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Unlimited

 Physiological Energy

(“Unlimited” is poetic—physics still applies—but you can make your personal battery feel limitless most days.)

Below is a science‑rooted, first‑principles playbook you can start using today. Skim the headlines or dive deep—either way, expect more pep in your step and sparks in your mind.

1️⃣  Super‑Charge the Cellular Power Plants

Goal: Grow stronger, cleaner mitochondria—the nanoreactors that make ATP.

Method	Science Snapshot	Weekly Minimum
Zone‑2 cardio (heart rate ≈ 60‑70 % max)	Systematic‑review data show endurance training turns on AMPK → PGC‑1α → new mitochondria and higher electron‑transport efficiency	150 min
Strength & sprint intervals	Brief “energy sprints” create acute energetic stress that further up‑regulates mitochondrial regulators like SIRT 1/3 and irisin	2–3 sessions

Quick cue: Think of mitochondria like micro‑foundries: run them hot enough to adapt, but not so hot they melt.

2️⃣  Align with Your Circadian Clock

1. Anchor light: get ≥10 min outdoor light within 30 min of waking; dim lights 2 h before bed.
2. Eat only when the sun’s up: A 10‑hour time‑restricted eating window improved energy metabolism in the NY‑TREAT RCT  .
3. Strategic light therapy: Morning or shift‑end bright‑light sessions cut daytime sleepiness in meta‑analysis data  .

Remember: Energy isn’t just calories—it’s timing.

3️⃣  Fuel, Don’t Flog

• Macros that last: Build meals around protein (≈30 g/meal) + fibrous plants + slow carbs to flatten glucose dips that trigger the classic afternoon crash.
• Hydrate first, caffeinate second: Mild dehydration drops cognitive performance before thirst hits.
• Cellular co‑factors: Oral NAD⁺ precursors (nicotinamide riboside, 250–1 000 mg/day) reliably raise blood NAD⁺; large trials are still testing fatigue outcomes, so treat as optional icing, not cake  .

4️⃣  Tune the Autonomic Accelerator & Brake

Technique	Why It Works	Evidence
6‑breaths‑per‑minute diaphragmatic breathing	Increases vagal tone & HRV → calmer “idle” that saves glucose	HRV review, 2024
Cold‑water immersion (30–120 sec, 10–15 °C)	Hormetic stress raises norepinephrine, improves sleep quality, and subjective vitality	2025 systematic review
Wim Hof Method (cold + breath + mind set)	15‑day RCT: better autonomic balance & mood
Mindfulness or meditation (10 min/day)	Meta‑analysis of 29 RCTs shows large fatigue reduction

Put simply: master your nervous system and you unlock hidden watts.

5️⃣  Exploit the 

Coffee‑Nap

 & Ultradian Cycles

• Protocol: Down 1 small coffee (≈100 mg caffeine) and nap 15–20 min between 13:00‑15:00.
• Why it pops: Adenosine clears during the nap; caffeine blocks what’s left, so you wake turbo‑charged. Human studies and recent popular coverage confirm faster reaction time and sharper focus  .
• 90‑120 min work sprints: After ~90 min brains hit a lull—step away, breathe, or walk to reset dopamine.

6️⃣  Weekly Blueprint (Example)

Day	Morning	Mid‑day	Evening
Mon	Zone‑2 run + sunlight	Protein‑rich lunch • Coffee nap	10‑min breathwork + lights dim
Tue	Strength train	5‑min cold shower	Sauna or hot bath
Wed	HIIT sprints	Walk meeting	Meditation 10 min
Thu	Zone‑2	Coffee nap	Social hobby
Fri	Strength	Breath‑hold practice	Early dinner
Sat	Long hike	—	Digital sunset
Sun	Restorative yoga	Plan week	Reflect & journal

7️⃣  Track the Charge

• Morning HRV ↑ = recovered; ↓ = dial back.
• Subjective vitality score (0‑10) before noon—simple but powerful.
• Power hour log: note when you feel peak mental flow; schedule creative work there.

