# Moderate Low Back Pain During Bridge 3.0

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/moderate-low-back-pain-during-bridge-3-0/8522>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [April 3, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/moderate-low-back-pain-during-bridge-3-0/8522 "2020-04-03T20:21:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yelm\_Inglings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d9b06d/32.png) [@Yelm\_Inglings](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Yelm_Inglings)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/moderate-low-back-pain-during-bridge-3-0/8522/1 "2020-04-03T20:21:29Z")

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I just completed The Bridge 1.0 after what might have been an early exit from novice linear progression. Sometime during week 8 I tweaked my lower back slightly during a squat rep at an overconfident RPE with poor bracing. It’s nothing serious and I’ve had similar pain before in the same place but I’m fairly sure that it’ll persist if I don’t reassess my form at a lower weight.  
I purchased The Bridge 3.0 before the tweak because I enjoyed the initial program and still believe I can benefit from multiple runs of it, but I’m wondering if it will be conducive to pain recovery and worth running at significantly lighter loads or if I should try another program and come back to The Bridge when I feel my pain has been resolved.

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/moderate-low-back-pain-during-bridge-3-0/8522/2 "2020-04-04T14:51:23Z")

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Yelm,

Thanks for the post and I hope you’re otherwise doing well. I understand that being in pain is no fun, however I would probably disagree as to the origins of your back pain. In other words, I don’t think it has anything to do with your bracing or your technique. I do think you may have increased your total load (training + environmental stimulus) a bit too quickly compared to your training level, so I would recommend trying to stick a bit closer to the RPE and adjust the weights as needed for the day \*\*instead\*\*_of_ necessarily adding load if it’s going to bump the RPE.

I would also follow the advice written here: [https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog…ining-what-do/](https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/pain-in-training-what-do/)

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**Author:** ![Yelm\_Inglings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d9b06d/32.png) [@Yelm\_Inglings](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Yelm_Inglings)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/moderate-low-back-pain-during-bridge-3-0/8522/3 "2020-04-04T19:08:11Z")

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Excellent, I’ll take a look at this. Thanks for the response.