Hey guys,

First of all, congratulations for being an inspiration to everyone who loves strength training. I have learnt a lot from your videos which are truly inspirational.

Even though I have been training for a few years, about 6 months ago, I decided to start squatting the olympic way. Following that decision, I recently changed my deadlift form as well, emphasizing a lower back arch. As a results, I have recently been doing clean pulls quite often.

It took my a way to reach an 'acceptable' technique on both lifts, but I am still struggling to keep my back fully arched and I was wondering if you had any tips. I have always had really tight pecs so I recently started doing band pull aparts. I quickly noticed an improvement on my ability to contract my upper back during my lifts, therefore it is something I will certainly do more often.

I am also really tight on my upper thighs, glutes and calves, and this is where I am a bit lost. I have been doing the squat stretch and other stretches, but I am not sure it is helping a lot. I think it was Donny who mentioned in a topic around here that stretching is just a trick and I totally agree. What movements/exercises do you think I should do?

Here are two videos I recorded recently. You can see me squating half way in my second video.