8️⃣  Frequently Asked ⚡️s

Q	A
Can I out‑exercise bad sleep?	No. Mitochondria regenerate during deep sleep; lost hours ≠ lost forever, but chronic debt drains the battery.
Supplements for instant energy?	Caffeine & L‑theanine combo is the most evidence‑backed acute booster; everything else is marginal without pillars 1‑4.
Is unlimited energy sustainable after 40 ?	Absolutely—studies show mitochondrial biogenesis and HRV improve at any age once training and sleep are optimized.

9️⃣  Safety & Reality Check

• Consult a healthcare professional before major changes, especially cold exposure or supplements.
• “Unlimited” still respects biology; expect cyclical peaks and planned deloads, not perpetual sprinting.

🌟  Your Next Move

1. Pick one pillar (sleep window, breathwork, zone‑2… doesn’t matter).
2. Commit for 14 days—track HRV and vitality.
3. Stack the next habit. Momentum compounds like interest.

Stay curious, stay kind to your cells, and watch your “battery percentage” hover blissfully near 100 % more often than you ever thought possible. Go light the world! 🔋✨

Eric Kim, the street‑photographer‑turned‑Bitcoin‑maximalist, uses the phrase “digital apocalypse” to describe an intentional, shock‑and‑awe saturation of the internet—a blitz so intense that algorithms, attention spans, and even your own inner critic have no time to mount a defense. In his recent manifesto “🔥💣 INTERNET CARPET BOMB STRATEGY TACTIC 💣🔥,” he writes:

“This is not a campaign. It’s a digital apocalypse—lightning laced with nuclear warheads… the art of dropping so many seismic, primal, hyper‑charged payloads at once that the internet itself quakes.” 

In other words, the “apocalypse” is creative overload on purpose—obliterating feeds, timelines, and doubts with a single coordinated eruption of content.

The Core Ingredients

Pillar	How Kim Frames It	Take‑away for Creators & Innovators
Zero‑Mercy Mind‑set	“You are here to dominate… hesitation is a plague.”	Decide first that your idea deserves to win. Doubt drains voltage.
Carpet‑Bomb Synchronization	Queue simultaneous drops across every major platform, time‑locked “with atomic precision.”	Batch‑produce, then schedule a coordinated release for maximum echo.
Multi‑Modal Payloads	Video shockwaves, long‑form essays, meme kits, crypto sermons.	Present the same big idea in different media so every kind of mind can latch on.
Relentless Follow‑Through	Live streams, behind‑the‑scenes clips, instant reaction threads to keep the fire hot.	Keep stoking engagement for 24‑48 h after launch—momentum loves momentum.
Perpetual Expansion	Turn every sound‑bite into future ammo; sell the playbook; raise the bar again.	Treat each launch as a seed bank for the next, not a one‑off stunt.

“Apocalypse Mode” as the Daily Operating System

Kim’s earlier “⚡️ APOCALYPSE MODE ⚡️” post shows the personal rituals that power the public blitz: 100 push‑ups at dawn, black coffee as “rocket fuel,” minimal gear, constant publishing, and a “death‑ground mentality” where retreat equals extinction. 

Translation: A digital apocalypse outwardly starts with an analog apocalypse inwardly—intentional discomfort, muscular discipline, and radical minimalism that frees all energy for creative detonation.

How to Launch 

Your

 Mini Digital Apocalypse

(A five‑step, joy‑infused checklist)

1. Name Your War‑Cry. Condense the core of your idea into a punch‑y line you’d scream in a thunderstorm. If the phrase doesn’t raise your heartbeat, rewrite it.
2. Forge Your Arsenal. Create 5–7 content “warheads” in varied formats (short‑form video, 500‑word burst, meme set, infographic, live Q&A). Each piece should stand alone and echo the same core message.
3. Time‑Lock the Detonation. Use scheduling tools to release every piece within the same 15‑minute window. Text your “inner circle” the go‑signal so they can amplify instantly.
4. Ride the Shockwave. For the next 24 hours, reply to every comment with generosity and zeal. Stream raw reactions, share behind‑the‑scenes clips—keep the spike alive.
5. Harvest the Fallout.
   
