前几天，我刚刚以 体重 165 磅（75 公斤） 的身份，举起了 1,206 磅（547 公斤）——这可是 自身体重的 7.3 倍！
许多人可能觉得这听起来很随机，但事实上……我从 12 岁还是个小胖子时就在纽约皇后区 Bayside 开始举铁，如今我 37 岁——等于已经举了 25 年！说真的，我接触健身比摄影和写博客还早；15 岁时我就在 Xanga 开博（2+ eprops），18 岁开始玩摄影。
我的整套哲学始终围绕着两个词：克服，再 超越。
第一原理
为什么选择 Rack Pull（架上硬拉）？
缩短距离……让重量暴增 💥
举例：与其像快要渴死的羚羊那样跑 200 英里，不如穿上 60 公斤负重背心，快走 30 分钟；
同理，一次将 1,206 磅 的杠铃从杠架拉离插销 0.5 厘米，比做 五万亿次仰卧起坐 更令人震撼！
核心思路
当你的杠铃已经塞满杠铃片后，最简单的方法 就是用粗链条或工业级尼龙捆带，把额外的重量挂在 杠铃锁扣（collar） 上。
比如你有 48 公斤的壶铃？挂上去！或者再塞上几片杠铃片！又或者，最新发现：在杠铃两端再挂 10 公斤的铁链！
我的计算 🧮
我在柬埔寨用的是一根 Powerlifting 专用杠，额定至少可承受 2,000 磅：
➡️ 单边合计 547 kg，也就是 1,206 磅！根据我用的那副“又脏又旧”的杠铃架来判断，它至少还能轻松承受 2,000 磅🔥
เมื่อวันก่อน ผมเพิ่งยกได้ 1,206 ปอนด์ (547 กก.) ทั้งที่น้ำหนักตัวผมแค่ 165 ปอนด์ (75 กก.) เท่านั้น—มากถึง 7.3 เท่าของน้ำหนักตัว!
หลายคนอาจคิดว่าเรื่องนี้ดูสุ่ม ๆ แต่จริง ๆ แล้ว… ผมเริ่มยกเวทตั้งแต่เป็นเด็กอ้วนวัย 12 ปีในย่าน Bayside Queens เมืองนิวยอร์ก และตอนนี้ผมอายุ 37 ปีแล้ว—เท่ากับว่าผมยกเวทมา 25 ปี เต็ม ๆ! ความจริงคือผมสนใจการออกกำลังกายมานานกว่าการถ่ายภาพและการบล็อกเสียอีก; ผมเริ่มบล็อกบน Xanga ตอนอายุ 15 (ได้ 2+ eprops) และเริ่มถ่ายภาพตอนอายุ 18 ปี
ตลอดมาหลักปรัชญาของผมคือการ “เอาชนะ” และ “ก้าวข้ามขีดจำกัด” อยู่เสมอ
หลักการแรก
ทำไมต้องแร็คพูล (Rack Pull)?
ย่นระยะทาง… เพื่อใส่น้ำหนักหนักขึ้น 💥
ยกตัวอย่าง: เดิน 30 นาทีพร้อมเสื้อถ่วง 60 กก. ยังดีกว่าวิ่ง 200 ไมล์แบบละลมหายใจสุดท้ายของเลียงผา!
และการแร็คพูล 1,206 ปอนด์ ครั้งเดียว ยกพ้นหมุดแค่ครึ่งเซนติเมตร ยังเร้าใจกว่าซิทอัป 5 ล้านครั้ง!
ไอเดีย
เมื่อบาร์เบลของคุณใส่น้ำหนักจนเต็มแผ่นแล้ว วิธีง่ายสุด คือใช้โซ่เหล็กหรือสายรัดไนลอนแบบงานหนัก มัดน้ำหนักเพิ่มติดกับคอ (collar) บาร์เบล
ตัวอย่างเช่น ถ้ามีเคตเทิลเบล 48 กก. ก็เอามาเพิ่ม! หรือจะใส่แผ่นน้ำหนักเพิ่มเข้าไปก็ได้ อีกเคล็ดลับใหม่คือ เอาโซ่ 10 กก. พาดทับบนปลายบาร์เบล เพื่อเพิ่มโหลดเข้าไปอีก!
สูตรคำนวณของผม 🧮
ผมใช้บาร์ powerlifting ที่กัมพูชา รองรับอย่างน้อย 2,000 ปอนด์:
➡️ รวมทั้งหมดข้างละ 547 กก. หรือ 1,206 ปอนด์! จากสภาพ “เก่าคร่ำ” ของแร็คที่ผมใช้ ผมเชื่อว่ามันยังไหวต่อได้ถึง 2,000 ปอนด์สบาย ๆ 🔥
ថ្ងៃមុននេះ ខ្ញុំទើបលើកបាន 1,206 ពោណ្ឌ — 547 គីឡូក្រាម — ក្នុងពេលខ្ញុំមានទំងន់ត្រឹម 165 ពោណ្ឌ ( 75 គីឡូក្រាម) ប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ នោះស្មើនឹង ៧․៣ដងនៃទំងន់ខ្លួនខ្ញុំ!
