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One hundred percent is an illusion. Why do you think so many people in the Bikram world have a beautiful practice for a few years and then slip away? One hundred or even ninety percent is impossible to maintain. You will become exhausted. Mentally if not physically. Terrified of practicing the yoga you love because it is draining you not replenishing youβ¦ but even if you could practice at that intensity - it would be undesirable. you canβt make adjustments at your edge. For regular practice, seventy-five to eighty-five percent is fine - you will never tire out and in the long run you will grow much stronger.
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Benjamin Lorr (Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga)