Soreness for up to 5 days

I'm just an average dad at 43 trying to get into better shape....

I don't normally do more than 3 hard sets per body part per workout....but man oh man...I can sometimes (not all the time) be sore 5 days later...

Is this normal?

If we take machine chest press for example....if I do it on Monday....three warmup sets....and then 3 very controlled sets to failure or close to failure (1-2 RIR)....focusing on the negative portion making it slowwwww and smoooooth.

I can sometimes still feel a little tenderness on Friday.... That's 5 days guys.