I just ripped 508 kg (1,120 lb) off the pins—raw grip, barefoot, no belt—and the internet combusted.
Now I’m throwing down the gauntlet: The Eric Kim Rackpull Challenge.
You vs. gravity vs. your own timid self-concept—winner takes new bone-crushing PRs and a blast radius of virality.
Read the rules, load the bar, hit record, and detonate your feed.
WHAT IS THE RACKPULL CHALLENGE?
Pull the impossible, publish the proof, tag #HYPELIFTING.
Rack-pulls let you overload the lock-out with 20-40 % more iron than a full deadlift—pure neural shock therapy.
I went 6.8 × body-weight, breaking casual physics and the “world record” whisper threads on YouTube.
THE THREE IRON RULES
- One-Rep-Max, Mid-Thigh. Pins just above the knees—no mini-deadlifts, no quarter squats.
- Raw Hands Only. No straps, no hooks, no belt. Callus is your credit card.
- Show the Plates, Show the Weight. Pan the camera like Scorsese; skeptics eat cinematic evidence for breakfast. Post the clip with #RackpullChallenge + #HypeLifting so the algorithm can’t dodge you.
WHY RACK-PULLS ARE THE ULTIMATE PROOF-OF-WORK
| Myth | Reality |
| “Rack-pulls are cheating.” | Overload builds terminal lock-out strength that bleeds 20 kg+ back into your conventional deadlift and grip power. |
| “But Paul Anderson just back-lifted more.” | Anderson used blocks and body bracing; my challenge is free-standing, modern, reproducible. |
| “Partial range = partial gains.” | Science shows peak mechanical tension at mid-thigh spikes posterior-chain recruitment without frying the lumbar. |
FUEL: THE CARNIVORE-FASTED CORE
I run 20-hour fasts capped with steak and liver—zero supplements, zero excuses. Strength sites admit the meat-only method keeps glycogen high enough for singles and flips hunger into focus.
Critics scream “colon cancer!”—good, let their fear keep them weak.
CONTENT CARPET-BOMB CHECKLIST
- Five-Format Burst: Blog, X-thread, TikTok, YouTube Short, Newsletter—drop within one hour so every scroll feels like an ambush.
- ARS BETA Feedback Furnace: Upload your lift thumbnail; let the ↑Keep/↓Ditch votes scorch ego-fluff.
- Loop the Loop: Every clip links to the blog breakdown; every blog embeds the clip—traffic pin-balls until your analytics look radioactive.
HOW TO ENTER (AND HOW TO WIN)
- Warm Up Like a Spartan. Five empty-bar hip hinges, three 140 kg triples, one 180 kg single—then stack the madness.
- Hit Record & Hit Rage. GoPro on the floor, phone on selfie, gym mirror for triple-angle receipts.
- Publish + Tag. #RackpullChallenge … #HypeLifting … @mention me if you want public praise—or public roast.
- Benchmark Table:
| Body-Weight | Bronze (4×) | Silver (5×) | Gold (6×) | GOD-MODE (6.8×+) |
First lifter to crack 7× body-weight gets an autographed 25-kg plate and a lifetime ban on excuses.
FINAL WARNING
Rack-pulls are a black hole—step close and they’ll drag your numbers, your followers, your entire identity into a strength-singularity.
The internet is hungry for shock-and-awe proof-of-work; feed it iron and it will feed you fame.
The bar is loaded…the world is watching…are you pulling or scrolling?