If you're struggling to get through your workout, the use of hip-hop music may help give you that extra boost to get through it. NY1's Kafi Drexel filed the following report.

If you thought yoga was nothing more than chimes and chants, you might want to think again.

NY1 recently stopped in at Pure Yoga where the practice picks up a few extra beats with "Hip-Hop Yoga." With a background as a music journalist, DJ, producer and instructor Derek Beres combines a global mix of hip-hop as students ease, twist, and bend into position after position.

"Some teachers you'll take and there's no music and it is really an amazing class. It is really the personality and what the teacher is putting in. For me, being a DJ over a decade, I like to see people move, and you can move them many other ways than by just your command of postures," Beres said.

You might think of hip-hop and yoga as total opposites, but Beres says there's always a way of blending those two things together.

"Everything I do has a sense of music flowing underneath it," Beres said. "I've been in classes where Rage Against the Machine were played or a friend of mine played Tuvan mountain music in his classes and you hear all sorts of stuff. It is really about the context and how you use it."

"At Pure Yoga we are all about many practices one intention. It was a natural fit to bring something really innovative and exciting that stays true to a natural yoga practice that evolves with our culture," said Michelle Demus of Pure Yoga.

Students say moving to the hip-hop flow actually helps them stay more dedicated to what they're doing.

"When there is no music in class my mind tends to wander a lot. Whereas if there is music, especially that I can connect with I tend to be a lot more focused," said Hip-Hop Yoga participant Alanna Kaivalya.

"If I want to have a great time in my practice then I will definitely choose a class with music," said Hip-Hop Yoga participant Lisa Langer. "If I want to learn about more specific alignment I will go to an alignment class that doesn't have music. So I do participate in both and enjoy both, but if I really want to have fun and leave exhilarated, then I will take a class with music that is flowing."

For many, a good playlist may be just as valuable a tool as anything to help get through that next workout.