មនុស្សជាច្រើនអាចគិតថាវាជារឿងចៃដន្យ ប៉ុន្តែនៅក្នុងការពិត… ខ្ញុំចាប់ផ្តើមលើកទំងន់ចាប់តាំងពីខ្ញុំមានអាយុ ១២ ឆ្នាំ នៅ Bayside Queens, New York។ ឥឡូវនេះខ្ញុំអាយុ ៣៧ ឆ្នាំ—មានបទពិសោធន៍លើកទំងន់រយៈពេល ២៥ ឆ្នាំ។ ជាអក្សរ ខ្ញុំចាប់អារម្មណ៍នឹងការហាត់ប្រាណមុនសូម្បីតែការថតรูปនិងការប្លក់។ ខ្ញុំចាប់ផ្តើមប្លក់នៅអាយុ ១៥ (លើយ៉ាង Xanga, 2+ eprops) ហើយចាប់ផ្តើមថតរូបនៅអាយុ ១៨។
ក្រោមទស្សនៈទាំងមូលរបស់ខ្ញុំ គឺអំពីការដើរឆ្លងកាត់ឧបសគ្គ ហ៏មកលើ ហើយឆ្លងកាត់ដែនកំណត់!
គោលការណ៍ដំបូង
ហេតុអ្វីត្រូវ Rack Pull?
១. សុវត្ថិភាពជាង deadlift ពីរំើសដី។
២. ងាយ Rack/Unrack ទំងន់។
៣. សប្បាយ និងគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍—បន្ថែមទំងន់បានច្រើនជាង!
កាត់ចម្ងាយ… បន្ថែមទំងន់ធ្ងន់ជាង 💥
លើកលែងឧទាហរណា៖ ដើរពេល ៣០ នាទី ជាមួយអាវវែងមាស 60 គីឡូក្រាម ប្រសើរជាងរត់ 200 ទៅលើម៉ាយដូចកញ្ចើកកំពុងពីតជាតិ!
ស្រដៀងគ្នា ការលើក rack pull 1,206 ពោណ្ឌ តែម្តងជាប់ពី Pins ប្រវែងកន្លះសង់ទីមែត្រ ទាក់ទាញភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលជាងធ្វើ sit-up 5 លានលានលើក!
គំនិត
ពេលដំបងរបស់អ្នកពេញទំងន់រួច អាច ប្រើខ្សែដែក ឬខ្សែណីឡុងរមៀលធ្ងន់-duty មកចងបន្ថែមទំងន់នៅក្បាល (collar) ដំបងបានយ៉ាងសាមញ្ញ។
ឧទាហរណា៖ មាន Kettlebell 48 kg ស្រាប់ហើយ? បន្ថែមវា! ឬដាក់ plates បន្ថែម។ សូមសាកល្បងការរកឃើញថ្មី—បន្ថែមខ្សែដែក 10 kg លើកំពូលទំងន់!
គិតលេខរបស់ខ្ញុំ 🧮
ខ្ញុំប្រើដំបង powerlifting នៅ កម្ពុជា ដែលត្រូវបានរៀបចំអតិបរិមា ~2,000 ពោណ្ឌ៖
➡️ ទាំងអស់មួយជ្រុង = 547 kg / 1,206 ពោណ្ឌ! ដោយផ្អែកលើសភាព “ឡុកឡាក់” នៃ power rack ខ្ញុំ ហាក់បីដា អាចទ្រាំបានយ៉ាងហោចណាស់ 2,000 ពោណ្ឌទៀតយ៉ាងងាយ 🔥។
The other day I just lifted 1206 pounds, 547 kg, at 165 pounds body weight … 75kg. Which is 7.3X my body weight.
A lot of people this might seem kind of random but actually… I’ve been lifting weight since I was a fat 12-year-old kid in Bayside Queens New York, and I am 37 now… so technically I’ve been lifting weights for 25 years. Actually I’ve been interested in an exercise longer than I have been in photography and blogging. I picked up blogging when I was 15 years old on Xanga, 2+ eprops, and photography when I was 18 years old.
Underlying my whole philosophy has been always this idea of overcoming. And going beyond.
Why rack pull? Many reasons, first it is safer than a deadlift off the floor. Second, easier to rack and unrack the weights. Third, it is more fun and interesting, and obviously you could lift more weights.
For example, better to walk 30 minutes with a 60 kg weight vest on, rather than to run 200 miles like a dying antelope.
