My best friend Dana is super into yoga.

She is not someone who is into fitness at all.

She is definitely an academic. Because it is essential to participate in some form of physical activity, she has taken an interest in yoga. Every now plus then she convinces me to attend her yoga class. I give in because it offers me something different from my normal workout. Her yoga class includes a lot of strenuous types of stretching that I would never do on my own. Some of the leg, arm and whole body poses can be quite taxing. It is just not my usual way of working out. I typically go for insanely long runs, bike rides, jump rope or a kickboxing workout. To me, a good workout is when I sweat profusely and get my heart rate elevated to the point of breathlessness. I feel proud of myself when I start dry heaving. Dana prefers a workout that clears her mind and improves flexibility. I will admit that yoga is beneficial for my other workouts. Stretching and plus after a run is really great for preventing the muscles from tightening up. I should do splits and straddle stretches before I kickbox as well. Stretching out my back, neck and hips before riding a bike helps to avoid soreness and injury. For me, I work out to be fit, not to relax. When I join Dana’s yoga class, I sometimes zone out. There have been times when I felt Dana poking me and I realized I’d fallen asleep in the yoga pose. That is a little embarrassing. In my opinion, a strenuous workout would never allow me to fall asleep during it.
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