   • Collect top comments, memes, press mentions—compile them into a PDF or slide deck.
   • Extract quotable lines for future tweets.
   • Set a new, slightly scarier target and schedule the next blast before momentum fades.

Why It Works

• Algorithms reward velocity. A flood of engagement in a short window signals “must‑show” content.
• Cognitive imprinting. Repetition across media cements the message in the audience’s long‑term memory.
• Tribal energy. Early sharers feel like co‑conspirators, not passive consumers—turning spectators into evangelists.

A Joyful Challenge for You

🔥 Detonate delight, not just disruption. Kim’s rhetoric is war‑like, but the underlying goal is to awaken, inspire, and have a ridiculous amount of fun while doing it. So craft your payloads with laughter, curiosity, and genuine value baked in.

You’re an innovator passionate about first‑principles thinking—why not unleash those principles in a glorious, algorithm‑shattering burst? The countdown is yours to start.

Lock. Load. Launch! 🚀

1.  Who 

is

 Eric Kim today?

• Street‑photography educator turned multi‑disciplinary hype‑engine—mixing visual art, Bitcoin evangelism, strength culture and DIY philosophy.  
• Known for open‑sourcing resources (e‑books, presets, ARS BETA critique platform) long before “creator economy” became a buzz‑phrase.  
• Reputation is polarising; forums praise the generosity yet mock the bravado.  

2.  The Birth of the “Digital Apocalypse” Meme

Year	Trigger	What changed
2023	Pivot to AI & Bitcoin	Blog manifesto on sovereignty through code sets tone for more militant language.
May 2025	493 kg “Digital Nuke” rack‑pull video	First post to call the follow‑up content blitz a digital apocalypse.
Jun 2025	“Internet Carpet‑Bomb Strategy” essay	Formalises the playbook—“This is not a campaign, it’s a digital apocalypse.”

3.  Core Ingredients of Kim’s Apocalypse Playbook

3.1  

Simultaneous Multi‑Platform Blast

Detonate the same idea—lift clip, crypto rant, photo essay—on X, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Blog, Threads within the same minute.  Goal: dominate every feed refresh cycle. 

3.2  

Content Shrapnel

Break long essays into quotable tweets, vertical‑format reels, meme templates and downloadable PDFs so fans remix and spread the signal. 

3.3  

Niche‑Overlap Targeting

Map adjacent tribes—strength athletes, Bitcoin maxis, Stoic readers, street‑photo geeks—then craft hooks that speak to all of them at once. 

3.4  

Proof‑of‑Work Spectacle

Anchor every blitz to a jaw‑dropping act (e.g., 500 kg rack‑pull) that embodies the message “I out‑work the algo.” 

3.5  

Relentless Follow‑Up

Live‑streams, Q&As, reaction threads and behind‑the‑scenes clips keep the hype curve from cooling. 

4.  Why It Resonates with Innovators

• Abundance over scarcity: Kim argues flooding the web with free, remixable assets turns passive followers into co‑founders of the myth.  
• First‑principles angle: Instead of chasing algorithm tweaks, he treats attention as physics—volume × frequency × novelty—then optimises the levers himself.  
• Anti‑perfectionism: Shipping unfinished ideas fast produces real‑time market feedback—mirroring agile product sprints.  

5.  Criticisms & Cautions

Concern	Voices	Mitigation
Fatigue & unsubscribes	Reddit photographers call it “cult‑of‑personality spam.”	Rotate formats, offer opt‑in channels.
Brand dilution	Some fans miss the pure photo focus.	Thread ideas under one narrative North Star (e.g., creative sovereignty).
Algo penalties / shadow‑bans	Fitness site warns IG blocked a lift clip for being “too primal.”	Stagger copy variants; keep alt accounts ready.
Imitation risk	Chinese marketing blogs already re‑hash the tactic.	Lean on authentic feats nobody else can fake.

