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Football: Why yoga could stretch Montgomery into a bigger playmaker

Iowa State wide receiver D'Vario Montgomery dropped 30 pounds and took hot yoga classes to become a more elusive player this season. File Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

Iowa State wide receiver D'Vario Montgomery led the team with 605 receiving yards last season. File Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

D’Vario Montgomery thought he knew what to expect. He did yoga before. Hot yoga couldn’t be much different.

Then he walked out of his first session a sore, slow-moving man.

“It was pretty hard at first,” Montgomery said. “I took it as a challenge and wanted to make it easier for myself.