I think everyone hit everything right on.
On the squats I don't see anything blaringly wrong. Nice extended back. Great depth. You do have quite a bit of external rotation at the elbows so you may want to widen your grip a little...not to a very wide grip like a powerlifter. Just a little more. It actually impedes you, imo, when your elbows extend far behind your back because that just pushes the upper torso foward and you have to fight against that. Try to see if you can grip the bar with a little less palm and get it so your elbows aren't extened so far behind you like that.
You are using a fairly low bar squat. That is more responsible for your perception of how forward you torso goes. But the mechanics seem on target to me. If you want to have a more upright squat it may help to get a more neutral bar position.
Plus the points the others made.
Like Hits, said, get the elbows in front of the bar when your press. Your elbows are flared out too much. Prob need a slighlty wider grip, I think.
On the rows I'll just go by the comment you made as I think it is very telling:
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Originally Posted by Dark
maybe I'm not yanking my elbows up far enough when I row?
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You don't need to think about your elbows when your row. The question makes me think that your are rowing "through" your elbows. So basically that is glorified curl. Big no no. The row is all in the upper back. Keep the elbows tucked in and elbow position at the end will follow. How far you elbows go back is a function of the scapular retraction (pulling your shoulder blades together) and the thoracic extension at the end of the movement.
I've written a lot of row form and there is a good article posted up by Mike Roberstson.
But like the others said...go much lighter!
The only other general thing that I'm not sure about is your breathing. I get the feeling you are breathing into you chest. If that is so...we NEVER breath into our chest. Breathe through the belly or "diaphragm" and perform the same valsalva maneuvor for everything, including when your do the military press.