About

About

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Hi, my name is Andrew Naughton. I am:

  • A third generation Pilates instructor.
  • Part of the first group in the UK to study the Lolita’s Legacy Teacher Training programme.
  • Examined by Lolita San Miguel herself (First generation instructor, certified by creator Joseph Pilates.)
  • The first man in the UK to qualify as a Legacy instructor.
Private tuition

Qualified to teach:

  • Mat-work
  • Reformer
  • Cadillac
  • Ladder Barrel
  • Chair 
  • Spine Corrector
  • Ped-o-pull
  • Small apparatus

My story

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I have always been interested in instructing, and have taught across a wide range of sports. I qualified to teach Kung Fu in 1997, which I had been learning since 1993. 

I enjoy being able to help people change their lives for the better. In 2002, I joined the Army Reserves, and am still active with them today. 

In 2006, I graduated from Aberdeen College with an HND in Fitness, Health and Exercise, and worked as a fitness instructor in a hotel gym in the city.

For a time after that I worked in the army, serving in Afghanistan, and when I came back I got into electrical engineering, and while working I was contacted by British Military Fitness and asked to be an instructor. 

I was with BMF for over 2 years and became Park Manager before I left in 2014 so I would have more time with my wife and new baby daughter. 
In 2015, my wife realised I was miserable. I was being very inactive and engineering no longer gave me job satisfaction, so I decided to focus on making my life more fitness-related. 

I contacted an old friend, Joakim Valsinger, Pilates Master Mentor and owner of Bälans Pilates studio, and asked about Pilates, thinking it would be something to do one or two nights a week.

Joakim explained to me that Aberdeen has no dedicated studio and as most instructors there only do mat-work, with one or two qualified on reformer, there was a gap waiting to be filled.

In 2016 I started in group A of Lolita’s Legacy UK, and after qualifying in May 2017 I started Aberdeen Pilates Man.

I’m ready when you are

To book a session, or find out more about how I can help you on your journey to a new you, please visit my FAQ section or get in touch.

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