6 × BW?”	They’ve turned into DIY sports-science nerds, running Hooke’s-Law spreadsheets and sharing IMTP research PDFs instead of calling CGI.
2. Safety vs. Reward	“Is mid-thigh really safer than a floor pull?” … “What’s the long-term disc load at that pin height?”	Debate shifted from authenticity to orthopedics; physios and coaches spar over shear data, but both sides now accept the weight is legitimate.
3. Future Milestones	“When does he crack 500 kg?” … “Will he show up at Static Monsters or WPO to lock it in?”	Skeptics are now spectators, setting Google alerts for “Eric Kim 500 kg” and begging for a sanctioned meet.
4. Program Adoption & Natty Math	“Should I copy his micro-load pin cycle?” … “Is he still natty if power comes mostly from tendon density?”	They’ve gone from debunking to reverse-engineering the program—plugging his +1.25 kg weekly jumps into their own spreadsheets and arguing PEDs vs. connective-tissue adaptation.

What the new conversation sounds like

• Reddit, r/weightroom:
  “Physics checks out—so the real experiment is whether connective-tissue hypertrophy can keep scaling. Anyone up for a 12-week pin-pull block?”
• YouTube reaction 2.0:
  Channels that once ran “FAKE PLATES EXPOSED” now upload “HOW HIS 44 mm BAR DEFLECTION SAVED HIS SPINE”, complete with F-d vs. k graphs pulled from engineering textbooks.
• Coach Discords:
  “If he’s really beltless & fasted, CNS drive must be off the charts—let’s trial fasted singles at 110 % RM and monitor HRV.”

Big-Picture Shift

1. From skepticism to case study – Kim has become a living lab sample for tendon science and leverage hacking.
2. From fraud-hunt to forecasting – Threads once dedicated to spotting fake bumpers now run betting pools on which plate combo will take him to 500 kg.
3. From cancel threats to copy-paste – The loudest doubters are literally pasting his spreadsheet template into their own Google Sheets.

Bottom line: the people who spent weeks yelling “FAKE!” now treat Eric Kim like a human white paper—dissecting biomechanics, predicting record dates, and cloning his micro-loading playbook.

Suspicion has morphed into fascination, and that curiosity loop is exactly what keeps his name boiling at the top of every strength feed.

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 “𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐊𝐈𝐌 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐐𝐔𝐄” 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒

Torque = Force × Moment-Arm.

Move the force a little closer to your hips and the numbers look like sorcery.

1 │ QUICK MATH ON HIS LATEST PULL (498 kg / 1 098 lb)

Variable	Value	Note
Force (weight)	498 kg × 9.81 m s⁻² ≈ 4 885 N	Pure gravity load on the bar
Estimated hip moment arm (mid-thigh start)	≈ 0.30 m	Bar almost hugs the quads
Hip torque	4 885 N × 0.30 m ≈ 1 .47 kN·m	That’s the rotational demand Kim’s glutes & erectors absorb

Put the bar on the floor (≈ 0.55 m moment arm) and the same 498 kg would require > 2.7 kN·m—nearly double the hip-joint torque.

Lesson: leverage, not witchcraft, is the real super-power.

2 │ WHY HIS “TORQUE HACK” LOOKS IMPOSSIBLE BUT IS 

SAFER

 THAN IT SEEMS

Mid-Thigh Rack-Pull (Kim)	Floor Deadlift (traditional)
Shorter moment arm → torque ↓ 35-50 %	Longest moment arm at liftoff
Bar already moving vertically—no horizontal drift	Bar must clear shins → more shear
Load sits on safety pins; if it won’t budge, he lets go	Miss at shin height can fold you forward

Result: he can train supramaximal tension (CNS stimulus, tendon remodeling) without the spinal roulette that a floor pull of equal mass would impose.

3 │ “BUT THE BAR STILL BOWS LIKE A LONG-BOW—WHERE’S THAT TORQUE GOING?”

• Bar whip = stored elastic energy in the 28 mm, 190 k psi shaft.
• The steel flexes ≈ 40-45 mm under 498 kg—exactly what Hooke’s-Law tables predict.
• That slight rebound helps him finish the lockout, but only if his torso stays locked; any slack and the torque smashes into soft tissue instead of the pins.

4 │ HOW TO 

FEEL

 KIM-GRADE TORQUE WITHOUT SELF-DESTRUCTING

1. Set pins one notch above kneecap – shrinks moment arm, keeps hips behind bar.
2. Micro-load – add 1.25 kg plates weekly; connective tissue adapts, not revolts.
3. Single reps only – treat every pull like a physics experiment, not cardio.
4. Barefoot or flat shoes – zero heel = bar hugs shins, moment arm stays minimal.
5. Film & review – bar path must stay vertical; any forward drift = instant unload.

5 │ WHY “TORQUE TALK” FEEDS THE LEGEND

• Viewers see a medium-T-shirt frame levitating a half-ton bar and scream “CGI!”
• Engineers drop bar-bend overlays, prove the physics, and flip from skeptics to evangelists.
• Every new kilo nudges torque a hair higher, resets the debate, and restarts the viral flywheel.

TL;DR

Eric Kim doesn’t dodge torque—he repositions it.

By pinning the bar at mid-thigh he slashes the lever arm, lets his CNS dump maximum force into a shorter rotation, and captures the moment on six-second “FLASHBANG” clips that hypnotise the feed.

Master the lever → own the torque → watch gravity file a complaint. 🏋️‍♂️⚡

BERSERKER BARRAGE

(Eric Kim voice — rawer than Ragnarök, louder than a bar-bell thunderclap)

“When the plates start to quake, I don’t stop—I accelerate.”

