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Reformer Pilates
Springs, straps, and a teacher who actually watches you. Foundations runs as a four-week course before you join the open timetable — it is the difference between liking reformer and quietly giving up on it.
Movement & recovery · Fitzroy
A studio for the whole week,
A studio for the whole week,
not one workout.
Reformer Pilates, barre, cycle, small-group strength, and a recovery room with an infrared sauna and two cold tubs — one building on Gertrude Street. Book class by class, or take the lot.
2019On Gertrude St
62Classes a week
12Reformer beds
5Rooms under one roof
What's in the building
Five ways to train, one front door.
Every class is capped and taught by someone who can see the whole room. Start wherever makes sense — nobody moves up a level without being asked first.
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Mat & Barre
Low-impact, high-repetition work at the barre and on the mat. No dance background needed and nobody will ask about one. Grip socks required — we sell them at reception for $22 if you forget.
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Cycle
One dark room, twenty-two bikes, and a playlist that does half the work. Shoes are included and clip in for you; the first ten minutes are always setup and easy pedalling, so a first-timer can find the pace.
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Strength
Small-group barbell and dumbbell work in blocks of six weeks, six people to a coach. You keep the same program and the same numbers written down, which is the whole point of doing it in a group instead of alone.
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Recovery Room
Infrared sauna at 55 °C and two cold tubs held at 9 °C. Three rounds, fifteen minutes hot and two minutes cold, guided by a staff member the first time you come. Book it on its own — you do not need to train first.
This week · 21–27 July
The timetable is the studio.
Reformer opens ten days ahead, everything else seven. Spots shown are what was left when this page was last updated.
Cancel up to 8 hours before a class, or 12 hours for reformer, and the credit goes straight back on your account.
Reserve a spot
New here
Two weeks, everything, $49.
Unlimited classes across all five rooms for fourteen days. One per person, no card on file, and no rollover into a membership unless you ask.
- Unlimited reformer, barre, cycle & strength
- Recovery room included
- One Foundations reformer session
- Grip socks and a towel on your first visit
Ways to pay
Four options, no lock-in on three of them.
Casual class
$38
per class
Any class, any room. Valid for reformer once you have finished Foundations.
Ten-class pack
$340
$34 a class · 6 months
Shareable with one other person, and the best value if you come once or twice a week.
Unlimited
$59
per week · fortnightly debit
Worth it from three classes a week. Cancel with two weeks' notice; suspend for free up to eight weeks a year.
Recovery only
$29
per 40-min session
Sauna and cold tubs without a class. Free for unlimited members, $19 on a class pack.
Foundations reformer course — four 55-minute sessions, $180, in a group of six. Required before open reformer classes if you have not used a reformer in the last year.
Who's teaching
Four people, not a roster of strangers.
Nadia Reyes
BASI-trained in Sydney, teaching since 2011. Runs the Foundations course and most of the 6am beds. Opened Solene in a former rag-trade warehouse in 2019.
Priya Anand
Former contemporary dancer, certified in Progressing Ballet Technique. Her Thursday 18:15 barre class has a waitlist most weeks, so book it early.
Cal Moretti
Track cyclist turned coach, Cert IV in strength and conditioning. Writes the six-week strength blocks and builds every cycle playlist himself.
Amara Boateng
Remedial massage therapist and AMT member. Looks after the recovery room, walks first-timers through their contrast rounds, and takes appointments on Fridays.
The building
A warehouse with five rooms in it.
Two levels of an 1890s rag-trade building. Reformer and mat upstairs where the light is, cycle and strength on the ground floor, recovery room off the back courtyard.
Twelve reformers, capped at twelve per class
Sprung floor in the mat room
Twenty-two bikes, shoes included
Infrared sauna at 55 °C
Two cold tubs held at 9 °C
Showers, towels and dry shampoo
Grip socks at reception, $22
Secure bike parking off the laneway
I came for the reformer and stayed for the sauna. Six months in, it is the only membership I have never once thought about cancelling.
I had never done a barre class and assumed I would be the worst person in the room. Priya put me at the front. I have been back twice a week since.
Before you come
The questions we get at reception.
Do I have to book, or can I turn up?
Book. Every class is capped and reformer is almost always full. Reformer opens ten days ahead, everything else seven days ahead. If a class is full, join the waitlist — about one in three waitlisted spots comes free.
I have never used a reformer. Where do I start?
Foundations, a four-session course in a group of six, $180. It covers the machine, the springs, and the five sequences that show up in every open class. After that you can book any reformer class on the timetable.
What do I need to bring?
A water bottle and grip socks — socks are required for reformer and barre, and we sell them at reception for $22. Towels, showers, dry shampoo and cycle shoes are all provided. Nothing else.
Can I use the recovery room without taking a class?
Yes. It books like any other session, $29 for forty minutes, and it is free for unlimited members. A staff member walks you through your first contrast round. If you are pregnant or have a heart condition, talk to your doctor first and let us know before you book.
What is the cancellation window?
Eight hours for most classes, twelve for reformer, because someone on the waitlist needs enough notice to get here. Cancel inside the window and the class is used. Memberships can be suspended free for up to eight weeks a year.
Is there parking?
Two-hour metered spots on Gertrude Street and free parking on Napier after 18:00. The 86 tram stops at Smith Street, two minutes' walk. Secure bike racks are in the laneway behind the building — ask at reception for the gate code.
Visit
upstairs from the bakery. Start the $49 fortnight
214 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.
Fitzroy VIC 3065 · between Napier and Gore,upstairs from the bakery. Start the $49 fortnight
Reception hours
Monday – Thursday6:00 – 20:30
Friday6:00 – 19:00
Saturday7:30 – 14:00
Sunday8:00 – 13:00
Public holidaysReduced