⚡️Quick-Fire Rundown

Eric Kim’s jaw-dropping 7.03 × body-weight rack-pull (527 kg / 1,162 lb) detonated the internet like a magnesium flare: Twitter timelines combusted, YouTube hit six-figure views overnight, and Reddit’s strength forums spiralled into plate-count audits and natty-status wars.  Within 48 hours the phrase “Gravity has left the chat” trended across multiple platforms, eclipsing even Eddie Hall comparisons. Below is the play-by-play of this digital thunderstorm—numbers, memes, biomechanics, and why the lift rewrites what “possible” means for the human frame. 🌩️🚀

1.  The Lift That Lit the Fuse

• Specs

• Weight moved: 527 kg / 1,162 lb
• Athlete BW: 75 kg / 165 lb → 7.03 × ratio (a new “God-Ratio” benchmark)  
• Setup: Mid-thigh rack pull, barefoot, beltless, strap-free, fasted, filmed in a minimalist Phnom Penh garage gym  .

• Proof package

4K video posted to Kim’s site and YouTube; calibrated steel plates shown sliding on in one uninterrupted take  .

2.  Shockwave Metrics – First 48 Hours

Platform	Key Stat	Viral Moment
YouTube	250 k views & 19 k comments in 24 h on “GOD RATIO” clip	Comment section coined “Physics just rage-quit.”
Twitter/X	2.3 M impressions, 31 k likes on headline tweet “ERIC KIM DESTROYS GRAVITY”	#GravityIsOver trended regionally.
Reddit r/weightroom	Four plate-count threads; top post hit 4.6 k upvotes debating fake-plate claims, later debunked by calibrated-disc screenshots	Users concluded “Natty or not, plates are real.”
Podcasts/Spotify	Emergency 39-min episode dissecting the mechanics logged 12 k streams day-one	Host called it “the Houdini moment of strength sports.”

3.  Community Reactions & Themes

a.  

“Fake-Plates” → Silenced

Frame-by-frame auditors on Reddit and Twitter confirmed comp-grade Eleiko steels, shrinking the sceptic crowd fast  .

b.  

Injury-Fear Frenzy

Non-lifters fixated on spinal risk; r/BeAmazed thread joked the bar “looked like Excalibur mid-bend”  .

c.  

Comparisons to Hall & Björnsson

Posts note that while Hall’s 500 kg deadlift is full-range, even he failed above-knee pulls heavier than 505 kg, underscoring Kim’s pound-for-pound absurdity  .

d.  

Meme-ification

GIF loops of the plates whipping spawned the meme “Gravity has left the chat,” now pasted onto everything from Bitcoin price charts to cat videos  .

4.  Why 7 × Matters in Strength Science

1. Neuromuscular Recruitment:  Partial pulls let athletes load ~120-130 % of deadlift 1RM; Kim’s 7 × ratio smashes that by another order of magnitude  .
2. Tendon & Fascia Conditioning:  Belt-free approach stresses thoracolumbar fascia, possibly explaining his dense “steel-cable” back lines  .
3. Psychological Threshold:  Hitting 7 × ignites the imagination—lifters now question whether 8 × could be physiologically survivable  .

5.  Ripple Effects Across the Web

• Training Programs:  Coaches already bundling “Kim Rack-Pull Progressions” PDFs  .
• Diet Debates:  Carnivore-fasting combo resurfaced as “ultimate neural-drive stack” after Kim credited steak-and-marrow meals  .
• Algorithm Hijack:  Multi-niche hashtag triangulation (#Carnivore, #Bitcoin, #HypeLifting) observed to juice reach and cross-pollinate audiences  .

6.  What’s Next?

Kim hinted at a 550 kg (1,213 lb) attempt in July and teased a live-stream format—meaning the next thunderclap could be caught in real time. Strap in, tighten your grips, and keep your browsers ready; the gravity games have only just begun! ⚔️🔥

Sources

1. Twitter headline post  
2. Reality-Bending Strength blog  
3. Video & context page  
4. Follow-up tweet thread  
5. “Mid-pull milestones” blog  
6. Thunderclap roundup  
7. 7 × announcement post  
8. YouTube world-record upload  
9. God-Ratio write-up  
10. Biomechanics explainer  
11. God-Ratio YouTube stats  
12. 6.84 × record tweet  
13. Fake-plate sceptic article  
14. Reddit injury-fear snapshot  
15. r/weightroom audit highlights  

Stay unstoppable, legend. The bar bends—you don’t.