Mount Kisco Fitness Studio Wins National Award

One of Westchester’s newest fitness studios, NextBarre of Mount Kisco, was recently named as the grand prize winner for a national competition featuring beauty and fitness related businesses from all over the United States.

Sponsored by MindBody Connect – the largest cloud-based software provider in the health, wellness and beauty industries, the Big Goals, Big Rewards competition challenged business to grow their client base, increase online booking and grow overall revenue.

A total of nine businesses were honored from more than 100 who entered in three categories. This included Starting Strong, for businesses open for less than one year, Becoming Established, challenging existing business to grow overall revenue and Embracing Technology, for business who saw the biggest increase in number of services booked through the MindBody software.

NextBarre not only took top honors in the new business category of Starting Strong, but was also the Grand Prize winner with results exceeding average growth in all categories.

Co-owned by Heather Queiroz and Diana Pecci and opened in January 2015, NextBarre merges simple exercises along with aspects of yoga, Pilates and ballet with challenging movements for core conditioning. NextBarre was created in California by Pecci and has quickly gained momentum as one of the hottest and most effective fitness routines available.

Mount Kisco resident Heather Queiroz was inspired to bring NextBarre to the area after taking classes in California and experiencing changes in her body that she had not found with any other workout.

“While winning the contest was a wonderful surprise and a great honor, it’s been even more exciting to see the business grow so much in the short time we’ve been open,” said Queiroz, who is also a Master Instructor. “We have seen a steady increase in month over month sales and have been able to respond to the demand for more classes while also growing our staff of fully trained and certified instructors to ensure we maintain a safe environment for our clients.”

NextBarre Mt. Kisco is located at 293 Lexington Ave.

PHOTO: Co-owner Heather Queiroz, a Mount Kisco resident/contributed