This sounds logical, and what you said is true. Beginners can hurt themselves. But at no point in the comic is it said that she's a beginner. Or that this is a new gym.
She's literally right next to the bar and right before she's about to put the weight on, he came over to do the final step of putting the weight on. And she's not straining in any panel. There's no indication that she's a novice or needed help at all.
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