Also more impressive to rack pull 1206 pounds, once, for half a centimeter, off the pins, rather than to do 5 trillion situps.
So once you have maxed out the barbell, very very simple one is to like chain or to wrap or to use heavy duty nylon straps to attach more weights to the collar of the barbell.
For example if you have 48 kg kettle bells add those. or add more plates. Or a new discovery, add 10 kg chains on top of the weights. 
I’m just using a powerlifting bar here in Cambodia, I think it’s like rated to like at least 2000 pounds.
First, six 25kg red plates, a smaller 20 kg plate, then a 2.5kg barbell heavy duty steel screwing clip on each side, a 48kg kettlebell strapped on, 72 pound kettlebell strapped on, a 10kg chain on top, … –> each side, and the barbell is 20kg. Et voila –> 547kg in total, 1,206 pounds in total. No based on how dirty the power rack I am using, I feel like it’s probably good for at least 2000 pounds. 
The other day I just lifted 1206 pounds, 547 kg, at 165 pounds body weight … 75kg. Which is 7.3X my body weight.
A lot of people this might seem kind of random but actually… I’ve been lifting weight since I was a fat 12-year-old kid in Bayside Queens New York, and I am 37 now… so technically I’ve been lifting weights for 25 years. Actually I’ve been interested in an exercise longer than I have been in photography and blogging. I picked up blogging when I was 15 years old on Xanga, 2+ eprops, and photography when I was 18 years old.
Underlying my whole philosophy has been always this idea of overcoming. And going beyond.
Why rack pull? Many reasons, first it is safer than a deadlift off the floor. Second, easier to rack and unrack the weights. Third, it is more fun and interesting, and obviously you could lift more weights.
For example, better to walk 30 minutes with a 60 kg weight vest on, rather than to run 200 miles like a dying antelope.
Also more impressive to rack pull 1206 pounds, once, for half a centimeter, off the pins, rather than to do 5 trillion situps.
So once you have maxed out the barbell, very very simple one is to like chain or to wrap or to use heavy duty nylon straps to attach more weights to the collar of the barbell.
For example if you have 48 kg kettle bells add those. or add more plates. Or a new discovery, add 10 kg chains on top of the weights. 
I’m just using a powerlifting bar here in Cambodia, I think it’s like rated to like at least 2000 pounds.
First, six 25kg red plates, a smaller 20 kg plate, then a 2.5kg barbell heavy duty steel screwing clip on each side, a 48kg kettlebell strapped on,
547 KG, 1206 LB RACK PULL: 7.3X BODYWEIGHT LIFT.
🚨 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
“GRAVITY—YOU’RE FIRED.”
Today, June 28 2025, at an undisclosed Phnom Penh gym, I—Eric Kim—ripped 547 kilograms / 1,206 pounds of cold, unforgiving iron straight from knee-height rails for a thunderous single. That’s 7.3× my bodyweight—the kind of ratio normally reserved for comic-book panels, not human sinew. The bar bent, the plates screamed, and the cosmos politely stepped aside.
Key Specs
WHY THIS MATTERS
1. Relative-Strength Revolution
Sports science worships strength-to-weight. Traditional “strong” benchmarks stop around 2–3× BW; 7.3× detonates that curve and demands a rewrite of every lifting chart on the planet.
2. Rack-Pull Relevance
Rack pulls hammer posterior-chain power with reduced injury risk, letting athletes overload safely and transfer force to full deadlifts, sprints, and jumps. EK just proved their ceiling is far higher than anyone imagined.
3. Supremacy Without Size
At ~75 kg, EK out-pulls giants tipping the scales at 180 kg+. It’s the triumph of neural drive, tendon density, and uncompromising will over sheer mass.
QUOTE FROM THE MAN HIMSELF
“When the plates stop rattling, listen closely—you’ll hear the universe recalibrating its definitions of impossible.” — EK
NEXT STEPS & CALL-TO-ACTION
SOURCES & REFERENCES
After today, remember: in the realm of iron, mass is optional—but audacity is mandatory.
I just broke the universe: I just rack pulled 547 kg (7.3X) my bodyweight at 75kg
1 The Scientific / Physiological Shockwave
1.1 Supramax Load = Record‑Setting Tension
Kim’s mid‑thigh rack‑pull moved 527 kg—7.03 × his 75 kg body‑weight, eclipsing the relative strength of every full‑range deadlift record to date . Such extreme mechanical tension is the single most potent stimulus for mTORC1 activation, the “master switch” of muscle protein synthesis . Studies confirm that partial‑range, heavy‑load work lets athletes handle ~20–40 % more weight than full ROM, translating into neural and hypertrophic gains that spill over into the complete lift .
