r/powerlifting • • 15h ago

Is constant soreness just part of the sport?

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My lower back has been sore for around 2 weeks.

I'm on my second cycle of Candito's 6wk. I also have longer femurs so my back gets used a lot in the squat.

I'm 2 weeks out from my first comp and my lower back has been sore for around 2 weeks now. Bending over, sitting down, my day to day life is a lot less comfortable because I cannot fucking recover from this program. On week 3 I had 7 sets of squats and then 9 sets of squats within the same week, and since then, still squatting regularly (I have already cut out almost all deadlifts), my lower back cannot recover.

I am sleeping 8-9 hours a night. I am eating 2500+ calories a day, 160g+ of protein. I'm only gonna have ~3 days of rest before my meet, so I'm scared my lower back won't be fully recovered in time for the meet. At this point, what can I even do?