At 390+ pounds, the first question is height.
The next question is whether you can get into the bottom position of the squat, as shown in this video:
The Squat - Without the Bar
If the bottom position of the squat is not currently possible for you, you may want to consider coaching and taking the approach discussed by Coach Andy Baker in this article:
Training the Emergency Weight Loss Trainee | Andy Baker
If you are able to do the exercises, you would probably work through the plates you have (10kg and smaller) in a couple of weeks at most, as even the first workout for a young, plus-size male would not be just the empty bar (Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training (3d ed.), p. 27).I have the book, and have been reading and re-reading the different sections to make sure I can start this off safely and with the necessary attention.
My plan at this point is to start off with only the bar once I have my rack, and work my way up from there (the bar is pretty heavy to me already) with
the plates I have and then add on in a month or two.
Presumably, power cleans are a bit in the future. For now, working on your overhead press and your deadlift will be a good start.My question is regarding the power clean in phase 2 . . . . To get my fingers under the bar, my elbows come down and then the bar ends up sitting on my wrists instead of my delts which I know from the book is incorrect (and painful to boot). Pushing my hands further out (so not stacking my wrists above my elbows) is also fairly
painful in my shoulder / triceps.
I know it will take a while before I get to a point where I do power cleans, but is there something I can work on in the meantime to enable me to starting doing them once I need to . . . .