John Bennett
Limitless Speaker & Trainer
John Bennett works alongside Nick Jonsson as a Limitless Speaker and Trainer, delivering Limitless keynotes and programmes to organisations and leadership teams.
He brings more than three decades of teaching and speaking experience to that work. A former Professor of Sports Science at Thammasat University in Bangkok, with earlier academic and performance coaching experience at Exeter University in the UK, John has spent his career translating complex ideas into something people can actually use.
About John
John is an experienced speaker, educator and trainer. His academic career centred on sports science, where he taught at university level and worked with elite athletes on the physiology, data and mindset behind sustained performance.
That teaching background is what he brings to Limitless. He works with the same frameworks Nick uses, delivering them to leadership teams and organisations in a way that is practical, evidence-informed and grounded in real experience.
Outside the training room, John is a world record holding endurance cyclist with a competitive career spanning nearly five decades. He holds a World Ultra Cycling Association record and is currently preparing an attempt on the absolute 100km outdoor velodrome record. He also uses endurance for causes he believes in: in 2021 he completed a solo cycling challenge equivalent to the Tour de France, raising 500,000 Baht for infants living in poverty.
He works to a simple idea: you are never too old to chase your dreams.
Limitless programmes John delivers
The core Limitless framework: Surrender, Purpose, Connection, Goals and Discipline. A roadmap for leaders who want to perform without sacrificing health, relationships or wellbeing.
A workshop for managers and senior professionals on sustaining results over the long term, covering purpose, connection, resilience, accountability and balance.
A session on self-leadership, personal responsibility for health and wellbeing, and the link between authenticity and sustainable performance.
John is trained and authorised to deliver Limitless keynotes and workshops, including:
What John brings to the Limitless material
John's sports science background gives particular depth to the Goals, Discipline and high performance elements of the Limitless frameworks.
He has spent a career working with capacity profiling, measurable targets and the difference between training hard and training well. Applied to leadership teams, that experience helps translate ambitious goals into daily execution, and helps leaders recognise the difference between sustainable intensity and the kind of effort that quietly breaks people.
His own record-breaking career at 62 also gives him credibility on the subjects Limitless works with most: discipline, resilience, recovery and performing under pressure over decades rather than months.
Background and credentials
- Professor of Sports Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok
- Performance coach and academic experience, Exeter University, UK
- BSc Sport Science, University of Brighton (1992)
- World Record Holder, World Ultra Cycling Association (WUCA), 100km, age group 60+
- Technical certifications: INSCYD, LEOMO, Notio, Bioracer Motion, TrainingPeaks, British Cycling, NESTA, WIVA, Compex, Powerbreathe
- Competitive racing career from 1979 to present, with over 120 race wins and more than 100 additional podium finishes
Bring Limitless to your organisation
John delivers Limitless keynotes, workshops and leadership programmes for organisations and leadership teams.