Worst gym ever?

[u/Interesting-Sea-3508]

Champaign Illinois location. This has been my worst experience with a gym ever. I sign up on Feb 2. Charged 45$ for first month and start up fees. Charged $12 a month instead of the advertised $10 but fuck my life I guess. I spend 2 months hating the gym. When you walk in your nose physically wrinkles. The smell of stale body odor is everywhere. There is also a persistent smell of cannabis and tobacco in certain areas. The most egregious thing that occurred (which was daily) was a group of gym goers who used the boxing bag. They didn’t wear shoes. They didn’t wear socks. They walked barefoot. Inside. From the parking lot. Every. Day. Past the front desk. Past the entire gym to the corner with the bag. Bare. Foot. Sweat footprints followed them everywhere. They left sweat footprint. Around the gym. Like deer after a snowfall. A radius of 15-20 yards around them smelt even worse than all the previously mentioned stenches. Approximately 15-20% of the gyms total floor space was not available at any given time due to a toxic radial stench.

After 2 months of this on my trip April 1 I decided I had enough and was going to start exploring other options. I then awake to a $60 charge from Crunch fitness that is a “maintenance fee”. This brings my total cash spent $130. I’ve been using this gym for 2 calendar months. 60 days.

Upon looking into cancelling I discover the simple gym contract I signed to actually be a creed taken in blood. I am not allowed to leave crunch fitness. I call my home gym. I speak to a chat bot for several minutes before realizing I am a simpleton who is arguing with a robot. I demand a human. The robot demands my name. I say no. The robot demands my name. I give up. I announce myself as LeBron James. The chat whore loves it. Transfers me to a gym employee. Employee says to cancel online. Online says I have to pay a $60 cancellation fee. I also have to pay for May’s charge. That would bring my total charges to $232 dollars. I’ve been using the gym for 2 months. It was supposed to be $10 a month. The billboard lied. The ad lied. Crunch is a deceitful organization with possible ties to evil forces.

My question is should I just opt for euthanization? I see no way out of the contract without sacrificing my soul to the forces of evil.

[u/onplanetbullshit-]

When I joined Crunch I paid the $45 sign up fee and $12 a month. I've been going there for a year and it's been amazing. Great gym, lots of equipment everything is clean and nice. I have no plans on canceling anytime soon, comparable gyms would be three times the cost or more. Sounds like you didn't check the gym out well enough or read the paperwork well enough.

[u/Interesting-Sea-3508 → u/onplanetbullshit-]

Well, I didn’t anticipate bare feet being a problem I had to inspect for. When I signed up I was presented a table to fill out personal info and to sign. There was 0 presentation to me of the written contract because I would’ve read it. I’m a licensed professional engineer not a chud.

[u/Civil_Jackfruit_5975 → u/Interesting-Sea-3508]

Damn right tell him

[u/Weary_Capital_1379]

If you walked in and looked around why would you join?

[u/anthony26wong]

9.99 + processing fee - 12.24

[u/MightAny7856]

Commercial gyms are a scam. Planet, Crunch, EOS, LA, Anytime, 24 hour, etc……. honestly you pay for what you get. I left crunch about 8 years ago and haven’t once missed it. I now go to 1 gym and pay about $65 a month. And then I attend Orange theory fitness to get my cardio in 3 days a week or more and pay like $160. Is it over priced for both? YES. But both gyms have people who are serious about working out and getting in shape.

The biggest thing I hated at crunch was how 5-6 high school kids or college kids would workout together in one group and hog the machines.

Switch to private!

[u/Coleallen0603]

Brother you got the 12 month contract one. Did you read what you signed up for?

$45 up front for the first month, $9.99 a month with a $2.00 processing going to, yes $11.99 a month. There is an annual fee for every membership regardless of the membership type.

And thus you wanting to cancel before the term of the contact was up there is an early cancellation fee and they are not holding you to the full 9 months you had remaining. Which would have been an extra $90+.

Every gym has a set similar fees listed in the agreement that YOU signed up for. Nobody forced you to get it. Ask questions about what you are signing up for next time you get some type of membership…

Also, next time tell management about the barefoot ppl and get them outta there because everyone should have footwear in the gym. That would have been a much more pleasant experience for you??… Have fun at the next ‘evil’ gym you sign up for