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Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight

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Are you trying to lose weight but have been unsuccessful so far? Here are 5 reasons why it is happening and how to fix it.

1. Calories
Overeating and under-eating both have a huge effect on your body. If you are overeating, it means you are consuming more calories than you are burning in a day, so ultimately you are going to gain weight due to increase in body fat levels. To fix it make small changes in your routine. Do more exercise or eat less slowly.
If you are under-eating you are going to feel fatigued and not perform up to the mark. Under-eating forces your body into starvation mode and you are likely to get cravings. What you need is a balanced diet between healthy carbs, protein and fat. This will help to get your metabolism back up and will help to get your body back.

2. Exercise
Even after exercising if you aren’t getting the wanted results then either you aren’t pushing yourself enough or challenging your body enough. You need to switch up your routine so your body does not get use to your workouts or they will yield little to no result. So switch up between strength training and cardio.

3. Stress
Yes! Stress does really have a huge impact on our hormones. It can cause hormonal imbalance and have an effect on depression and anxiety which can also lead to weight gain. Make sure you are checking in with yourself to see how you feel because you don’t want your stress levels to get too high. The best thing to do is unwind at the end of the day and have some time for yourself.

4. Sleep
A good sleep is one of the most important factors of our physical and mental health. Sleep helps our body to relax after a tiring day and lack of sleep is one of the single biggest factors for obesity. Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep have an 89% greater risk of obesity. It can affect your mood and appetite. So make sure you are aiming to get around 7-8 hours of sleep per night.

5. Water
Seriously, water is so important for the body. If you want to reduce your calorie intake make sure you have a glass of water before every single meal. By drinking more water you also increase the number of calories you burn throughout the day. So it is advised to drink about 8-10 glasses of water every single day.

 

Benefits Of Software Management For Your Studio

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Owning a studio is not an easy job. Not only do you need to keep in mind all the small details but also keep track of all your clients, their needs, schedules, outstanding income and what not. Software management will help you and your studio to grow and we at ‘MyBestStudio’ will make it easier. Here’s how-

1. Organization
Software management will help you to keep your schedules and client list organized. You will be able to keep track of each class and customer in your studio.

2. Personalization
The software management offered by us is personalized according to your need. You will get exactly what you ask for that makes your job easy for you. We also provide a mobile app for your own studio.

3. Easy access
Software management will give you easy access to anything you desire. At just one click you can get any information you want rather than going through files and folders all the time. Even your customers will have easy access to any times or schedules of your studio with the app we provide.

4. Studio upgrade
Having a personalized software for your studio will be a huge upgrade. You can get rid of all the piles of registers and folders and get any information you want on your smart phone.

5. Increase in customers
Once you have your studio organized and de-cluttered, you will be able to give more time and attention to your customers and focus on making your studio better. This will increase the output you get to all the effort you put in.

Overall, software management is a detox for your studio and a chance for you to grow more. Also, who is better to go to for software management than us?

Top Tricks To Get Back On Track

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It is hard to get back on track after you have taken a break or fallen off the wagon. So I am going to make it easy for you today with these top 5 tips.

1. Set a goal
Now setting a goal is the best way for you to get back on track. If you don’t have a goal, you won’t have any motivation and you will eventually stop working out. Keep reminding yourself that you have a goal you want to achieve and why you started this journey.

2. Schedule your workouts
Every person has a different time they want to workout. Some like to do it first thing in the morning while some like to do it at the end of their day. Work out a schedule and stick to it so you can get back on track.

3. Accountability
Once you hold yourself accountable for your wokouts and exercise, you will learn to stay on track and realize to take care of your health. Actions produce results and if you are accountable for your workouts, you will make sure to stay on track. You will also have nobody to blame but you.

4. Cut the excuses
Yes, so many of you will have excuses of why you cannot work out or why you will stop working out. Talk to yourself and address the issues on why you keep making these excuses. Learn to ignore the excuses that pop up in your mind. Make time to workout because you are doing something good for your own self and once you start you won’t want to stop.

5. Find what works for you
Workouts are different for every individual as everyone likes different things. If you want to stay on track then stick to what you enjoy but at the same time don’t be afraid to switch it up to challenge your body.

 

Why ‘MyBestStudio’ Is The Best

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Have you ever had to remember countless names with outstanding dues for your studio? Or have you ever had to go through books and files go find that one little detail? Hard, isn’t it? That’s where human limitation meets machine dynamics. We at ‘My Best Studio’ design management softwares to make sure that you can get anything you want by one click. Here are a few reasons why we are the best for you.

