Just heat up the lid a little bit.(if the lid is metal)
You can use hot water, although I have found rolling the lid on my electric stove for 10-20 seconds works better because then it’s not wet after.
I wonder if they actually use the same trick to actually put the lid on as-well to create as-tight of a seal as possible
Slide the tip of a dull knife under the side of the lid, then apply a little leverage so air can get in. Even easier, and wastes no power
Fun Fact: If you use a hammer, the pickles will just fall right out
Don’t forget the fun times on the loo sometimes later. Fermented stuff really is good for your guts after all!
It’s because you’re not using the same muscle groups. Simply set the pickle jar on the ground, put your power foot on the jar, grip the lid, and heave with your entire lower back and glutes in the open direction
Makes sense, 200 lbs is pretty weak for a deadlift.
It depends tbh, I am a (late?) teen, and when I started, I couldn’t even bench a bar without hurting myself, I can now bench 140, I am proud of it but it will probably be very unimpressive for someone who started at 90
I’m going to disregard the original comment because a lot of factors are going into the impressiveness and everyone’s body is different, but you can’t really compare your flat bench progression with your deadweight lifts accurately to gauge progress. Either way, progress is progress and congrats on your gains friend!
I actually only do RDL’s because regular deadlifts kinda messes the rest of my lift, especially since its works all of the posterior chain and quads, so I kinda have trouble trying to fit them in my PPL split
Bro I’m in the same boat as you, I just started lifting about a month and a half ago and I could barely move our Olympic bar, now I’m moving weight I literally thought I’d never touch. It’s still laughably low for anyone who’s been moderately athletic/ strong their whole lives but it starts somewhere right?
It’s a journey, we all start somewhere, the best are the ones who keep moving forward
Turn it upside down, slap the bottom a few times, and it’ll open right up.
Using a fork and pushing it between the threads of the lid with a twist also works