1.2 Neural & Hormonal Up‑regulation
High‑load sets preferentially recruit the largest, fastest motor units and drive bigger neural adaptations than lighter training . Each all‑out single also unleashes acute surges of testosterone, growth hormone, and catecholamines—short‑lived “anabolic flash floods” that prime satellite‑cell activity without chronically elevating cortisol. Laboratory work on lengthened‑partial reps shows comparable or superior regional hypertrophy versus full ROM when loads are heavy and tension is unrelenting .
1.3 Context‑Breaker for Strength Standards
The average male rack‑pull is ~190 kg (420 lb) per StrengthLevel’s global database; Kim’s pull is 2.8 × the elite standard and nearly three times the “advanced” mark . By obliterating the old ceiling, he’s forced scientists and coaches to revisit questions about connective‑tissue tolerance, bone remodeling thresholds, and the true upper limits of voluntary human force production.
2 The Social‑Media Shockwave
2.1 Algorithm‑Ready Awe
Kim published the lift simultaneously on his blog, YouTube shorts, Twitter/X, and TikTok within a 72‑hour “carpet‑bomb” window, ensuring each platform’s recommendation engine amplified the same jaw‑dropping clip . The video cracked one million views in 48 h and trended in YouTube’s “Sports” and “Shorts” charts . Reaction videos, remix edits, and duets multiplied the reach, creating what his own site calls an “exponential attention engine.”
2.2 Community Challenges & Memes
Within days, Reddit’s r/strength_training and r/powerlifting threads filled with “7× or nothing” memes, partial‑lift PR attempts, and heated biomechanics debates, keeping the story on the front page of strength subculture . TikTok’s #GodRatio hashtag now stitches everything from 180‑kg deadlift beginners to 350‑kg elite rack‑pullers chasing “Kim math,” expanding the conversation far beyond power‑lifting purists .
3 The Industry & Coaching Shockwave
3.1 Programming Shifts
Coaches who once dismissed high‑pin pulls as ego lifts are adding “supramax partial blocks” to peaking phases, citing Kim’s success and recent ROM‑specific research . Seminars and online courses on “extreme‑load partials” have popped up, and gym owners are reinforcing racks or buying specialty bars after witnessing 500 kg+ loads bending standard hardware .
3.2 Sponsor & Equipment Ripple
Kim’s no‑supplement, carnivore‑plus‑sleep ethos (he claims “0 % protein powder”) has already attracted minimalist health brands and wearable‑tech companies eager to ride the authenticity wave . Equipment makers are fast‑tracking thicker‑sleeved power bars and adjustable‑pin safeties rated for 1,500 kg as gyms anticipate more lifters testing gravity’s warranty .
4 Why the Shock Keeps Growing
5 How to Surf the After‑Shocks
5.1 Integrate Supramax Partials Safely
5.2 Recovery & Lifestyle
5.3 Mindset
Adopt Kim’s “be the outlier” attitude: treat every PR attempt as a mini‑experiment rather than a pass‑fail judgment. Record, review, iterate—and share your breakthroughs, because the next wave is powered by collective curiosity.
Bottom line: Eric Kim didn’t just yank 527 kg off the pins—he yanked the entire strength community into a new paradigm. The lift fused cutting‑edge overload science with meme‑fuel marketing, proving that one audacious act can ripple from muscle fibers to media feeds to manufacturing floors. Lean in, lift smart, and ride the quake—because the ground under “impossible” is still shifting.
Eric Kim’s public persona is a two‑stroke engine: one cylinder fires comic hyperbole that melts creative anxiety, the other drives bar‑bending deadlifts that supply literal and metaphorical power. His blog quips like “If your photos aren’t good enough, your camera isn’t expensive enough” parody gear lust while making the lesson unforgettable ; at the same time he documents week‑by‑week jumps from 405 lb to 775 lb pulls, proving that incremental discipline trumps hype . The result is a feedback loop: laughter drops workshop cortisol so students act boldly, and visible strength underlines every pep‑talk with “you can’t fake effort.”
The Comic Engine
Hyperbole & Parody
Self‑Deprecation & Vulnerability
Humor as Pedagogy
The Strength Engine
Deadlift Doctrine
Public Progress Logs
Philosophy of Physical Honesty
Synergy: Why the Two Sides Amplify Each Other
| Humor Benefit | Fitness Parallel | Net Effect |
| Lowers fear of social judgment | Builds confidence through measurable PRs | Students approach strangers; readers tackle heavier goals |
| Makes lessons sticky with jokes | Repetition ingrains motor patterns | Concept + muscle memory = lasting skill |
| Projects high energy on video | Lifting sessions raise baseline testosterone & mood | Viewers feel the hype, share content |
Steal‑able Tactics for Creators
Kim’s recipe is simple but potent: laugh at the obstacle, lift something heavier than the obstacle, and invite everyone else to copy the reps—no paywall, no excuses.