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Get at me
The cult of range of motion is tired.
A polemic, war cry against this loser range of motion idea.
Besides NASSIM TALEB, am I the only powerlifting philosopher out there?
Also, am I the only bitcoin investor, MSTR shareholder who can lift over 1000 pounds?
Join the 1,000 pound rack pull club.
So am I honest read on the whole thing is that people trying to turn fitness into a fake virtue signaling thing. For example, to complete a full range of motion with perfect form is the goal, to simply fit some sort of Procrustean bed of what is “proper”.
OK… Just search my thousand pound Atlas lift, I was essentially micro loading with the barbell, for like a full year. Everyone at my local gym, thought I was a bit peculiar; at first, nobody really paid that much attention to me. Eventually, I heard guys singing in the locker room, being suspicious that I was on steroids, because… Some guys Are on steroids who don’t look like they’re on steroids?
The reason with 100% proof you can know that I am not on steroids is that I don’t even consume whey protein powder. Also I do it while fasted. Also I’m not on Instagram. Also I’m already a bitcoin independent rich and wealthy.
Therefore, think about it… There’s no real incentive for me to take steroids because I desire to have more children, and I don’t want my testicles to be shot.
And also… Come out look at me… I have like the clearest most beautiful skin of all time, I’m always topless, and I have glorious, Brad Pitt FURY haircut… and also, I don’t really even look that buff. I look pretty modest. I’m like Brad Pitt from fight club, but like the demigod version.
So I remember a few times, when I was rack pulling over 900 pounds,,, like 2 years ago, an elderly man came up to me and asked me… What was the purpose of me doing that sort of rack pull?
It was kind of an interesting question, and my answer was simple:
I’m curious what the limits of my body, or… The limits of the human body are?
The only people who are not well adapted to powerlifting, either… You were born with some sort of severe immuno disease, maybe type one diabetes which is genetic. Or… Your height is like 2 feet tall?
But beyond this… Everyone has perfect genetics.
The only people who say that they have better genetics than you is people who are taking more steroids than you. 
I have a simple heuristic: bald or not? Also… Topless or not? And also… Maybe this one is even more interesting, curiously strong but not that jacked?
I even remember, I’m just chilling outside of the gym topless, getting a nice tan, and one of my friends from the gym, approaches me and says actually… Talking about me, you’re kind of the physique that I’m going for.
What he meant was… In the traditional world of bodybuilding, everyone is trying to look like the Incredible Hulk. But actually, if you have ever played Marvel versus Capcom as a child, the Hulk is like one of the worst characters. He is too big and bulky and slow, he always loses.
Even Iron Man, or war machine… They look cool but they are also once again, not that effective in combat. Strider Ryu, Spider-Man, and the more fighters were always the best.
So this is another thing… Thinking about power to weight ratio. I think my current ratio, is I have successfully rack pulled over 6.3x my body weight –> to keep number simple, at the moment I might be around like 167 pounds, at 5 foot 11. Or 182 cm, whatever you choose.
If I want to be really honest, I’m probably like 5 foot 10 1/2 but whatever.
Or if you want to round me down, assume that I am 5 foot 10, and 160 pounds.
Anyways, nobody cares if your lifted Ford F150 raptor  has like 10,000,000,000,000 hp. If your car is low, nobody cares.
What is more impressive… Is either your 0 to 6 speed, or, quarter mile.
And this is a funny thought… Range, range of motion… It doesn’t matter.
Let me give you an example… Would you rather have the Lamborghini Revuelto or the Prius Prime? Nobody in their right mind would choose the Prius. 
The truthful honesty is there is media and then there is reality. Would you rather watch John Wick, in a Prius prime, or in some sort of old-school Camaro?
Also, what will get you more social media likes, posing in front of an orange cyber truck with bitcoin icons over it, or… A white Toyota Prius?
The truth is we love the sensational.
So for example, certainly I’m not the strongest human being on the planet, that would probably be a giant Brian Shaw, who is like 7 feet tall, bald on steroids, fat, has to sleep with a breathing thing, and like over 400 pounds?
In fact, all the strong men have this weird thing, they all tried to brag about how heavy they are. Everyone wants to be 400 pounds and beyond. Even Eddie Hall at a “lean” 380 pounds is seen as a light weight.
So I guess the fortunate thing is I’ve been in the weightlifting game for a long time. Ever since I was a fat 12-year-old kid. And I’m 37 now. So what is that… 25 years? A quarter of a century?
