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Originally Posted by Weiz
8. Keep the hamstrings, psoas, and other hip muscles flexible through regular, slow, static stretching.
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This part may be expecially important to many of us. As a matter of fact, if you are having lower back problems a tight psoas may be a big part of the problem. Likewise if you are tending to hyperextend (arch) your back during overhead presses and such.
A good lower body stretchnig routine which includes lower back stretches, hamstring stretches, quadriceps stretches and psoa stretches (I bet none of you stretch you psoas but you should!), especially after squatting and related exercise or any dominant hip flexor exercises can be very helpful.
See also
Stretching and Flexibility