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Better Bodies Inc. Focuses On Longevity & Life

With the start of 2026 comes New Year’s resolutions, and for many, that means looking for a new gym or personal trainer. At Better Bodies Inc., new members can get personal training, state-of-the-art exercise equipment, and a personalized plan to help them meet their goals.

“As far as the fountain of youth, this is the closest you’re going to come,” says owner and physical therapist Mitch Schroder.

Better Bodies Inc. offers a wide variety of memberships and programs to suit each client’s individual needs, from golf enhancement programs in the offseason to personal training for longevity or specialized coaching for youth sports. One of the staff members is a former special forces officer who will soon be teaching self-defense classes.

The gym has recently gone through renovations and major enhancements, including upgrading to shock-absorbent biometric floors and adding more Keiser equipment.

“You can adjust it by a fraction of a pound to get the right resistance for a client. I don’t know of any other place in Indy that has it,” Schroder says. “We’ve put a half-million-dollar investment into this place.”

He’s been in the business for more than three decades, and his passion for it has only increased with time.

“I wake up at four in the morning and can’t wait to get to work,” he says. “There’s a positive energy here, and we love being together.”

Schroder is proud of the staff he’s assembled and says it’s the most cohesive team he’s had in 30 years.

“I have really good people,” he adds. “They’ve taken ownership. I’m comfortable taking trips and traveling all over the world because I have people here who do a fantastic job, so I’m not worried when I leave that we’re going to lose clients. They’re asking themselves, ‘How do we get better every day?’ and we do get better every day.”

It’s important to him that his team is educated and stays up to date on their certifications so they can offer the best training and support to clients and remain well-informed.

“We do assessments and reassessments,” he says. “We get a baseline for our clients. It’s not safe if you don’t know their medical history. You can injure someone with an inept trainer. With the tools we have, we can show how people have improved in strength, muscular endurance, body fat and flexibility. We can rate them compared to others of the same age and sex. We’ve had people go from the 5th percentile to the 99th percentile with objective measurements.”

Better Bodies Inc. uses a holistic approach, monitoring clients’ nutrition, exercise, sleep and water intake.

“If they do the things we ask, we have a 100% success rate. Some people want to just say they have a personal trainer. This isn’t the place for someone who doesn’t want to change their life,” Schroder says.

Better Bodies Inc. has membership plans for individuals, couples, families and college students, as well as corporate-level options.

“Businesses benefit from corporate training and membership. It’s the very best benefit you can give your employees, and it’s very affordable,” Schroder says. “It causes them to be three times more efficient: they’re sick less, they’re more motivated, they notice it directly and appreciate that benefit. There have been studies showing whatever you invest in health and wellness for your employees, you get a three-dollar return. As people are healthier, their risk for heart attack goes down, and that’s the whole reason I started this.”

For Schroder, helping people improve their health is a personal mission and one close to his heart.

“I was going to go to medical school. I didn’t know much about physical therapy before, but then my grandfather had a stroke,” he says. “I saw what they did to give him back his quality of life, and I thought there’s got to be nothing better on this Earth than being able to do that.

“But at some point, I had an epiphany. I asked myself, if we’re trying to help people, why do we let them have heart attacks? I kept seeing the same group of people, men and women who worked their entire lives, get to their 50s and 60s, then have a stroke and are limited for the rest of their lives.”

That’s how Schroder got the idea for Better Bodies 30 years ago, and it’s still what drives him and his business today.

“This is preventative, and it’s about quality of life,” he says. “What you can do is determined by how well you take care of yourself.”

Better Bodies Inc. is located at 12775 Horseferry Road in Carmle. They are open 24 hours a day. To find out more, email betrbodiz@aol.com, visit betterbodiesinc.com or call 317-508-0839.