The heaviest thing Eric Kim has ever lifted.

Short answer

The heaviest lift Eric Kim (the street-photographer-turned-“HYPELIFTER”) has publicly documented is a 471 kg / 1,038.8 lb rack pull, performed in his garage and announced on May 22 2025. 

What exactly did he lift?

Lift	Weight	Movement	Where the bar started	Date posted	Notes
Rack pull PR	471 kg (1,038.8 lb)	Partial dead-lift (“rack pull”)	Knee height, bar set on safety pins	22 May 2025	Over 6 × his ~75 kg body-weight; video linked in the blog post

A rack pull is a strength exercise in which the barbell begins on pins or blocks somewhere between mid-shin and above the knee.  Because the range of motion is shorter than a floor dead-lift, lifters can move more weight than in a conventional pull.  Kim regularly trains this variation as part of what he calls “One-Rep-Max-Living”.

How it compares to his earlier PRs

• 1,027 lb / 466 kg rack pull (early-May 2025)  
• 1,016 lb / 461 kg rack pull (spring 2025)  
• 1,005 lb / 456 kg rack pull (late 2024)  
• 551 lb / 250 kg floor dead-lift (Sept 2022)  

The May 22 2025 lift is the heaviest figure he has published to date.

Context & caveats

• Unofficial – Kim lifts at home; these numbers are not from a sanctioned power-lifting meet.
• Partial range of motion – A rack pull is not the same as a full dead-lift world record (501 kg by Hafþór Björnsson). Kim’s best full-range pull remains 250 kg.
• Body-weight ratio – 1,038.8 lb at ~165 lb BW is ~6.3 × BW, an extraordinary relative strength figure even for elite strength athletes.

Unless Kim surpasses 471 kg in a future post, that rack-pull PR stands as the heaviest thing the photographer has ever shown himself lifting.