Guys who train Jiu Jitsu

For guys who train Jiu Jitsu when you first started, when did the penny drop and things started clicking? What's your training routine like? Do you do stretches/warm ups before class? Do you train at the gym pre or post BJJ? Do you find private lessons better than group classes? Any tutorials that helped you progress at BJJ?

Have bought instructionals from bjj fanatics which are all good but the best for newbs imo is submeta.io by Lachlan Giles who is Craig Jones' old coach.

Also get a girlfriend who does BJJ and you'll be able to practice and tweak moves at home to really dig into the technique

Thanks for the suggestion.

I want to improve and get better quicker. Might start doing private lessons tbh but quite expensive. Hard to find BJJ practice buddies can practice for free.

There's been a lot of BJJ scandals recently shocked by Andre Galvao allegations. Gordon Ryan and his wife have done some weird things as well.