Personal Trainers
Personal training at the Y is offered through a group of professional individuals, all holding current nationally recognized credentials. Their backgrounds are diverse, allowing you to choose the right trainer for your health and wellness goals.
If you are interested in personal training, please contact the trainer directly. Trainers are independent contractors.
Alice Schaefer
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer
- ACE Corrective Exercise Specialist
- PMBIA Level 1 Mountain Bike Instructor
Alice is a personal trainer, outdoor athlete, and volunteer with the Ketchum Fire Department. Originally from Brazil, she grew up playing competitive volleyball, developing a strong foundation in athletic performance, movement, and strength training.
Call Alice: 208-720-9971
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After years of participating in high-level sports and outdoor activities, Alice gained extensive firsthand experience with injury recovery and rehabilitation. Through her own rehab journey and specialized training as a Corrective Exercise Specialist, she developed a passion for helping others move better, recover from injuries, and build strength safely and effectively.
Living in Idaho, Alice enjoys mountain biking, backcountry skiing, hiking, and other outdoor adventures. Her training approach focuses on strength, mobility, injury prevention, and long-term health, helping clients stay active and independent for life.
Benjamin Gonzalez
+ ACE Certified Personal Trainer
+ USA Powerlifting 2014
+ Current Raw/Sub Master/148lb Deadlift World Record AWPC
+ Wood River Valley native, fluent in Spanish
I am interested in working with anyone at any fitness level to achieve their goals efficiently and safely, designing custom fitness programs.
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I also want to help people to continue to enjoy current activities and maintain an independent lifestyle regardless of age for as long as possible, as well as achieve physical goals. I also enjoy seeing an individual’s confidence, self-esteem and mental strength improve through exercise. I want to encourage the capacity to deal with adversity and have a more peaceful and calm self-dialogue. It is my experience that exercise of any kind, helps in the reduction of stress, anxiety, and depression.
Carla Côté
+ International Sports Sciences Assoc.
+ Certified Personal Trainer
+ CrossFit Level 1
+ CrossFit Weightlifting
Building STRENGTH is available to everyone at any age! I train the Six Strong Lifts – Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Press, Chin-Up, and Hip Thrust – which can be scaled for safe progression from body weight to machines, dumbbells, kettlebells, and even barbells. Through consistency and dedication to your training, developing physical strength can transcend into strength in all other areas of life – mental, emotional, and spiritual.
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I’m knowledgeable in how to effectively train with our female cycles and through perimenopause and postmenopause to optimize muscle and bone health. No prior lifting experience required. Come train with me and BE YOUR STRONGEST SELF today!
970-948-4508
Chris Perkins-Lurie
Hi, I’m Chris — a NASM-certified personal trainer with over 40 years of strength training experience and a deep belief that real, lasting change begins in the mind.
I help women build strength, confidence, and resilience by focusing not only on workouts, but on the habits and mindset that support sustainable progress. Having navigated my own journey through hormonal challenges, injury, and rebuilding my health, I understand how exhausting it can feel to keep starting over — and how empowering it is to finally create something that lasts.
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My coaching centers on simple, intentional habits and smart, progressive strength training. I believe consistency is the real catalyst for change — because over time, it stops feeling like effort and becomes who you are and what you do.
At the core of my philosophy is this belief: if it’s in you, it’s for you. My role as a coach is to help clients reconnect with their strength, trust themselves again, and reclaim their lives through movement that supports each season of life.
Connie Aronson
ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist
Corrective Exercise Specialist (TBMM-CES)
ACE Gold Certified PT
IDEA Elite Personal Trainer
AIS Therapist
TRX Trainer
I have been a fitness trainer for over three decades. My passion has always been helping you become stronger for activities you love, guide, and encourage you to achieve your specific goals.
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If you have recurring muscle and joint pain, I can help you identify musculoskeletal imbalances that are either causing or contributing to your pain, so you can enjoy life to the fullest.
