Serajuddin, for a time, worked as a one-on-one trainer. Support local journalism by subscribing to your Blank Slate Media community newspaper for just $35 a year.
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“You are in the vibrant area of health and fitness, whereas in pharmacy or in medicine, you’re on the back-end of health and wellness.” “I found that as a trainer, you are given more respect - that was my impression,” Serajuddin said. But after a pharmaceutical internship and working part-time as a personal trainer, he found fitness to be more fun and rewarding. Serajuddin said both of his parents were involved in the medical field, so he always held an interest in health. What ultimately inspired Serajuddin to open the business, he said, was a love of health and helping others. Its two other locations are in Bayside and Whitestone, Queens. Its first building, in Great Neck, was across the street from its current location at 12 Northern Blvd., straddling the village edge. Serajuddin, 39, began Better Body Bootcamp about six years ago. It’s still like about life and movement.” “You need to have people around you for it and it’s a thing that needs to be done outside the four walls of your home. To some degree people are streaming in work out programs to their phone or whatever it may be, but it really needs to be a communal thing,” Serajuddi said. “There’s one thing that you can’t order on Amazon, that you can’t get an app for, and that’s a better body. To Kaiser Serajuddin, the owner of Better Body Bootcamp, an environment like this is what someone needs to succeed. In between is a large space meant for groups to be comfortable working out together. Punching bags, fitness balls and other equipment line the wall near bulletin boards featuring members’ pictures, a list of upcoming birthdays and various testimonials.Īcross the way is a large mirrored wall with weights stacked up.