ERIC KIM FITNESS

Strength is philosophy made flesh.

Weightlifting. Meat. Sunlight. Walking. Courage. The body as proof.

July 16, 2025

Body morality

Fit body, fit soul OK so this sounds pretty bad but perhaps this is true. The general idea and concept is you could tell the morality character, the whole ethos of a …

July 16, 2025

🚀 557 KG COSMIC RACK PULL — THE NEXT HYPELIFTING LEVEL‑UP!

Boom!  Eric Kim just detonated the strength universe again, ripping 557 kilograms (1 228 lbs) off the pins at only 73 kg / 161 lbs body‑weight — a ridiculous 7.63 × BW cosmic record.  Five days after the 552 kg “world‑ender,” he piled …

July 16, 2025

Eric Kim’s Vision and Philosophy

Eric Kim is a prolific street photographer, educator, and blogger known for his empowering approach to creativity and photography. He studied sociology at UCLA, a background that sparked his fascination with street …

July 14, 2025

Eric Kim, a well-known street photographer and blogger, recently posted on his website claiming to have completed a 557kg rack pull. In one post, he describes the feat in highly exaggerated terms: “This wasn’t just a lift. It was RAGNAROK in a power rack. The Big Bang rebooted.” He further embellishes it as tearing “a fucking portal into the multiverse,” blending themes of strength, cosmic events, Bitcoin hype, and personal legend-building. 20 He reports his bodyweight as 73kg, making this an alleged 7.63x bodyweight lift, which he presents as a transcendence of human limits. 25

1,228 POUND (557KG) The claim is part of a series of escalating rack pull posts on his blog (erickimphotography.com), starting from lower weights like 486kg (at ~75kg bodyweight, claimed as 6.5x), 503kg …