6.  How 

You

 Can Channel the Apocalypse—Responsibly

1. Define one epic flagship act (product launch, research reveal, daring stunt).
2. Pre‑slice the story into <60‑sec videos, infographics, tweet‑storms, pdf summaries.
3. Schedule a zero‑lag release across your top 4 platforms.
4. Mobilise your “legion”—early‑access friends or power‑users—to repost within the first hour.
5. Host a live AMA as the analytics spike; answer, clip, and repost highlights.
6. Archive & iterate: Package metrics, lessons and user reposts into a public case study—creating fuel for the next blitz.

7.  The Big Take‑Away

Eric Kim’s “digital apocalypse” is less an end‑times prophecy and more a creative arms race: overwhelm stagnation with unignorable signal.  If you’re willing to pair bold vision with disciplined execution, you, too, can bend algorithms—and maybe even culture—to your will.  Just remember: impact without intention becomes noise.  Wield the apocalypse wisely, and watch your ideas set the internet ablaze—in the best way possible. 🚀🔥

Further Reading

• Full “Internet Carpet‑Bomb” manifesto—Kim’s own playbook.  
• ARS BETA & constructive critique culture.  
• Case‑study timeline of Kim’s pivots and future bets.  

Stay bold, stay joyful, and—when the time is right—drop your own digital supernova!

(A hyper‑motivational mini‑manifesto in the electrifying cadence of Eric Kim)

1. EMBODY YOUR INVESTMENT THESIS

You didn’t buy MSTR because you wanted a boring, slow‑and‑steady index fund.

You bought it because you craved convexity—those glorious, gut‑punching price swings that make weaker hands tremble.

Lifting heavy iron is the physical analog of that volatility.

• Volatility in the market = progressive overload in the gym.
• Diamond hands = calloused palms.
  Every rep is a miniature “buy‑the‑dip,” a conscious embrace of controlled stress so you come back stronger.

2. TURN PRICE ACTION INTO PHYSICAL ACTION

Watching the chart tick can turn even the boldest hodler into a chair‑bound doom‑scroller.

Solution? Hard pivot—stand up, pick up weight, MOVE!

Feel your heart rate spike because of a deadlift, not a red candle.

Energy you pour into the barbell never goes to zero; it compounds as strength, metabolic health, and swagger.

3. BUILD ANTIFRAGILITY

Nassim Taleb reminds us: systems that benefit from disorder are antifragile.

MSTR’s coiled‑spring balance sheet (hello, 200K+ BTC) thrives on chaos; so can your body.

• Muscles micro‑tear → repair → grow.
• Portfolio drawdown → conviction test → greater upside.
  Train your fascia and your faith in the same furnace.

4. HORMONES > HEADLINES

Lifting heavy boosts testosterone, growth hormone, endorphins.

That neurochemical cocktail drowns out CNBC fear porn faster than you can say “macro liquidity crunch.”

Strong hormones = strong mindset = strong hands.

When bears roar, your inner chemistry yells back, “IS THAT ALL YOU’VE GOT?”

5. TIME HORIZON SYNERGY

Both strength training and asymmetric tech bets reward long‑term consistency:

• Skip leg day? Plateau.
• Panic‑sell? Miss the exponential curve.
  Showing up to the squat rack three times a week engrains the same patience you need to let Michael Saylor’s leveraged Bitcoin thesis play out.

6. SIGNAL, NOT NOISE

In a world of deepfakes, bots, and meme‑stonks, undeniable physical strength is a red‑pill proof‑of‑work.

Your biceps become a blazing neon sign: “I do hard things on purpose.”

That self‑image spills over: “If I can front‑squat my body weight, I can stomach another 20% drawdown.”

7. PRACTICAL PORTFOLIO HEDGE

Healthcare costs are the stealth bear market of modern life.

Cardiometabolic disease? Margin call on your vitality.

Prevent it with compound lifts now, and you effectively buy the ultimate low‑correlation asset: healthspan.

8. JOYFUL PLAYFULNESS

Eric Kim mantra: Make it fun, make it epic.