1. Integrated solutions from start to finish for your studio
We provide for every detail, and make sure that your software is perfect and personalized for your studio to get optimum utilization and maximum results.

2. Studio Management Software
Our studio management software is very powerful and attractive. It easily manages the daily operations of your studio. It is easy to use and very affordable at $55/month for any size studio.

3. Communities we serve
We serve a vast number of communities like yoga, pilates, dance, martial arts, fitness, personal training and cross fit. We specialize in studio management software, website development, marketing and POS for them.

4. Point of sale
By using our gateway, studio owners will save money due to less POS rates. We provide auto billing and security for recurring fees or memberships. We also make sure that client information is always protected.

We provide easy and effective ways to make your studio more comfortable for you and your customers.

Beginners Guide To Start Getting Fit

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Today we’re going to show you 5 strategies that are going to get your health and fitness journey to an amazing start. Do not ignore these tips or you will be ignoring the quickest wins that will help you achieve your goal body in the fastest way possible.

 

Strategy 1:- Taking progress pictures
You really need to get familiar with your body and the best way to do that is to take progress pictures. It may be scary to do this at the start but when you look back on those pictures and see how far you have come, you will feel motivated and confident. I recommend you to take pictures from the front, side and the back and make sure to do a progress checking photo every 4 weeks.

Strategy 2:- Set a small goal
This is important to do as so many of us set very high goals and when we don’t accomplish them we end up feeling de-motivated and don’t stick to our plan. What you need to do is set one small goal to focus on. This could be anything from giving up diet coke, drinking 3 litres of water every day or even giving up some sweets. Once you’ve accomplished a smaller goal then you can set up a momentum and start working towards higher goals.

Strategy 3: Do not count calories
Yes guys, you do not want to count your calories and end up obsessing over the number every single day. This can actually be dangerous and lead to an unhealthy relationship with your food. Instead, you can cut down on sugar and processed food and stick to whole foods and you will end up losing weight anyway. Just stick to a balanced diet.

Strategy 4:- Know your ‘WHY’
This is very important to keep you motivated and going. Remind yourself why do you want that body? Why do you want to lose weight? Or why are you eating healthy? Write it down, pin it up or set it as your phone wallpaper. Keep a reason for wanting to improve your life and look at it every day so you stay focused on your goal.

Strategy 5:- Identify your hurdles
If you tried to get in shape in the past and failed? That you need to ask yourself why? Did you go on a vacation? Did you get sick and gave up? Or did you not see the results you wanted? We’ve all been there before. When you start your journey think about your past pitfalls and come up with ways to avoid them so you can continue your journey and achieve your goal this time.

Hope these tips help you to start working towards your goals. Make sure to let us know which worked out the best for you.

 

Healthy Cheat Foods

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Want to eat cheat meals like pizzas and ice creams and still be healthy? Here are 5 replacement recipes for your favourite meals.
Recipe 1 – Ice cream
All you need is a tub of Greek yogurt, honey and vanilla bean or vanilla essence.
How to make it?
Add everything into a bowl and stir it together. Put the mixture into a pot in and leave it in the freezer for about 2 hours. And your healthy ice cream is ready.

Recipe 2- Cookies
For this recipe you need 90g dark chocolate chips, 2cups of rolled oats(150g), ½ cup melted coconut oil(100g), ¼ cup honey(85g), 2 tablespoons vanilla, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and a pinch of salt.
How to make it?
To get started, preheat your oven to 170 degrees. Now blend the rolled oats to get flour like consistency. Then, add the oats to the bowl with all the other ingredients and mix them up till you get dough like consistency. Then put it into a baking sheet or parchment paper, and press it down. To get the final product stick it into the oven for about 8-10 minutes or until the edges turn crispy. Remove the cookies and allow them to cool so you can then eat them. You can also put a little bit f ice cream between 2 cookies and have a sandwich.

Recipe 3- Pancakes
The ingredients for this recipe are 50g almond flour, 1 egg, 50ml almond milk and for your choice of toppings you can keep some berries, honey and 1 table spoon of nut butter.
How to make it?
Mix everything into a bowl. We need to put it in a medium size frying pan on a medium heat. You can either add in butter or some olive oil. Once the pan gets hot, I advice to pour the mixture in the size of the pancake you want. Wait till the pancake turns golden brown and flip it. Now take the pancakes into a plate and add your desired toppings.

Recipe 4- Pizza
For this recipe you need 1 gluten free/ whole wheat tortilla wrap, 50g tomato sauce, cheese and toppings of your preference like vegetables and chicken/turkey for protein.
How to make it?
You need to preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Lay out your tortilla wrap, add on the tomato sauce, cheese and preferred toppings. Pop it into the oven for around 7 minutes and you are done. This is a very quick and easy healthy snack.