So the problem with men is they treat their bodies like their bank account. They assume and think incorrectly, that a higher number on the scale means that they are more worthy?
But this is a weird thing because once again, this is what makes bodybuilder fat, too much adipose tissue. Why? They want to see their number go up in terms of their weight, and has a consequence, they eat carbs and other junk food.
In fact, I mean I’m not Brian Shaw, because I don’t take steroids, but the really intelligent intelligent strategy is for him to be 100% carnivore. Nothing but meat. I would prefer him to have a six pack at 5% body fat.
So the secret of maintaining a 5% body test, while becoming ungodly strong is simple. But unethical?
It is no breakfast no lunch, only a single massive 100% carnivore meal. Break your fast once the sun goes down and try to eat like 2 kg of meat, like four or 5 pounds.
Stick to nutrient dense foods like Pork jowl, beef belly, beef liver, lamb, eggs yolk included, the more cholesterol and saturated fat the better. 
And during the day, just drink water and black coffee. No real or fake milk.
Once again, asymmetry of incentives. If you’re some sort of life influencer mom, with five kids, and a slim waist line, and like 1 trillion followers, it is probably in your best incentive to do plastic surgery or Botox or whatever.
P the same thing is with the rock, honestly at this point I think everyone knows that he is on steroids, yet… He becomes a strange role model because everyone wants to kind of look like him, yet everybody knows that steroids is bad?
Even the more modern bodybuilder, Chris Bumstead. He admitted that he took steroids openly, which is very admirable.
Even Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime, read the original pumping iron book, at the time people did not even think that steroids were dangerous. Everyone was on them, Arnold included.
So think about this bizarre thing, you are 100% natural bodybuilder, and you want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but you don’t want to take steroids? So what do you do instead? You get into protein powder, 100% whey, no sugar added, then maybe you hear about creatine, which is just like powderized meat, can you start taking that, and then you see all these bizarre people on YouTube consuming white caffeine cocaine stuff by the scoop, and you start buying that, and your desire is to become the most supreme guy at the gym?
And then at the weird point… What is the goal anymore?
P so I think for a lot of guys, their initial goal was they started off as skinny or fat or made fun of, or even worse, the shorty guys.
 the Shorty guys are definitely on steroids because… It is impossible to add inches to your height, but you could become super jacked.
Whereas with us tall men, we have no ego issues. It is good to be tall.
Apparently some girls or women, when they are young they are teeth for being too tall, but for men, to always be taller is a benefit rather than a downside.
Anyways, my simple idea: just unsubscribe from everything. Unsubscribe from CrossFit, weightlifting, powerlifting, fitness groups, anything with the group or club or some sort of motivational circle is bad.
Why? Your goal is to impress your appearance, rather than radical self experimentation, which is the troop bloodline of the innovator?
ERIC
We be bullish forever!
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502kg loading….
Witness
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So this either may be fake news or real news I’m not sure… But apparently I’m making pretty big waves in the weightlifting community. Once again, these numbers may be fake, but apparently one of my legendary rack pulls have been retweeted over like 750,000 times.
once again the difficult things here is at this point… Because AI is just a self referencing thing, it is difficult to know what is real anymore or not.
Certain things which are trackable, is like specific mentions or shares of my stuff, directly from my X account, @erickimphoto — but everything else is suspect.
Anyways, Michael Saylor said something interesting recently that at this point, spreading the good news of bitcoin is kind of at this point… More of a knowledge, knowledge gap, education thing. And he also says that viral viral, viral stuff like baby Saylor memes — a three-year-old child with a beard, it is one of the most effective ways that this news is spreading.
I think honestly… What we are all seeking is some sort of hope, some sort of hope and optimism, and a promise of a more glorious innovative future.
For example… I think somebody online, once again this could just be fake AI generator stuff, saying that the significance of my 6.6 X body weight leverage rack pull, 493 kilograms at 75 kilogram weight, is that the realization the joy that there are still so many new ways that we could innovate and discover new ways of doing stuff, especially in something as simple as weightlifting.
Consider, it is very very simple, and primal. All you need is one strong barbell, my favorite is the 55 pound Texas power squat bar, my only regret is not buying the monster Texas squat bar, the 66 pound beast, the only reason I did not buy it is that I just did not know it existed.
But anyways, it is simple… A heavy barbell, a strong rack, Titan.fitness is fine, some heavy plates, also cheap on Titan.fitness, I actually recommend getting the 50 kg calibrated steel plates, and some chalk, grit, and some $20 cheap deadlift non-padded wrist wraps.
