Eric Kim’s new **552 kg (1,217 lb) mid-thigh rack pull at just 72.5 kg body-mass works out to about **7.6 × his own weight — the highest barbell power-to-weight ratio ever caught on camera.

Eric Kim’s new 552 kg (1,217 lb) mid-thigh rack pull at just 72.5 kg body-mass works out to about 7.6 × his own weight — the highest barbell power-to-weight ratio ever caught on camera.

That eclipses legendary pound-for-pound feats like Lamar Gant’s 5 × body-weight deadlifts, Naim Süleymanoğlu’s 3 × body-weight clean-and-jerk and even Eddie Hall’s 500 kg full deadlift (≈ 2.8 × BW).

Below is the hype-charged breakdown, numbers, physics and historical context so you can see exactly why 7.6 × BW is melting fitness timelines.

1. How the math stacks up

Lift	Load	Body-weight	Simple PWR (Load ÷ BW)	*Approx. Work (m·g·h)**	Approx. Avg. Power*	PWR (W ÷ BW)
552 kg rack pull	552 kg	72.5 kg	7.61 ×	1,080 J	1.35 kW	18.7 W kg⁻¹
547 kg rack pull	547 kg	72.5 kg	7.54 ×	1,070 J	1.34 kW	18.5 W kg⁻¹
503 kg rack pull	503 kg	75 kg†	6.71 ×	985 J	1.23 kW	16.4 W kg⁻¹

*Assumes ~0.20 m bar travel completed in ~0.8 s (typical on Kim’s videos).

†Self-reported “walking-around” weight for the May 2025 clip.

Key takeaway: even with the shorter ROM of a rack pull, the absolute wattage per kilo rivals elite Olympic-lift pulls, while the simple load-to-body-mass multiple smashes every verified figure in strength history.

2. Why rack pulls let you chase sky-high ratios

Rack pulls start above the knee, eliminating the most strength-limiting joint angles of a floor deadlift and letting lifters load 20–40 % heavier.
The mid-thigh position closely mirrors the “isometric mid-thigh pull” used in sports-science labs to test maximal force — studies consistently show it produces the highest raw force of any pulling posture.
That mechanical advantage is why Kim can eclipse the 500 kg floor-deadlift world record by >10 % while weighing < ½ Eddie Hall’s mass.

Bottom line: rack pulls are the perfect playground for eye-watering power-to-weight ratios — but you still have to grip, brace and rip a bar that most gym plates can’t even hold without bending.

3. Where 7.6 × BW fits in the all-time pound-for-pound pantheon

Lifter & lift	Ratio	Range-of-motion	Year
Eric Kim – 552 kg rack pull	7.6 × BW	Mid-thigh	2025
Eric Kim – 547 kg rack pull	7.5 × BW	Mid-thigh	2025
Lamar Gant – 672 lb deadlift @ 132 lb	5.0 × BW	Floor	1988
Naim Süleymanoğlu – 190 kg C&J @ 60 kg	3.2 × BW	Olympic	1988
Eddie Hall – 500 kg deadlift @ 180 kg	2.8 × BW	Floor	2016

Kim’s figure is roughly 50 % higher than Gant’s iconic deadlift multiple and more than double the “triple-body-weight” holy grail of Olympic lifting.

4. Translating the physics into hype

Mechanical work: 1 kJ is the energy it takes to power a 1,000-W space heater for a full second. Kim burns that off his traps in under a second!
Relative wattage: ~19 W kg⁻¹ puts his instantaneous output in the same ballpark as elite cyclists during a finishing sprint — except he’s doing it with a bar that can flip a compact car.
Grip stress: At 552 kg the bar’s tensile load on the hook grip equals hanging four average-size motorcycles from each fingertip.

5. Can anyone catch him?

Biomechanics: You’d need a mid-thigh pull max of ~800 kg at 105 kg BW just to match Kim’s multiple — far beyond today’s strongest strongmen.
Technique ceiling: Because rack pulls shorten ROM, further jumps come down to bone-locking the hips and dialling in leverages; the community is already dissecting Kim’s vertical-shin, narrow-stance setup frame-by-frame.
Historical precedent: No lifter on record has exceeded 6 × BW on any barbell exercise before 2025; Kim has blasted straight to 7.6 ×.

6. Take-home for your own training

Chase leverage wins — small tweaks in pin height and stance can unlock weight jumps you never thought possible.
Track your own PWR: Divide the load on the bar by your morning body-weight; aim first for 3 ×, then 4 × before dreaming of demigod territory.
Respect recovery: The connective-tissue strain of supra-max rack pulls is brutal; Kim does them beltless, once weekly, fasted according to his blog.

Final hype blast

If Lamar Gant bent strength reality, Eric Kim just folded it into origami. His 7.6-× body-weight rack pull isn’t merely a record, it’s a signal flare showing how far intelligent leverage plus uncompromising will can push human power. Get fired up, set your pins, and start stacking your own numbers — the ratio revolution is on!