Recipe 5- Crisps
All you need for this is 1 large peeled beet, 1 large sweet potato, olive oil and salt and pepper or any seasoning of your choice.
How to make it?
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, take your beet and sweet potato and cut it very thinly into crisps like shapes. Add everything into a bowl, drizzle with olive oil and add salt and pepper or any seasoning of your choice. Scatter it evenly onto a baking tray and pop them in the oven for about 25-30 minutes. Let them cool once done.

So here are the 5 recipes to make your food tastier and healthier.

How to get that summer body

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Spring is almost over and summer is right around the corner. It is likely that most people have gained weight and need to get that summer body. Here are tips for you to follow:-

1. Eat healthy
You must have heard this from everybody but it is very true. Eating right is the key to get that body you want. You may spend as many hours at the gym as you want but if you don’t control your diet then all the hard work is going to go waste. Also, do not starve yourself. If you do that than your metabolism will slow down which will end up making it more difficult to lose weight. Make sure you take in a good quantity of nutrients that will help you to achieve your bikini body.

2. Drink plenty of water
Water is one of the most necessary fluids required by the body to carry out its daily functions. Water helps to maintain blood volume, supports circulation, regulates body temperature and acts as a shock absorber for the joints, muscles and brain. Drinking plenty of water will also help you make your skin clear and lose weight.

3. Get rest
Resting is very important for the body. Sleep plays an important role in your physical health. It is involved in healing and repairing of the body. Getting enough sleep can protect your mental and physical health. Lack of sleep can cause can cause obesity, heart diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes. Thus to stay fit and healthy a person should get about 7-8 hours of sleep every night.

4.Exercise
Excising and working out is one of the best ways to get the body of your dreams. If done properly it helps in weight loss, decreases the rate of chronic diseases, increases energy levels and stamina, jogs the memory and keeps the skin clear. The list of the benefits of exercise only goes on. Exercising has many forms like sports, yoga, dance, pilates or going to the gym.

Use these tips to get your summer body .Also remember, consistency is the key.

How to Create a More Attractive Dance Website

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Your dance studio website should be created in such a way that it helps you accumulate a large number of visitors and convert them into customers. If you own a dance studio, your website needs to reflect your dance expertise and convince your visitors to become your customers.

Read on for some tips on how to generate more traffic to your website.

Things to Include on Your Website

  1. Interesting and Meaningful Content

    Your website should have helpful content that your visitors will find interesting. Your website should be easy to navigate and important information should be easy to locate. Make sure you update your website content regularly. Be it your blog or web pages, it should be relevant to industry trends.

  2. Details are Important!

    Your users might notice something as trivial as the copyright year in the footer of the website. Having a copyright with the year 2015 in the footer would not leave a good impression with your readers who are visiting the site in 2018.
    Also, your pricing structure and schedule of classes should be easily located on your website. This reduces the chances that they might choose your competitors over you.

  3. Come Up with a Marketing Strategy

    Dance studio owners should consider a video content marketing strategy for their dance studio website as it is the top website trend today. This will help your website visitors would get a better idea about your services and training that you offer through your videos.

  4. Client Testimonials

    Brands can showcase their amazing services on their website as much as they want, but client testimonials work the best as we tend to trust people who have availed the services rather than the CEO of that company. Ask for feedback from your customers and add those reviews on your website for greater impact. Showcase your awards and accolades too, as that would instill trust in your visitors.

How to Optimize Your Website for Search Engines? 

  1. What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

    SEO is the most important aspect to consider if you want to have a successful dance website. Google has strict rules for websites and if you fail to abide by them, your website will get lost in the World Wide Web. If your content is not on par with the standards set by Google, none of your marketing efforts will be able to help you increase business.
    Include internal links and outbound links to reputed sources, as well as relevant page titles and descriptions with keywords. This will increase the likelihood of your website ranking high on search engines.

Build Your Brand Visibility 

Whether it is your website or your social media platforms, be consistently visible on them. Follow your branding guidelines so that your customers can relate to your brand each and every time. Your logo, font style and color theme should all be in sync with your brand guidelines.

Wrapping Up

My Best Studio can help you with all your dance studio website needs and ensure you experience great business growth as well. Our experts are knowledgeable on the latest web development trends and can create impressive websites at a reasonable cost.

