Nathan Gardner

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About Nathan Gardner

Nathan is a highly accomplished UK based Pilates teacher and teacher trainer. A prominent figure in the Pilates community, he has presented and lectured in over ten countries across five continents. Renowned for his innovative cut to the chase approach, Nathan has been teaching Pilates for the last 22 years and has over 35 years experience in physical and mental conditioning. He is the founder of NRG Pilates, and KineticNRG Movement Teaching Academy, providing ongoing education for qualified Pilates teachers and other movement teaching professionals. Nathan also works for Body Control Pilates (BCP) as a teacher trainer and member of their education management team, heading up the Level 4 and Performance programmes. He is also a valued member of the treatment and performance enhancement team at ‘The Urdang’ in City University of London’s Department of Performing Arts.Much of his knowledge and insight stems from his time as a professional athlete. Successfully representing Great Britain as a freestyle mogul skier on the World Cup circuit throughout the 1990’s, it was his premature exit from this competitive career due to injury prior the 1998 Winter Olympic Games that set him on the path he is still following today.Nathan’s involvement in elite-level sport, injury rehabilitation and an on-going career in the fitness industry which began back in 1987, contributed to his intuitive understanding of human movement. He is continually developing this understanding through on going study and professional development, bringing together a range of methodological approaches within his work to deliver the best fit solutions for those he works with.After training with BCP in Nathan set up and ran a successful Pilates Studio alongside his already established personal training business for seven years before dedicating more of his time to teacher education. He became involved in teacher training for BCP courses in 2003 and subsequently joined their Education Management Team in 2007. Since that time he has authored and co-authored numerous courses for BCP, including the Pilates for Performance programme, the first Ofqual Level 4 Pilates course, Level 4 Low Back Pain course, and much of their matwork, small equipment and studio equipment education programmes.As well as his contribution to the Body Control Pilates Education programme, Nathan was co-author of the very successful Pilates book The Pilates Bible, 2010 (Kyle Books). He was also author and developer of the Pilates content for Primal Pictures' Anatomy for Pilates Software, in 2008.