{"id":616,"date":"2015-12-18T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=616"},"modified":"2016-01-20T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:41:45","slug":"heres-how-one-runner-beat-his-personal-records-one-belly-breath-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/heres-how-one-runner-beat-his-personal-records-one-belly-breath-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how one runner beat his personal records \u2013 one belly breath at a time."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I never grow tired of hearing real-life stories about the immediate difference SAT techniques produce. I asked student athlete Dan Santino, from St. Ignatius High School in Chicago, to share his experience with SAT in his own words.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-619\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0089.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0089\" width=\"425\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0089.jpg 425w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_0089-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fall, I was really excited to run my senior season of cross county. I even set a goal of earning my first All-State honor.<\/p>\n<p>The season started off pretty well, but my performance at times seemed to plateau. Maybe it was a combination of muscle soreness in my back and just needing to get to the next level, but I didn&#8217;t quite know how to improve.<\/p>\n<p>After investigating the SAT process, I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Tom. Looking back,\u00a0I was skeptical for sure, but was willing to try anything for the sake of improvement.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0distinctly\u00a0remember\u00a0the muscle-testing results before activation, and then seeing them after. Immediately after activation, I\u00a0felt\u00a0loose. There was no tightness, and I felt peaceful after &#8220;belly\u00a0breathing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The next day we had an\u00a0invitational\u00a0race, and I felt the best\u00a0and was the most focused during that race. <strong>I ended up finishing 5th, right behind some of the nation&#8217;s best runners,\u00a07 seconds off my personal best<\/strong>. I became a believer as the results were seen immediately for me!<\/p>\n<p>As the season progressed with activation and SAT, I gutted out some races and achieved personal records to include Chicago\u00a0Catholic\u00a0League\u00a0Champion, IHSA Regional\u00a0Champion, and finally I earned my first All-State\u00a0honor\u00a0in\u00a0cross country, placing 24th at the state meet.<\/p>\n<p>Activation techniques will be a constant part of my routine from now on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>How is activation a part of your routine? Let us know in the comments below, or learn more about making SAT part of your workouts joining my email list <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/sat-guide\"><em>right here<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Want to learn how SAT breathing works? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/events\/\">Sign up for an upcoming event<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to learn from the experts in person.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never grow tired of hearing real-life stories about the immediate difference SAT techniques produce. I asked student athlete Dan Santino, from St. Ignatius High School in Chicago, to share his experience with SAT in his own words. &nbsp; \u201cThis fall, I was really excited to run my senior season of cross county. I even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activateanddominate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}