Owner, Fitness Quest 10 & Todd Durkin Enterprises
MA, CSCS, NCTMB
2005 ACE Personal Trainer of the Year
2004 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year
 Todd Durkin is a strength, speed, & conditioning coach, personal trainer, bodyworker and motivational speaker/coach. He is the 2005 ACE Personal Trainer of the Year and the 2004 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year. Men’s Journal has named Todd one of the top 100 trainers in the United States and top 5 in Southern California. Todd owns and directs Fitness Quest 10, a premier, cutting-edge center for health & human performance in San Diego, CA, that focuses on personal training, strength & conditioning, therapeutic massage & bodywork, Pilates, yoga, and nutrition. He works with a high-profile clientele of elite professional athletes from both the NFL and Major League Baseball as well as the normal, everyday population that is looking to improve their health and fitness.
His degrees and certifications are numerous, but it is his passion, focus, commitment, and experience that allow him to get the most out of people. As a football quarterback and athlete his entire life, he captained the football squad at The College of William & Mary and later went on to play in NFL Europe. It is there that he suffered a serious back injury that ended his playing career. He took a proactive role in his recovery, beginning a long journey that eventually led him to earn his Master’s Degree in Sports Medicine/ Biomechanics from San Diego State University. He than fulfilled his dream by creating a center that combines elite athlete performance training, personal training, and massage & bodywork under one roof. His philosophy incorporates a holistic approach to performance. He believes one must be aligned physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually to maximize full potential. Todd is a master trainer and coach that incorporates all of these facets into his work. His staff of 25 employees assist in the mission to offer cutting-edge, personalized health & fitness programs designed to positively impact the lives of people around the world. Through commitment, connecting, and conditioning, Todd and his staff empower clients to transform their lives and achieve great results.
Todd Durkin is often recognized as promoting one’s physical conditioning through his functional fitness approach that he now uses and teaches internationally. It is here that he trains his athletes and clients to be strong, powerful, fast, flexible, and balanced. He is strongly respected in the NFL community where he works with the likes of LaDainian Tomlinson, Drew Brees, Reggie Bush, Alex Smith, Donnie Edwards, Lorenzo Neal, Quentin Jammer, and a host of other professional athletes. He has worked with thousands of other professional athletes, collegiate, and high school athletes. He has been called a “guru” for his eclectic approach and his ability to incorporate his unique stretching & bodywork into a session. He created Optimal Performance Bodywork (OPB), a powerful hands-on technique that incorporates several flexibility approaches, structural bodywork, along with myofascial release techniques, to maximize improvements in one’s elasticity, fascial length, and overall flexibility.
Todd has created a series of educational workshops and videos to share his passion for both sports performance and bodywork. He teaches in conjunction with the American Council on Exercise a 16 hour workshop entitled “Training & Conditioning for Sports Performance”. He also teaches his Optimal Performance Bodywork workshops around the country. He is the author of 12 videos. Nine videos are on strength, speed and conditioning and Todd’s approach to functional fitness. These DVD’s are designed for the enhancement of human performance. The Optimal Performance Bodywork videos are designed to teach cutting-edge manual, hands-on techniques and functional fitness movements for those in chronic pain and those looking to achieve optimal performance. Todd released his latest 7 set “TD Performance” DVD series on athlete performance in August 2006. You can see these and all of his products at www.todddurkin.com
Through Todd Durkin Enterprises, a corporate spin-off of Fitness Quest 10, Todd and his team of instructors travel the world delivering motivational speeches and programs to teams, companies, and conferences. Whether it is speaking on balance in one’s life, Optimal Performance, stress reduction, personal growth, wellness, or fitness, Todd Durkin is determined to motivate people to healthier living and reaching a more abundant life through stress reduction and an active lifestyle. Some of the companies he has worked with include The Ken Blanchard Companies, Wells Fargo, Bath & Body Works, MPI, UBS Warburg, Behr Paints, Kaiser Permanente, Torrey Pines Bank, Administrative Professionals, Life Care Solutions, and the San Diego Chargers, to name just a few.
Todd earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from The College of William and Mary in Virginia. He continued his education earning a Master’s degree in Exercise and Nutritional Science with a specialty in biomechanics/sports medicine from San Diego State University. He has certifications as a strength and conditioning specialist, personal trainer, massage therapist, neuromuscular therapist, and has his teaching credential in health and physical education.
Todd has been featured in BusinessWeek magazine, The Sporting News, ESPN The Magazine, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, The Sporting News, Stack Magazine, appeared on ESPN, on MSNBC.com and is a regular contributor to Fitness magazine, Shape magazine, and Self magazine. He has been featured on Fox Morning News, CBS’ Exercise and Nutrition Special Report, ABC’s Being Healthy Report, NBC’s Friday Morning News, KUSI Morning News, and several other local morning news programs.
He is a spokesperson for both the American Council on Exercise, IDEA, and SPRI and has been published in many magazines and journals.
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