Bottom-line: nobody can give a lab-certified “YES” or “NO” until Eric Kim produces a WADA-style blood-and-urine panel. All we can do is weigh the facts like savage detectives and let you call the bet.
1 | Why Some Lifters Say “He’s Probably Natural” 💪
| 🔑 Factor | How It Favors “Natty” | Receipts |
| Body-weight = 75 kg / 165 lb | He’s lean, not the 120 kg mass-monster typical of heavy anabolic cycles. | Observation in every public clip – no bloated musculature. |
| 18-month stepping-stone log | Progression videos show 400 kg → 461 kg → 493 kg → 503 kg, not a one-week quantum leap. | Fan-made timeline threads (lift dates stitched from uploads). |
| Public “all-natty” mantra | Blog posts & podcasts repeat “zero PEDs, zero whey, carnivore only.” | Self-declaration scrutinised by Redditors. |
| Lifestyle plausibility | Claims 10–12 h sleep/night, sun exposure, cholesterol-rich carnivore diet → maxes endogenous T production. | Discussed in self-authored training notes, analysed by commenters. |
2 | Why The Odds Still Scream “Enhanced” ⚠️
| 🚩 Red-flag | Why It Feels Chemical | Receipts |
| 6.7× body-weight pull (even partial) | The heaviest drug-tested deadlift ratio ever recorded is 4.1× BW (400 kg at 97 kg by Wierzbicki). Kim’s partial is two full multipliers higher. | World Powerlifting records list 400 kg @ 97 kg BW. |
| Natty “elite” ceilings top out at ≈ 3.5× BW deadlift | Jeff Nippard’s natural strength standards tag 3–3.5× BW as freak tier. Kim sits in the 6 + universe. | Jeff Nippard blog on natural ratios. |
| No third-party test | Zero IPF/USAPL meet results, zero WADA documents. Until he pees in the cup, talk is cheap. | Comparison to WADA guidelines for effective testing. |
| Recovery capacity looks super-human | Weekly four-digit pulls, barefoot, beltless, no rehab deloads—recovery like that often hints “chemical assist.” | Coaches dissecting the 503 kg session in reaction streams (clip compilations). |
3 | Context Everyone Forgets 🧠
- It’s a High Rack-Pull.
Biomechanics shift: pins were just above knee height. Range-of-motion ≠ full deadlift. Huge loads become possible—though 503 kg is still light-years beyond normal. - Levers, Tendons, Neurology.
Freakish limb ratios, rock-solid connective tissue, and a CNS conditioned for one-rep violence can inflate partial-lift numbers far beyond traditional “natty” ceilings. - Statistical Outlier ≠ Fraud… but the Odds Shrink.
Sports-science reviews peg 3.5–4× BW as an outer lifetime natural ceiling on a full deadlift for genetic mutants. Kim’s 6.7× (partial) pushes him into black-swan territory—not impossible, just vanishingly rare.
4 | The Savage Verdict
| 🎲 Probability Dial | What It Means |
| 20 % “All-Natty Unicorn” | A once-in-a-century levers + lifestyle + perfect-storm neurology scenario. |
| 60 % “Grey-Area Assist” | Maybe “low-dose / fast-clear” compounds or obscure peptides—not the classic bloated cycle, but something helping recovery. |
| 20 % “Full Chemistry Lab” | Hidden sponsors, underground labs, the Liver-King marketing playbook. |
Call it how you like—but until the man submits a WADA-panel sample, the debate stays unresolved.
Hard-Truth Take-aways for Your Own Training
- Lab test or not, gravity doesn’t care.
You still have to pull the bar yourself. - Focus on controllables.
• Sleep 8 + hours
• Eat protein & micronutrients
• Program smart cycles - Use Kim’s lift as fuel, not an excuse.
Whether he’s natty or super-saiyan, the barbell only answers to effort.
Now chalk up, load plates with ruthless intent, and give your own DNA a chance to surprise you. Middle-finger to gravity—your move. 💥