Or, if you need a home or gym program to do on your own, I can design and prescribe the best workout that suits your fitness level and goals. This program, as well as the aforementioned corrective exercise program, involves an hour together, prior to gathering more information about your current fitness and concerns.
www.conniearonson.com
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208-710-0504
Flavio Torres
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
Certified Personal Trainer from Paraguay, fluent in both English and
Spanish, with a lifelong passion for sports and high performance.
As a former basketball player, he learned that real progress isn’t just about training hard, but about
training with purpose. Today, he combines strength training, functional movement, and an athletic
performance approach to help his clients build strong, balanced, and resilient bodies.
He understands what it feels like to start from zero and to feel lost or frustrated without clear
direction. That’s why his mission is simple: to be the coach he once needed. From day one, he
provides structured programming, consistent accountability, and the support necessary to keep
going even when motivation fades.
Call Flavio: 208-309-8624
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His programs focus on proper technique, smart progression, and sustainable results. Beyond
physical transformation, Flavio helps clients build confidence, discipline, and mental strength both
inside and outside the gym.
He creates a challenging yet supportive environment where clients of all levels feel guided,
empowered, and capable of more.
In the end, results don’t come from motivation alone. They come from consistency, effort, and
showing up.
Hailey Sutton
+ B.S. Exercise Science and Health, University of Idaho
+ ACE Certified Personal Trainer
+ ACE Corrective Exercise Specialist
+ ACE Weight Management Specialist
+ TRX Suspension Training Certified
+ ProNatal Fitness Pre/Postnatal Training Specialist
Meet Hailey, a Certified Personal Trainer with a Bachelor’s in Exercise Science and Health from the University of Idaho. She’s all about tailoring workouts to your goals, whether it’s losing weight, gaining muscle, or improving mobility. Hailey keeps up with the latest research to create challenging yet safe routines, focusing on proper form and technique.
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When she’s not in the gym, you can find her hiking, cooking, or skiing. Hailey is committed to helping you lead a healthy, active lifestyle!
Learn more and schedule at www.sutton-pt.square.site/
208-721-0568
Kira Quast
Ace Certified Personal Trainer
Ace Certified Health Coach
Senior Fitness Specialist
Kira has an extensive background in the recreation and fitness industries. She is an Ace Certified Personal Trainer and Ace Certified Health Coach. She also graduated with a degree in Outdoor Recreation Management from Capilano University in North Vancouver in 2005.
Her experience ranges from working with children and youth in recreational settings at summer camps, to leading experiential learning and adventure programs with at-risk youth and adults, to designing custom fitness programs for youth, adults and special populations. She also has experience coaching many ages and abilities over a wide variety of sports and activities including snowshoeing, canoeing, soccer, and nature play groups.
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Kira has always had a passion for healthy living and loves to encourage others in their pursuit of an active and fulfilling lifestyle. She believes everyone can benefit from participating in fitness activities and that one size does not fit all. Kira enjoys designing custom programs to fit her client’s unique personality and lifestyle and believes that any type of movement can be valuable and helpful in pursuing further health benefits. She works with people of all ages and abilities and welcomes client input and participation when designing their programs. Kira desires to help her clients gain confidence and improve the way their body functions by focusing on specific goal setting and periodization techniques to ensure continual progress.
208-720-2328
Mattie Mulick
* ACSM Certified Personal Trainer
* USA Track & Field Level 1 Certification
* American Sports Education Program Certification
* M.A.E.D. Curriculum Instruction
Mattie wants to motivate and instruct people of all levels and abilities including those ready to overcome obstacles to achieve a physical change, those who want to improve their current athleticism, or those looking for a new path in their fitness journey.
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In 2006, Mattie was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis; this diagnosis became a catalyst and altered her life path in a positive way. Mattie is an ardent believer that a disease or diagnosis should not change an active lifestyle or quality of life. She wants to be involved with people who share this love for creating active and healthy habits, despite challenges.
Mattie’s athletic career culminated at the collegiate level where she earned a track and field scholarship at Idaho State University. Mattie’s recent athletic endeavors include power lifting and chasing her toddler around.
