🔥 Feeling burned out? My 7-Day Burnout Reset Course (usually $97) is FREE for a limited time → https://ra.takeadeepbreath.co.uk/burnoutreset 💬 Looking for 1-to-1 support with burnout & exhaustion? Book your FREE Discovery Call today, we’d love to help you reset → HERE Today's guest is Leonardo Pelagotti, a Master Instructor for the Oxygen Advantage and founder of Inspire Academy, who recently worked as the official breath coach for the Chinese national breakdancing team at the 2024 Paris Olympics where they secured a bronze medal. Leo has coached multiple Olympic medalists and continues working with elite athletes while developing his unique 5-dimensional approach to breathing. In this conversation, we explore his Olympic coaching strategies, breathing assessments, altitude training techniques, and he demonstrates his signature "katana breathing" method. Subscribe to Leo's YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@leonardopelagottiINSPIRE Chapters: 0:00 Introduction & Olympic Experience 0:24 Working with China's Olympic Breakdance Team 2:08 Sleep Breathing Techniques for Athletes 4:01 The 3AM Wake-Up Fix 6:03 Full-Body Muscle Contraction Technique 6:56 Were There Other Breath Coaches at Olympics? 8:47 Celebrity Athletes Using Breathing 10:03 Pre-Performance Anxiety Protocol 13:05 What's the Minimum Effective Dose? 18:13 Advanced Breathing Assessments 21:40 Breath Gadgets: What Actually Works? 26:26 Altitude Sickness & Mount Kilimanjaro Stories 32:49 CO2 in Rooms vs CO2 Training 39:18 The 5 Dimensional Breathing Framework 44:47 Why Wim Hof Practitioners Have Good CO2 Tolerance 48:57 Nose vs Mouth Breathing Differences 52:20 Guided Katana Breathing Exercise 57:00 Exercise Setup & Safety Instructions 58:39 The Breathing Practice Begins 65:04 How Do You Feel? Closing Thoughts
