Self crack

Yesterday I was again working at the new office.  As I was waiting for something to finish loading I looked around at the vast, pristine space around me with only a handful of other human beings present.  I thought about what a contrast that moment was to how this huge building will be when it opens later this month, filled with non-stop activity.  I appreciate moments of contrast.

Last night after work I was in the bar park.  After doing my set of pull ups I wanted to do a set of abs work.  Normally that means hanging off the bar and knocking out 25 hanging knee raises.  I thought I would try something a little different and do some static hanging L holds. I used to do these pretty regularly but since my back got wonky I have not done much straight legged work.

So I grabbed the bar and struggled to get into position.  After holding the L for a few seconds I heard a very fast series of pops in my lower back, it sounded like muted fireworks.  There wasn’t a lot of pain with the cracks but the noise was very disconcerting so I released the hold.  Today the area the pops came from feels a little sore but not awful.  I wondered if I inadvertently gave myself a chiropractic adjustment.  If my back feels better the next few days perhaps I need to rotate the static L into my normal set of movements.