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:
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.