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I have been giving this a little thought. You have mentioned wrists and forearms are giving you grief. I’m a little confused why they would be doing dead lifts and now you mention squats. Grip strength is needed for dead lifts and I’m not seeing how wrists are involved. Again, the same with squats. Re. Deadlifts - the thing I always have in my head if that your arms are chains and your hands hooks when lifting. You don’t lift with your arms. If you are lifting with your arms, apart from it being wrong, you are doing something like a mini-row before you actually lift - that’s not good form. I did this in the past but when the weight gets heavy it seems to correct itself - but that may just be me and not work for you.
Has your coach checked your form?