Since then, barring occasional breaks for travel, I've done hot yoga two to four times a week. In the interim, I've lost 30 pounds, from an all-time ...Skiptomaincontentclockmenumore-arrownoyesBidenAdministrationCoronavirusOpenSourcedRecodeTheGoodsFuturePerfectTheHighlightFirstPersonCrosswordPodcastsVideoExplainersCulturePolitics&PolicyScience&HealthWorldIdentitiesTechnologyEnergy&EnvironmentBusiness&Finance✕6reasonsI'maddictedtohotyogaByDavidRoberts@drvoltsMay8,2015,9:00amEDTSharethisstorySharethisonFacebookSharethisonTwitterShareAllsharingoptionsShareAllsharingoptionsfor:6reasonsI'maddictedtohot yogaRedditPocketFlipboardEmailSweatharder(PhotobyMattCardy/GettyImages)Aboutayearandahalfago,Ihadabitofamidlifecrisis.Afteryearsofstaringatacomputerscreenfor12hoursaday,Iwasoverweight,inflexible,andstressedout.Mylowerback,whichhasbeenaproblemformeeversincecollege,wasinlow-levelpainmoreorlessallthetime,withoccasionalweeklongboutsofsharpagony.Mymindwasbuzzyanddistracted.Andjustasafinalinsult,Idevelopedacaseofplantarfasciitis.Imean,c'mon.Ifeltoldanddecrepit.At40!SoIdecidedtodosomethingaboutit.Itookayearoffwork(asabbaticalyoucanreadaboutinastoryIdidforOutsidemagazine)devoted,inpart,togettinghealthier.Thatinvolvedeatingbetter,gettingoutsidemore,spendingmoretimewithmykids,andstaringatscreensless,allofwhichwereprettyeasyandimmediatelyrewarding.Butgettinghealthieralsorequiresregularexercise,whichisaproblem,becauseIreallydon'tlikeexercising.Running?Hateitwiththefireofathousandsuns.Goingtothegym?Anexistentialdespairgenerator.CrossFit?Lordsavemefromfist-bumpingfitnessenthusiasts.Sowhattodo?Idecided,prettymuchatrandom,totryhotyoga.Whyaren'tthesestockphotomodelssweating?(Shutterstock)Sincethen,barringoccasionalbreaksfortravel,I'vedonehotyogatwotofourtimesaweek.Intheinterim,I'velost30pounds,fromanall-timehighof210toanot-since-high-schoollowof180.Mylifelongbackpainhasallbutdisappeared,ashastheplantarfasciitis.WhileIdon'texactlyhavesix-packabs(mysonHuck,squintingatmybelly:"Eh,maybeatwo-pa