How To Create a Better Personal Training Website

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If you want to stand out in the personal training industry, it is not enough to have excellent communication skills and extensive knowledge about fitness. With the increase of digitalization, your online presence has become increasingly necessary as it will not only help people find you but also allow you to showcase your expertise as a personal trainer. Your website must also be able to convince your prospective clients to trust you and your skills.

Here are some tips to get you started with the basics of a Personal Training website: 

A compelling About page
Your About page is important because it lets you talk about your experience and how that makes you an expert and professional in the field. If you want to increase your conversions, you should create a compelling About page that instills a sense of trust in your customers and narrates an interesting story. Tell your readers about your personality, goals, educational qualifications, and experience.

List your services and packages
Put greater emphasis on the outcome of your personal training instead of the process. Display the advantages of your services and how it can improve your  client’s physical well being. Your customers want to know the effects your training program would have.

Include feedback/reviews from your clients
Create a separate page that highlights the feedback received from clients. Display only genuine testimonials. You should keep in touch with your previous and existing clients and ask them if they are willing to provide a testimonial. It would be great if you can convince your clients to send  video testimonials as well, as those typically increase sign up and conversion rates.

Areas of operation
Your physical address is of utmost importance if you have your own website. It should feature the gyms or areas that you operate from and where you travel to. Adding your location can also enhance the Search Engine Optimization and increase the traffic to your website.

Pricing details
We advise that you list your prices on your page so your customers are informed. If they do not find the pricing details, they may end up visiting your competitors’ website and you may lose out on a customer.

Contact information
Your contact information is an integral part of your personal training website. Your email address and phone number should be included as a sticky header or footer on your website. It is also a good idea to highlight your social media profiles on your Contact page.

Regularly updated blog
Create a fitness/health blog for your website and include engaging content that is updated regularly. The content should be optimized for search engines through the use of keywords, images, meta descriptions, and etc.

Email newsletters
Email marketing is an effective marketing channel for every business. Include a signup form on your home page or as a pop up. Once someone subscribes, you should send out a welcome email and email newsletters at regular intervals. This will go a long way in brand building and letting your customers stay updated with you.

Conclusion
Your personal training website is an extension of you as a person. Make sure it leaves a memorable impact on the visitors and get them thinking about your services. If you are planning to start a personal training business, My Best Studio is here to help with any website design and development needs you may have. Contact us for a free consultation!

CrossFit Website Design That Attracts New Members

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CrossFit is becoming more popular each day as people are becoming more fitness conscious. If you have a CrossFit business, having a website will help you build an online presence and bring in more business. However, in this competitive online world where websites are constantly being created, you have to make sure that your website has something unique to offer your visitors and stands out from everyone else.

When it comes to CrossFit website design, you should design the website in such a way that it keeps the visitors coming back and excited to sign up to join your classes.

Here are some pointers that will help you attract more visitors on your CrossFit website.

  1. Visually impressive design
    To increase the engagement on your website, you should consider including strong visuals like images and videos that showcase your expertise in the world of CrossFit training. You can put up images of your equipment, studio, and trainers, as well. However, keep in mind that the design of your website should remain simple and easy to use. And always make sure there are no loading issues.
  1. Easy social sharing
    Make your website posts easy to share on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram and etc. This will help you build a good online presence and enhance your brand visibility. It will also reduce your paid marketing efforts a bit.
  1. Useful content that is updated regularly
    Use an inbound marketing strategy that helps you get more visitors on your website. Posting creative content on your website is one way to utilize inbound marketing. Also, update your content regularly with new and fresh information that delivers value to prospective users and make them want to get in touch with you. 
  1. Search Engine Optimized pages
    Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the most important aspect of Internet marketing. To make sure that you are getting organic traffic on your website, you must optimize your CrossFit website for search engines. If done successfully, your content will be displayed on the first page of search engines and increase your website visits. My Best Studio can help you designing and create and SEO friendly CrossFit website. 
  1. Calls-to-Action across the website
    On the website blog and other service pages, have prominent and relevant calls-to-action that prompt the visitors to take the next action, whether it be signing up for a discount coupon or any special offers you have going on. Be creative with your calls-to-action, and also think from the perspective of a potential customer. This will help you get more conversions through your website.
  1. Have an email sign up form
    Your website should have an email sign up form. This generates leads that your business development executives can approach. You can also create gated content to get more leads and build the list of your prospective customers.
  1. Easy to contact
    Your website should reflect that you are easily approachable, and the customers can contact you. Have a physical address, email address and contact number as well so that your prospects can talk to you without any difficulties.

   Conclusion
CrossFit websites should be made to communicate your offers in an effective way and showcase your expertise and professionalism.

If you have any concerns about building your website, contact My Best Studio and get actionable tips to boost your business!