During box squats, I feel like my spine is being compressed somewhat. After I am done with the box squats, I can usually hang on a pullup bar and twist and crack my back like a thousand times.
I work in the 3 - 5 rep range (heavy), and I use a somewhat high bar placement.
I experience no pain, just a feeling like my spine is “compressed”. The feeling ceases after 5-10 minutes and doesn’t interfere with my regular life.
Is this bad?
Possibly. Are you staying really tight on the box?
going by what I understand from your post, I wouldnt worry about it.
Have you any relation to people with arthritis of the spine? If not, I wouldn’t care. But advice for caution like that only comes from chiropractors… do you trust chiropractors?
a chiro just fukd me up BAD. the guy damn near paralized me-i had been going to him for 3 years. ive had to go thru tons of therapy to get healthy( i chose not to have surgery).
But i have felt the same as you, get a inversion table- about $200 for a decent one and use it on recovery days. has been working for me since my injury.