/ Pilates

Trial
class

Not a “trial, just to look around”. It is a measurement: what you are coming in with and where to start.

Kyiv · downtown (Universytet metro)

Fifteen movements, each scored from 0 to 3. The total out of 45 is your starting number, which we come back to in a few months to see the difference.

★★★★★4,9 · 205 reviews on Google

Book a session What exactly we test

Leave your number — then pick what suits you: Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber or a call. No commitment.

Trial class1,200 UAH

Duration60 min

Then group / one-on-one850 / 1,500 UAH

Everyone who starts goes through itAll prices →

/ What we look at

Six things
we measure

The instructor picks the movements for you — after a conversation and a questionnaire. But looks at the same things every time.

Joint mobility

How much range you actually have. Not “go deeper”, but where exactly the movement stops and why.

Joint stability

Whether the joint holds its position under load or slides. Mobility without stability is not freedom, it is risk.

Limb alignment

How you stand on two legs and how on one. What the foot, knee and pelvis do while you do.

Control in motion

The same alignment, but in movement. Holding a static position is easy, keeping it while moving is another task.

Core strength

Whether there is support in the center. Without it the limbs work on credit.

Arm strength

The upper body — what half of the reformer exercises rely on.

/ Scoring

From zero
to three

Every movement gets a score. The scores add up to a single number out of 45 — and that becomes your baseline.

The movement does not work or causes pain. Here we do not insist, we look for the cause.

It works, but with heavy compensation: the body borrows the movement from somewhere else.

It works, the compensation is visible, but there is already control.

The movement looks clean. Nothing to fix.

In a few months we go through the same movements again and score them anew. Progress is not a feeling of “probably better”, it is the difference between two numbers.

/ Protocol

Fifteen movements
of the Polestar protocol

We do not invent the test ourselves. It is the Polestar Pilates fitness screening form — the international school whose method our instructors work in. The instructor goes through all fifteen, and if your situation calls for it, adds movements and tells you so.

Half squatHalf Squat

Full squatFull Squat

Heel raiseHeel Raise

Shoulder abductionGoal Post

Long sittingLong Sit

Seated hip abductionSeated Hip Abduction

Z-sittingZ-Sitting

Roll-up from lyingRollup

The HundredHundred

Side-lying liftSide Lift

Push-upPush Up

SupermanSuperman

Prone arm raiseProne Shoulder Flexion

Prone back extensionProne Press Up

Prone knee bendProne Knee Bend

Half of the movements are standing and seated, half are lying on the back, side and stomach. Together they cover the whole body, not one area.

/ What it looks like

Video coming soon

The second half —
actually is

The test takes up to thirty minutes. The time left we give to getting to know the equipment — so that you come to your first class without questions like “what is this and how does it move”.

what a reformer is and what it consists of
how the carriage moves and what the springs are for
how spring stiffness differs and why lighter does not mean easier
basic exercises — but not random ones

We pick the exercises based on your test results: we take what is lagging behind and try working with exactly that. Or the other way around — we take a movement that causes discomfort and look for how to remove it.

/ How long

How long
it takes

One hour-long meeting — and a return to the same numbers in a few months.

Up to 30 minutes

Test

Conversation, questionnaire and fifteen movements with scores. This is the main part: everything else builds on it.

The rest of the hour

Getting to know the reformer

An introductory session on the equipment, with exercises matched to your result.

Same day

Conclusion

We tell you what to focus on and what to improve — and which format suits you: group or one-on-one.

In a few months

Repeat test

The same movements, the same scoring. We compare two numbers — and see what actually changed.

/ Who it is for

Who should start
with a trial class

you have never done Pilates
you have, but at a different studio and in a different method
you have restrictions or an old injury
you are coming back after a long break
you are not sure whether to go group or one-on-one
you want to understand whether this is for you at all

Everyone who starts Pilates with us goes through the trial class. It is not a formality and not a way to sell a membership: without it the instructor does not know what you can be given and what not yet.

/ Instructors

Who teaches
pilates

Three instructors, all working in the Polestar Pilates method — so the test and the classes speak the same language.

Hanna IvakhnoPilates instructorPolestar Pilates, reformer, posture10 years+

personal training in the Polestar Pilates method on large equipment
group reformer classes
functional and strength training
improving joint mobility and body control
body recomposition, posture work
recovery after injuries or movement restrictions

Valeriia KonstantinovaPilates instructorPilates, barre · rhythmic gymnastics, CMS5 years+

personal training in the Pilates method
barre and functional fitness
building a stable, strong and mobile body
work with movement imbalances and tension after load
preventing overload and chronic body fatigue

Yuliia LiashokPilates instructorDancers, movement restrictions4 years+

recovery after load and injuries (within an instructor scope of practice)
correcting movement restrictions related to professional activity
preparing dancers for physical load
preventing overload and injuries

/ Reviews

What people say about us

4,9★★★★★205 reviews on GoogleRead all →

“I learned more about my weak spots in training, I will try to correct them.”

Damon Damonfirst class

“I had never done sport, but I finally dared — and got the place right the first time: a place that inspires and where you feel completely comfortable.”

Alina Zuievafirst time in the gym

“I really liked the group reformer classes, it was my first time, and even though it is a group the instructor managed to give attention to everyone.”

мамуличка мамfirst class

/ First step

Start with a measurement,
not with a membership

One hour — and you know your starting number, your format and where you personally should begin.

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Trial class — UAH 1,200 · 60 min · then group 850 / one-on-one 1,500

/ Questions and answers

Frequent questions

Can I go straight to a group class, without the trial?+

No. The instructor needs to know what you can be given and what not yet — otherwise the very first class turns into guesswork. Everyone goes through the trial.

Is it hard? I am not in shape at all.+

The test is not about passing a standard. A zero on a movement is not a bad grade, it is information. Low scores are exactly what show where to start.

What do I get at the end?+

Your number, a breakdown of every movement and a specific recommendation: group or one-on-one, how often and what to focus on in the first weeks. The form itself is the instructor working document, but we will give you a copy if you want one.

Why repeat the test?+

So that progress is visible beyond feelings. In a few months the same movements, the same scoring — and the difference between the two totals shows what actually changed.

Is the reformer complicated?+

At the trial class we show it: how the carriage moves, what the springs are for, how their stiffness differs. After that the first class comes with no surprises.

How much does it cost?+

The trial class — UAH 1,200, once. After that group classes UAH 850, one-on-one UAH 1,500.

Trialclass

Six thingswe measure