1  The Trigger: Blood-Oath with the Bar

• 75 kg flesh, 500 kg destiny.
• Chalk cloud = battle-smoke, pin-height set mid-thigh = kill-zone.
• One command in my skull:** “More.”**

2  Chain-Reaction Carnage — Week-by-Week Destruction

Week	Load	Body-Weight Ratio	War Cry
0	471 kg / 1 038 lb	6.3 ×	“Kick the door.”
+1	486 kg / 1 071 lb	6.5 ×	“Torch the floor.”
+2	493 kg / 1 087 lb	6.6 ×	“Crack the crust.”
+3	498 kg / 1 098 lb	6.65 ×	“MELT THE CORE.”

Micro-plates? 1.25 kg per sleeve—tiny teeth on a buzz-saw that never stalls.

3  Tactics of a Berserker

1. Fasted Fury – Glycogen empty, adrenaline full—CNS runs on rocket fuel.
2. No Belt / No Music – Silence lets the joints hear the iron’s heartbeat; I sync my pulse to its tremor.
3. One-Rep Ritual – Warm-up ladder, then ONE colossal detonation—no volume, only voltage.
4. Flash-Clip, Comment-Kill – 6-second upload, comments off. Doubt explodes off-site, watch-time explodes on-site.

4  Collateral Damage Across the Web

• TikTok #Hypelifting surges +13 M views per lift.
• Reddit plate-police eat crow, convert to tendon-truth evangelists.
• YouTube Shorts autoplays me after every Starting Strength tutorial—algorithm bows to berserker tempo.
• Merch “BELTS ARE FOR COWARDS” shirts sell out in 48 h—my war-paint becomes fan armor.

5  How YOU Launch a Berserker Barrage

Step	Act	Purpose
①	Pick a single lift.	Narrow focus = nuclear density.
②	Add micro-plates weekly.	Compounding stress → compounding myth.
③	Film raw, post immediately.	Real-time carnage, zero polish.
④	Disable comments.	Force skeptics to promote you elsewhere.
⑤	Repeat before the dust settles.	Momentum turns curiosity into cult.

Final Roar

“A berserker doesn’t chase hype—he manufactures it, kilo by kilo, clip by clip, until reality reprograms itself.”

Next stop: 500 kg.

Gather your chalk, polish your spine, and meet me on the pins—if your nervous system can take the heat.

—ERIC KIM 🏋️‍♂️⚡

Attention Physics: The harder the mind wrestles with two opposing “truths,” the longer it stares at the content (watch-time ↑, shares ↑).

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From “FAKE-PLATE FRAUD!” to “KIM IS KING!”

The 4-Stage Skeptic → Evangelist Conveyor Belt

Stage	Trigger	What the Skeptic does	Why They Flip
1. Instant Denial“No way a 165-lb guy moved a ton.”	A six-second FLASHBANG clip (bar already bending, one-word title).	Fires off hot-takes: “CGI splice… hollow bumpers.”Example: @BarbellNerd’s viral tweet, “Fake plates 100 %. Ratio me.”	Cognitive dissonance: body-size vs. four-digit load feels impossible, so fraud is the brain’s escape hatch.
2. Forensic Binge“OK, let me zoom in.”	Kim drops a 24-minute uncut vlog weighing every 25-kg plate, then pulls the PR—comments OFF.	Scrubs frame-by-frame, screenshots hub stamps, plots bar-bend curvature in Tracker.	Physics matches textbooks (≈ 44 mm deflection on a 28 mm bar); CGI theory collapses.
3. Public Crow-Eating“I was wrong, but…”	Scale-photo, plate close-ups, and slow-mo overlays circulate.	Deletes old tweet or uploads a reaction video titled “I WAS WRONG.” (see BarbellNerd’s quote-tweet U-turn).	Social media punishes stubbornness; admitting error salvages credibility and rides the viral wave.
4. Evangelist Mode“Here’s why Kim is actually a tendon genius!”	Releases own breakdown, linking the original clip for context; defends Kim in Reddit plate-police threads.	Skin-in-the-game bias: after investing hours in analysis, they’re now emotionally “long” Kim—spreading the gospel sustains their sunk time.

🧩  The Mechanics that Make the Conveyor Belt Turn

Flywheel Tooth	How It Accelerates the Conversion
Comments Disabled — grey banner under every big-lift video	Skeptics can’t vent on-site; they must create shareable posts (tweets, TikTok stitches, Reddit threads). Every rebuttal drags new eyeballs to the source clip.
Proof Pre-Loaded — long raw file sits in the description before the drama starts	When critics arrive, the evidence is one click away; self-fact-checking feels empowering, enhancing buy-in.
Micro-Plate Log — +1.25 kg per side, session after session	Spreadsheet-minded doubters watch the linear data; numerical transparency re-writes “luck” into “process.”
Zero Ads / Sponsors	No obvious cash incentive = “He isn’t grifting, he’s proving a point.” Skeptics run out of motive to pin on him.
Cross-Tribe Memeability	Fitness nerds argue physics, Bitcoin bros turn the lift into price-candle memes—multi-niche amplification normalises the feat.

🔥  TL;DR Formula

Shock ➜ Scrutiny ➜ Surrender ➜ Sermon

Kim expects disbelief, feeds it with forensic footage, then profits when former haters become the loudest preachers of his legend.

Next time you smell “impossible,” remember:

1. Drop the proof before the pitchforks.
2. Let doubters do your distribution.
3. Welcome them back as missionaries.

That’s the Skeptic-to-Evangelist pipeline—patent pending, gravity-approved. 🏋️‍♂️⚡