Choose the Best Squarespace Templates For a Fitness or Yoga Studio

If we’ve ever discussed websites for more than two minutes, you’ll know I’m all about Squarespace. Hands down it’s the best platform for fitness and wellness studios to create their digital home, which is exactly why I suggest most of my clients choose Squarespace for their fitness website.

Why I love Squarespace for fitness websites

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Why choose a Squarespace website for your fitness studio?

Woman designing Squarespace fitness website

What I love about designing a Squarespace fitness website is how user-friendly it is, and that it takes a lot of pressure off small business owners to constantly keep on top of their website plugins and security. 

Squarespace makes it easy for you, the business owner, to edit text and images, add videos, and more — basically all the things you’ll want to do to keep your website up-to-date. 

I’ve worked with business owners with varying levels of self-expressed “techie” skills  — all ultimately feel comfortable making basic edits to their website in day-to-day business operations. That’s extremely important in running an agile small business.

Plus, Squarespace has a free, 14-day trial where you can play around with the interface to see if it’s going to be right for you without committing to anything. Even better — Squarespace is known for having great customer service, which means if you do need support they’re there to help.

It’s not surprising that the cost is a factor when choosing which platform to use for many emerging fitness businesses.

By choosing to build a Squarespace fitness website, you’ll be looking at costs between $23-$33 per month which is very reasonable! That monthly fee includes everything from site security and hosting to templates and e-commerce. 

However, one of the first choices you do need to make when using Squarespace is what template you’re going to start with. There are so many beautiful layouts to choose from that it can be kind of overwhelming. 


The Best Squarespace Templates for Yoga & Fitness Studio Websites

Woman choosing a Squarespace fitness template wearing workout attire

Here’s the good news— unlike the previous version of Squarespace (version 7.0), in the latest version (7.1) all the templates are actually the same.

Yep, you heard that right! The template options you see to choose from are all the same underlying framework, just styled differently as starting points. This shows you just how flexible the design for a Squarespace fitness website can be.

When putting together your Squarespace fitness website, you aren’t locked into any type of layout or design styling. You can literally make any one of them look exactly like the others once you get started. So pick one that catches your eye and jump in without stressing!

Still looking for a little guidance? Wondering which templates may be best suited for a Squarespace fitness website? 

  • Bailard is a good basic starting point. There's nothing too wild going on, but it’s a good place to start with a clean, classic layout.

  • Klipsan is bold and strong and I like this one a lot for fitness and gyms

  • Clune is trendy and modern and might be a good option if you have some outstanding vertical photos (that are otherwise usually hard to make fit in websites that utilize more horizontal banner image placements)


Examples of Fitness + Wellness Websites Built on Squarespace 7.1 Templates


Taking Your Squarespace Fitness Website Template to the Next Level

There’s no question that templates are a great place to start. However, a template is only as good as the content you put into it.

Here’s your dose of tough love for the day: If you don’t have any of the key elements of a professional-looking website, the final product for your Squarespace fitness website isn’t going to be as good as you imagined. 

In addition to the template, here are some of the things you will need to create your Squarespace fitness website:

  • Visual branding

  • Written content

  • Photography

  • A scheduling system

Having a vision and a plan for both the images and the words you include on your Squarespace fitness website is just as important as good design, so this is something to consider and plan out before you dive into building the site. 

Now, a great fitness website that stands out from the competition, won’t look like it was made from a template.

Just like most things, trends for website design come and go, so your goal is to balance a mix of tried and true must-haves (like great copy and images) along with some fresh and current ideas that show your website hasn’t been ignored for the past decade

As you move through the design process, you’ll probably start to get more and more excited to reach the finish line. But even if your website looks great, there’s something more important you’ll need to check — does it actually work? 


Integrating your Squarespace Fitness Website with your scheduling software

iphone mockup of Squarespace website with Mindbody class booking scheduler

The good news is Squarespace works really well with just about all scheduling platforms that allow you to embed functionality on your own website. I’ve created fitness websites on Squarespace that integrate with Mindbody, Walla, Mariana tek, Wellness Living, and FitDegree to name a few.

If you’re using Mindbody software (which many, many of my clients do), there are a lot of options to integrate your day-to-day ops with your Squarespace fitness website. To do this, you can check out my Complete Guide to Integrating MINDBODY with Your Squarespace Website

If you’re not using Mindbody, check with your studio scheduling platform for website embed options. In many cases, your scheduler will offer snippets of code you can paste into a CODE block in Squarespace to bring that scheduling feature to your own site.

To see more integration examples with all softwares listed above and more, check out my full portfolio of Squarespace fitness website designs and use the filters at the top to find just what you’re looking for!


Do You Need to hire a Designer for a Squarespace Fitness Website?

Whether or not your choose to work with a professional for your Squarespace website design is up to you. But if website design isn’t something you normally do, I recommend outsourcing.

A website design professional will know not only how to create a fitness website on Squarespace, but they can also help you stay on track by ensuring all the necessary pieces of the website design project are handled properly. 

If you decide to hire a Squarespace fitness website designer, I recommend you ask these questions when vetting potential candidates:

  • Can this person represent me well?

  • Does this person have a branding or general graphic design background?

  • How much maintenance will be required post-launch?

  • How much training is provided with your website design package?

  • Does the designer understand your industry and how your website will work with your scheduling software? 

  • Does the designer offer basic on-site Search Engine Optimization as part of their services?

By understanding what it takes to create a Squarespace fitness website that wows, you’ll be able to make an informed decision about how the design should be completed and whether or not using a professional makes the most sense for you. 

Need help with your Squarespace website design?

Check out Pixality’s Fast Fit Website package, designed to help you get your studio website online with a fully integrated 10-page Squarespace website. 


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