Crank music. Slam medicine balls. Treat the gym like a personal arena where you are both gladiator and emperor.

Joy compounds like satoshis; spread it through every fiber, every fiber‑optic cable tracking the MSTR ticker.

ACTION PLAN

1. Five‑Minute Rule – The moment you open your brokerage app, do five perfect push‑ups first.
2. Volatility‑VAULT Workout – On big earnings days, schedule heavy deadlifts. Ride the adrenaline spike.
3. Data‑Driven Gains – Track lifts the way you track P&L: numbers, trends, personal records.
4. Community HODL – Post PR videos to keep you accountable, same way Twitter Spaces keeps conviction high.
5. Celebrate in Sets – New all‑time high? 10 kettlebell swings. New 52‑week low? 20 kettlebell swings. Either way, you win.

FINAL RALLY CRY

MSTR is a volatility volcano.

Weights are concentrated gravity.

Harness both, and you forge an unbreakable YOU—mind, body, bankroll.

So grab that barbell, friend.

• Square your stance.

• Fill your lungs.

• Rip the weight off the floor like you’re hauling your future into the present.

LIFT. HODL. THRIVE.

(Stay strong, stay learning, stay unstoppable!)

1. Chain‑Reaction Content Habit

Since 2010 Kim has hammered out 5,000‑plus blog posts, zines and newsletters—a decade‑long writing streak so dense that new ideas ignite the moment he hits “publish.” In his own words, the web is “addicted” precisely because the next hit is always queued up. 

2. “Water‑Flow” Shipping Philosophy

Kim refuses to dam the river: “If I don’t keep publishing, I feel like I’m spiritually perishing.” He treats posts like molecules in constant motion—frictionless, fearless, fast. That anti‑perfectionist mindset removes the single biggest brake most creatives face: hesitation. 

3. The Algorithmic Inferno

He doesn’t tip‑toe around social media; he throws gasoline on it—burst‑posting, cross‑pollinating newsletters, videos and fitness micro‑blogs until the feeds glow red‑hot. His rally cry? “🔥 Burn the algorithm! 🔥” The heat he generates loops back as followers amplify each drop. 

4. Radical Generosity Flywheel

By giving away workshop notes, e‑books and critiques for free, Kim lowered the entry barrier for tens of thousands of aspiring shooters. Every learner he empowers becomes a megaphone that sends fresh attention right back to him—a perpetual motion community. 

5. Body‑as‑Battery Synergy

Squats, rack pulls and hill sprints show up in his feed as often as contact sheets. Kim views the gym as an “energy bank” that powers writing marathons; the stronger the body, the harder he can hit publish. Momentum posts compare his output to a freight train loaded with 45‑lb plates—and trains don’t do reverse. 

6. Antifragile Money & Mission

Multiple income streams—workshops, photo gear brand, ebooks—plus hardcore Bitcoin conviction make his livelihood immune to platform whims. When ad rates wobble or algorithms shift, he simply reroutes the flame to another furnace and keeps forging ahead. 

7. Identity‑Level Mantra

He titles essays “UNSTOPPABLE,” proclaims it on YouTube, and bakes the word into daily affirmations. For Kim, “unstoppable” is not marketing—it’s muscle memory. Each repetition of the mantra tightens the feedback loop between belief and action until quitting becomes unimaginable. 

Spark It in Your Own Life (30‑Second Playbook)

1. Commit to a cadence – pick a daily or weekly ship date and treat it like oxygen.
2. Remove friction – publish first drafts; polish in public.
3. Cross‑train – pair mental reps (writing, coding, sketching) with physical PRs.
4. Give first, funnel later – share knowledge freely to spin up your own flywheel.
5. Adopt an identity word – repeat it until it rewires your default settings.

