Personal Training

Meet Your Goals! 

We offer a team of exceptionally skilled personal trainers, who will create a personalized training and nutrition regimen based on your needs and ensure that you accomplish your goals in the quickest and safest way possible. All personal training is done within the Y environment.

Contact Brooke Johnson, Wellness Director with any questions or to get signed up with an available trainer!

Our Trainers can address many needs such as:

• Weight Loss
• Strength Training
• Toning
• Circuit Training
• Cardiovascular Conditioning
• Sport Specific Workouts
• Motivation
• Accountability
• Overall Wellness and Much More

Available Personal Trainers:

Meet Logan Grossinger! Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Performance and Fitness, Master of Science in Education (Sports Performance and Leadership), both with an emphasis in strength training. Experience: Northern State University football player, student internships at Avera Human Performance Center and YMCA Rails Strength and Fitness. Specialties: Strength and conditioning training, sport specific training, injury prevention and return from injury technique training.
Meet Peyton Price! Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Performance and Fitness with an emphasis is strength training. Experience: Personal Training at the YMCA since May 2022. Specialties: Return to play from injury, strength training, body fat reduction and sport specific training.
Meet Jussy Smith! Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Performance and Fitness with emphasis in strength training, NETA Certified Personal Trainer, LesMills Certified, GRIT Coach, NETA Strong and Sculpted Certified Trainer. Experience:  Personal Training at the YMCA since 2014. Specialties:  HIIT, low impact, muscle gain and weight loss.
Meet Emily Newton! Qualifications: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified in Adult Weight Management, NETA Certified Personal Trainer, NETA Certified in Maximum Interval Training. Experience: Nutritional Education and Personal Training at the YMCA since 2012. Specialties: Women’s Fitness, HIIT.
Meet Kristina Kessler! Qualifications: ACE Certified Personal Trainer and ACE Fitness Nutritionist. Experience: Personal Trainer at the YMCA since 2015, CrossFit Coach L1 since 2018. Specialties:  Prenatal and Postpartum training, pelvic floor and abdominal (Diastasis Recti), Injury prevention and recovery (as prescribed by PT or Dr.), general or sport specific strength training.
Meet Ann Erdmann! Qualifications: NETA Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Weight Loss Management Specialist, Certified in Fitness Running Training. Experience: Personal Training at the YMCA since 2017, competitive running since 2009. Specialties: Weight Loss.
Meet Amanda Bartel! Qualifications: NETA Certified Personal Trainer, TRX Certified Personal Trainer. Experience: Personal Training at the YMCA since 2017, Group Fitness Instructor since 2015. Specialties: HIIT, Circuit Training, Strength Training.
Meet Jessi Ryman! Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Performance and Fitness from Northern State University with an emphasis in strength training. Experience: Northern State University Soccer athlete, Personal Training Internship at the Aberdeen Family YMCA. Specialties: Return to play from injury, strength & conditioning training, sport specific training.
Meet Deb Wills! Qualifications: ACE Certified Personal Trainer, ACE Behavior Change Specialist. Experience: Sports performance experience, Sport injury/recovery experience, YMCA member and fitness class participant for 10+ years.  Specialties: Lifestyle changes, sports related training, sports injury recover/prevention, goal planning/holistic approach, client based approach, female wellness.