John Durrant - Dip PT, IIST... Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist and Hypnotherapist... John, aged 33, has always looked after himself by keeping fit and active. This has given him boundless energy to do all the things he wants to do. Various sports injuries led to an interest in Sports Therapy and rehabilitation and he became interested in hypnotherapy when he used it himself to quit smoking and to focus on performance in work, sport and music. Prior to setting up Xertion in 2003 , John spent nearly 10 successful years in IT sales and sales management.

Qualifications & Professional Memberships:
Diploma in Personal Training - Premier Training International
Diploma in Sports Massage Therapy - Premier Training International
Trained in Clinical Hypnotherapy - Institute of Clinincal Hypnosis
NLP Certified Practitioner - Mckenna Breen
Member of the Register of Exercise Professionals
Member of the National Register of Personal Trainers
Member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists
Member of the Regester of Nutritional Therapists
Member of The Society of NeuroLinguisticProgramming
Affiliate Member of the Sports Massage Association

Career History:
10 Years in Sales and Sales Management in some of the worlds leading technology and IT organisations including:
Xerox; The Gartner Group; Computer Associates; FileNet

Sports & Fitness:
Competed in Long Distance road races up to and including the marathon
Continues to compete in road racing but focusing on triathlon since 2002
Aim to compete in the Half IronMan UK in 2004 and full IronMan in 2005 - 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 mile run...
Complements training program with weights, plyometrics, boxing drills, and stretching...

Education:
Degree: BA Economics - University of Sheffield
A Levels: Psychology, Sociology, Economics - Kirkley High School, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Other Interests:
John is an accomplished guitar player having performed with several bands in the past. John also plays the drums & piano and dabbles on the tenor saxophone with ambitions one day to play with a jazz group...

John is responsible for the design, programming and maintenance of this website as well as running an associated company, The Pamper Party - www.thepamperparty.co.uk

John has a strong interest in many aspects of psychology and human behaviour in general and aims to use this interest where possible to help people to acheive their optimum potential...