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First three months - machines to build confidence or straight onto the barbells?

I went straight to barbells with two paid sessions with a coach, which is the thing I would recommend over either option in this thread. Not a twelve week package, two sessions: one to learn squat, hinge and press, one three weeks later to fix what had drifted.

It cost less than two months of my membership and it removed the entire question of whether I was doing it wrong, which was the thing actually stopping me from going into that part of the gym.

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My grip gives out before my back on deadlifts at 80kg

Bar diameter is a real factor and nobody mentions it. A 28mm bar versus a 32mm one is a huge difference for smaller hands. If your gym has more than one barbell, check the specs and use the thinner one for pulls. Mine had a 25mm women's bar tucked in the corner and it changed everything.

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