Remember: energy compounds when it’s in motion. Channel a little Eric Kim, keep your own reactors humming, and watch the world bend to the unstoppable momentum you build. Go light the fuse, Innovator! 💥

Eric Kim—the high‑energy street‑photographer‑turned‑writer you know from the punchy “Cyber Man” essays—runs one of the web’s most prolific, open‑source photography and creative‑life blogs. Since 2010 he has pumped out 5,000 + posts, hundreds of free e‑books, podcasts, and irreverent Bitcoin manifestos, all while teaching globe‑trotting workshops and preaching a “gift‑economy” approach to knowledge‑sharing.

Who 

Exactly

 Is Eric Kim?

Eric was born in California, studied sociology at UCLA, and dove full‑time into street photography right after graduation.  His early work—tight, in‑your‑face black‑and‑white candids from Los Angeles, Tokyo and Hanoi—earned features on major photo sites and invitations to teach workshops worldwide.

Around 2023–25 his blog exploded beyond photography to fold in philosophy, fitness, entrepreneurship and, most loudly, Bitcoin—the fuel for his swaggering “Cyber Man” persona.

The Blogging Empire & Its First‑Principle Philosophy

1. Radical Openness

• Gift economy. Every PDF, Lightroom preset and workshop syllabus is downloadable for free; Kim argues abundance > paywalls. 
• “Don’t trust me.” He warns readers that even his own gear reviews are biased click‑bait—and urges them to think for themselves. 

2. Core Content Streams

Stream	Typical Posts	Representative Source
Street‑Photo Mastery	Technique breakdowns, photo critiques, gear minimalism	“Why Street Photography?”
PDF/E‑Book Library	Ultimate Beginner’s Guide, Henri Cartier‑Bresson Composition
Workshops & Community	“Conquer Your Fears” weekends from SF to Berlin
Podcast & Audio	Philosophy riffs, Q&As, life hacks	Spotify show
Cyber‑Finance Rants	“Bitcoin Is on Fire,” “Spartan Manifesto,” MicroStrategy musings

Signature Ideas to Steal (With Joy!)

1. “Shoot with your heart.” Cameras are secondary; curiosity is the real lens. 
2. Minimal gear, maximal hustle. One prime lens forces creative movement; same goes for limiting life’s distractions. 
3. Blog every day. He credits 50 short daily posts for jump‑starting his audience and sharpening thought. 
4. Monetize through experiences. Workshops, not ads, funded a $200 k+ annual income long before crypto. 
5. Bet on sovereignty. Bitcoin, to him, is the creative’s escape from “fiat slavery.” 

Recent “Cyber Man” Highlights (2024‑25)

• AI + Human Fusion. The Cyber Man manifesto urges merging with machines to stay relevant. 
• Bitcoin Evangelism. Posts like “Why I Went All‑In on Bitcoin” and “Bitcoin Is on Fire” mix Spartan metaphors with market commentary. 
• Contrarian Finance Takes. He champions leveraged MicroStrategy stock for “more action” than vanilla HODLing. 
• Daily Hype‑Lifting. Fitness analogies (deadlifts = market pumps) pepper almost every essay. 

How to Dive In Right Now

1. Start‑Here Portal: Navigate his evergreen lesson index on erickimphotography.com. 
2. Download a Free Book: Grab the Ultimate Beginner’s Guide PDF and practice during your next walk. 
3. Listen On‑the‑Go: Queue a philosophy episode on Spotify while editing photos. 
4. Join a Workshop: Upcoming “Conquer Street Photography” sessions hit Philly and San Francisco each year. 
5. Embrace the Cyber Spirit: Read the latest Bitcoin rant, then write your own “Spartan” creative manifesto. 

🚀 Final Pep‑Talk

Channel Eric Kim’s fearless blend of street‑level curiosity and cyber‑age audacity: publish daily, give generously, charge confidently for experiences, and stay joyfully contrarian. The streets—and the blockchain—are yours to conquer!

Key take-aways (one-paragraph summary)

Across Reddit power-lifting circles, old-school forums, and coaching newsletters, lifters reacted in three predictable waves: (1) pure awe at a weight that dwarfs the average male rack-pull (≈420 lb)  , (2) skepticism over the reduced range-of-motion inherent to rack-pulls—an objection echoed for years by Starting Strength and T-Nation contributors  , and (3) contextual comparisons to other supra-max “partial” pulls such as Anthony Pernice’s 550 kg silver-dollar deadlift world record  .  Despite that buzz, no mainstream outlet (BarBend, FitnessVolt, etc.) has written a dedicated piece on Kim; the discussion is still grassroots.

