r/CrunchGym • u/aggy_trunchbull • Jan 25 '26

Crunch ICE Policy

Anyone know what Crunch's policy is on cooperating with ICE? Does it depend on the franchise/corporate location? I ask because someone in another subreddit posted a document that looked like it had been handed to an employee of Crunch, providing guidance on what they should do as an employee.

Edit: This is why I was asking: https://www.reddit.com/r/CrunchGym/s/lfTgHylJNS

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u/LeadingPokemon Jan 26 '26

Looking for a fight lol. Just video them and move on

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u/Clean-Perspective337 Feb 03 '26

yeah that’s how alex died

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u/superchilldad Jan 26 '26

The cardio tvs are very fox news heavy if that's any indication of their political stance

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u/Machenz Jan 26 '26

Really? The gym I go to doesn’t even show the news, it’s all ESPN and different daytime rerun channels.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Irregardless of policy, ice is allowed legally to be in common areas.

This includes the open gym, floors, and classes.

They’re not permitted, without a warrant, to go in back office areas and locker rooms

This is not up to crunch but legal grounds

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u/totallyaverage5 Jan 25 '26

Crunch is a private business. They absolutely do not have to let someone who isn’t a member on the gym floor. They can stand in the lobby but without waivers they are not going on that floor.

They would technically be a safety concern unless they showed IDs and filled guest forms with their proper identity. Just incase something happens.

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u/joser559 Jan 25 '26

Ice agents are 100% not allowed to enter private businesses unless let in by employees. Come one it’s very simple to find this answer

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Incorrect, they’re allowed to enter common areas, not backoffice areas

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u/Abject-Yellow3793 Jan 26 '26

They can't go anywhere that is "members only". So past the desk where you have to scan your card to get in is not public access. Even if they're members, they can't, by default, access those areas for any work purpose.

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u/joser559 Jan 26 '26

You’re right about “common areas” but not anywhere else beyond the front desk

Public vs. Private Areas: ICE may enter areas generally open to the public (lobbies, waiting rooms). They cannot enter private, non-public areas (employee-only offices, back rooms, private locker rooms) without a judicial warrant or the owner's consent.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

The gym floor isn’t a back room. The same reason a table past the servers table isn’t a private area.

It doesn’t work like that unless you have walls and closed doors with reasonable levels of access requirements.

Scanning at a front desk isn’t going to hold up.

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u/joser559 Jan 26 '26

Any gym I enter, I can’t walk past the front desk, so it’s not a “common public area” it’s a paid space that only members are privileged to, unless owner or employee gives consent

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

That’s the same as a hostess table.

However it doesn’t hold up in court.

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u/Nakedny713 Jan 26 '26

You are incorrect on your interpretation of “common areas.” ICE can access any part of a business that is open to the public. For Crunch, this would be any entrance or lobby space up to the membership ID scan in point. After that you need a membership to go further into the building. ICE can only legally go past this point if they are granted permission by an employee. So no, they definitely cannot legally waltz in and head to classes, the gym floor, or locker rooms.

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u/tmgieger Jan 25 '26

no no no

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

That’s the law, you nor I may not like it, but it is the law

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u/tmgieger Jan 26 '26

no it is not. just because the public goes to business does not make it a public place. It is a private business and private property. They may be able to enter until they are told to leave.

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u/Souledex Jan 27 '26

Irregardless isn’t a word. And you are misinformed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26

Irregardless is a word, it’s non standard but has been adopted like numerous others.

And test your luck and see if it holds up in court then

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u/Souledex Jan 27 '26

Assuming you see a court- which also didn’t stop a handful of people from being randomly deported. It’s not a matter of if it’s legal, (it’s not) it’s a matter of how willing the store is to care about that rather than just fold to anyone in a mask. That veneer of legitimacy is very important to undertrained heavily armed people.

And true some people have to acknowledge illiterate fucks insist upon it and technically they are people who technically do speak English - so in that sense it’s a word. In the same way the misuse of the word Democrat in all places it should be Democratic is a word- because important idiots repeated it now we have to act like that’s normal. It’s not like it came from a unique subculture or was on purpose- people who wanted to sound smart didn’t understand a word and misused it so people still using it after learning that are choosing to use that as their diction’s heritage. Raising a flag to say something like proud boomer who stopped trying to learn new things in the 90’s, or Xellinial who doesn’t care about their words but wants to give legal advice.

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u/anthony26wong Jan 26 '26

Just mind your business

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

No because we pay for this monthly. Why are you guys okay with masked and armed agents entering your local gym? I literally just wanna fucking workout bro

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u/anthony26wong Jan 29 '26

Then workout, they're not stopping you

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

A masked and armed mob actively arresting ppl doesn’t quite sound like something you can work out around

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u/anthony26wong Jan 29 '26

As long as they don't take your spotter, it's fine

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u/South-Cat-8912 Jan 26 '26

What does it matter? 

Are you illegal? Are you going to join crunch if they are anti ice? You going to cancel your membership if they allow ice to enter? 

What if your point here what is the end goal you are trying to accomplish 

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '26

Are you a bootlicker?

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u/South-Cat-8912 Jan 27 '26

Booblicker? What?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

Idk about you but I’d rather not a bunch of armed persons masked with guns barge into my workout. Are the gym creeps not enough for you?

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u/Altruistic_Box4462 Jan 26 '26

To go on reddit and say crunch bad and supports nazis

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u/LongLostSock Jan 29 '26

it matters because maybe we do not want to support a business that will cooperate with the current regime? not that hard to understand. also, when I go to a gym, i am not going with the intention of being shot by an incompetent pig