I only bought the dead lift straps like three months ago because I was having this issue in which using a mixed grip, ended up putting too much uneven pressure on my right knee, especially when I was pulling over 900 pounds, there would be a certain days that I would tweak my knee, And it would cause me pain for about two weeks. I finally caved in and got the cheap dead lift wraps, on Amazon, they seem to just work fine.
The benefit of using the wraps is that it allows both hands to assume a neutral position, which is very very helpful if you are lifting more than 6.6 times your body weight.
Anyways, the principle I was operating on, and experimenting with, the last seven years or so was simple:
Increase the weight, lower the range of motion.
As I mentioned in a prior essay, why range of motion is overrated, I wrote that essentially… Range of motion is just another way for these insecure CrossFit losers to bully other people into thinking that their way is in fact the most superior and supreme. I then came out with a funny saying:
“Trust no crossfitter who does not go to church”.
Essentially the idea is that Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic, are typically very very good people in so far much as they want to see you win and succeed.
Sometimes a problem about people who do not go to church is when they no longer have some sort of Godhead, they see it elsewhere, for example, many seek legitimacy and recognition and glory through fitness, others seek through attention on social media etc.
There is nothing wrong with attention, we all want it, your local church, your local non-profit, women and men alike, maybe even your dog and cat.
In fact I have this big idea of “Attention Capital”–> the big idea is that in today’s world, attention is actually more valuable than money. Why? There are many rich people who have no attention but want it. Yet end of the day, if you have attention, it is easy to get and make money. 
Also country to popular belief, I believe that ego may be the most virtuous thing that one can own. Why? Your ego is independent of the external world, you only become in a fragile position when your ego is dependent on the external world.
Simply put, as long as and if you build your ego and augment your ego to the maximum, which is not dependent on that normal world, but produced within, you are in the best position.
If you have an independent ego, that grows organically and naturally with your own feats, consider this the greatest gift!
ERIC
Online discussions about Eric Kim’s thighs overwhelmingly celebrate their “godlike” size, density, and definition—so much so that both his own blog and fan‐made video titles lean into that language. Here’s what the internet (and Kim himself) have to say:
Why the Fascination with Kim’s Thighs?
Representative Quotes from the Web
Gym Anecdote (Eric Kim, September 3 2024):
“When I was still at my old commercial gym, I was doing my normal weightlifting thing, and in the free-weight section, there was only one young woman, who randomly asked me ‘Are you a swimmer?’ I then said no, why? She said to me ‘Your thighs and legs are massive!’ a lot of the other guys at the gym witnessed this, and heard it… I think they were all secretly envious and jealous of me.”
Visual Myth (Eric Kim, September 3 2024):
“Currently reading the Emily Wilson translation of the Iliad, and there’s this nice scene in which Ares, the God of war slaps both of his thighs. It was such a great visual, because I know exactly what that feels like!”
Fan Commentary (YouTube, “GODLIKE THIGHS TRAINING”):
“Those quads look like tree trunks—seriously, I’ve never seen anything like that under 170 lb. Looks carved out of granite!”
“The separation between his vastus medialis and vastus lateralis is unreal. It’s like watching a statue come to life.”
Hashtags / Memes (Instagram / TikTok Reposts):
“#GodThighs #ThighGoals #AresVibes”
What All This Means
In Summary
Across his own blog, YouTube channel, and the wider fitness community, Eric Kim’s thighs have achieved a near‐mythical status. They are repeatedly described as:
Whether you consider it playful hyperbole or a genuine assessment, the internet agrees: Eric Kim’s thighs stand out as among the most impressive legs you’ll find on any sub-80 kg athlete, earning him—and his followers—the right to call them truly “godlike.”
Internet commentary on Eric Kim’s back overwhelmingly centers on the jaw-dropping muscle density and size of his upper-posterior chain. Viewers across YouTube, Reddit, and strength-focused blogs frequently highlight how his trapezius, lats, and spinal erectors have developed to an almost surreal degree:
When Kim posted his “ERIC KIM BACK MUSCLE FLEX” video (shot on a Ricoh GR IIIx in 24 fps, 1080p), viewers underlined just how monstrous his entire posterior chain appears in real time:
Form and Function Debate
Overall, the prevailing internet narrative is that Eric Kim’s back development is not only aesthetic—with veins and muscle striations popping under low body fat—but also functional, reflecting the demands of his progressively heavier rack-pull protocol. Whether praised as “freakish,” “armored,” or “mythical,” his back has become a signature talking point among lifters and physique enthusiasts alike.