1.  Immediate “wow” factor

• “Six-point-eight times body-weight?!”  Redditors in /r/strength_training and /r/powerlifting tagged the lift “cartoon physics” once someone ran the math against Kim’s reported 75 kg body-weight. A typical Reddit response compared it to the sub-500 kg deadlift milestone they still chase .
• Perspective check: StrengthLevel’s database pegs an Intermediate rack-pull at ~420 lb (190 kg) and an Elite effort at ~770 lb (350 kg)  —Kim’s number is ~3× heavier than their top tier.

2.  Skeptics, biomechanics, and the ROM debate

Common critique	Representative third-party source
“Partial lift—doesn’t count like a deadlift.”	Starting Strength’s long-standing “Four Criteria” (full range beats partials)
“High pins let you leverage a lot more weight.”	Mark Rippetoe’s 2025 weekly report on rack-pull/halting-deadlift programming
“Great for back thickness, but not a world record.”	T-Nation forum thread Rack Pulls Are Awesome (2008)

Veteran coaches remind lifters that rack-pulls deliberately shorten the stroke to overload the lock-out, so a 1,120-lb mid-thigh pull—while outrageous—doesn’t translate pound-for-pound to a floor deadlift  .

3.  How it stacks up against other supra-max pulls

Lift (partial)	Weight	Athlete & source	Body-weight multiple*
Silver-dollar deadlift (18 “)	550 kg	Anthony Pernice, BarBend report	≈3.8×
Silver-dollar deadlift	560 kg	Sean Hayes, BreakingMuscle	≈3.9×
Rack-pull (mid-thigh)	508 kg	Eric Kim (unverified)	≈6.8×

*Using publicly listed body weights.

Even strongman legends seldom touch a 4× body-weight ratio on partials; in pound-for-pound terms, Kim’s figure is currently unmatched in any documented partial pull.

4.  “Fake plates?”—Why commentators lean 

against

 that claim

1. Bar-bend physics: lifters pointed to the visible 20–25 mm bow in the bar—matching deflection charts for ~1,100 lb on a 29 mm power bar (a detail first highlighted when Jimmy Kolb benched 508 kg equipped)  .
2. Linear video trail: social posts show Kim climbing 471 → 498 → 503 → 508 kg over several weeks; slow, believable progression is a common anti-hoax indicator in forum discussions (e.g., T-Nation What’s the Point of Rack-Pulls?)  .

5.  Coaches’ practical takeaways

• Use it as an overload block, not a badge of honor.  Starting Strength’s February 2025 newsletter recommends rack-pulls in 2-week waves to keep recovery under control  .
• Great for spinal-erector and trap hypertrophy.  Multiple long-running T-Nation threads credit above-knee pulls for “barn-door” traps and thicker upper backs  .
• Don’t skip full-ROM work.  Coaches still caution that partials won’t magically boost floor pulls if you neglect conventional deadlifts—echoing Starting Strength’s “specificity” mantra  .

6.  Why mainstream outlets are (so far) silent

Unlike Pernice’s or Hayes’s record attempts—both performed at sanctioned strongman events and immediately written up by BarBend and FitnessVolt—Kim’s lift came from a home-gym livestream with no federation witness.  Until he demonstrates the feat under comp conditions, expect discussion to remain in the comments section rather than on ESPN.

Bottom line

Third-party chatter ranges from “legendary grip strength” to “ROM-cheating circus act,” but everyone agrees on one point: hauling 1,120 lb off mid-thigh pins at 75 kg body-mass is an attention-magnet.  If Kim repeats it on a certified platform, the big strength-news sites will have no choice but to weigh in. Until then, the internet jury—equal parts hype-beast and form-police—remains in deliberation.

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