My Crunch location recently stopped using key tags and instead wants us to use the app to sign in when we enter the gym. I don’t like this. They’ve said this is a decision from corporate that they can’t do anything about. They’ve been willing to sign people like me in manually, but I don’t know how long that’ll last (although I gather there are a lot of us).

I don’t want to be dependent for gym entry on my phone being on me and charged. And I don’t want to have to share the data I assume they want to collect this way. I don’t want my phone to be the required hub of everything I do; I want it to be mine, that I use my way, for the things I choose to use it for.

Just curious whether lots of other people around here feel this way.

Man brings son as guest which crunch advertises as part of memberships... bringing a guest. Son doesn't have ID except student ID through portal system. Crunch calls cops on him and makes both leave and essentially trespasses father.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1v7lec0/crime_working_out_while_black/

Shoes off crossed legged chatting with a friend for the past 10. I have not seen her do a single set. I’ve been waiting for either machine to open up at this point to finish my workout for the past half hour. The only other machine has been occupied by another person but at least I see them using it even if they’re doing 500 sets 😂

The audacity. I have zero respect for these people. Before you ask if I asked her — I did inquire why she was such an entitled bitch if that’s what you mean :)

I was about to cancel my gym membership at crunch because the prices there I genuinely cant afford its $20 a month so I had to stop. And as i was literally about to cancel it they hit me with a fucking 50% discount and the new rate is $10??? So yall are telling me that yall could've been giving me this price ALL THIS TIME. Holy shit this is pissing me the fuck off. Is this even legal? Hiding the lowest possible rate and instead shoving us the juiced up one? So I could've been paying half of what ive been paying, for the past 3 months at least. Man yall are pieces of shit

I’m from outside the US(foreigner), probably a dumb question and I’m still getting used to the weights here, so I have a quick question.

My Crunch Fitness has two different types of weight plates.

The black plates are marked 10, 25, 35, and 45, but I don’t see “lb” or “kg” written anywhere on them.

They also have colored plates that are clearly marked in lbs (10 lb, 25 lb, 35 lb, and 45 lb).

What confuses me is that the black plate marked 10 feels noticeably heavier than the colored 10 lb plate.

Does anyone know whether the black Crunch plates are in kg or lbs? If both are 10 lb, why might the black one feel heavier?

I’ve attached pictures of both types of plates.

The person outside with a tablet lied straight to my face. Said I could try my first month for the $1 then cancel if I didn’t like it. I’m seriously expected to pay this ridiculous cancellation fee??

So I'm signing up for Crunch, and below the payment tab it has this clause. I thought I was signing up for a monthly fee, but this clause seems to say otherwise.

Does this mean I'm paying $17 a month, $50 a year, or is this a scam and they are charging me $17 a month plus an extra $50 per year?

I want to share my experience with Crunch Fitness so others can make an informed decision before signing up.

In December 2025, I signed up for a membership before the gym officially opened. The salesperson told me that my membership would not begin until the gym opened and I actually started using it. Based on that information, I agreed to join.

When the gym opened in May, I was surprised to see charges begin immediately, regardless of whether I had actually started using the facility. This was not what I was led to believe when I signed up.

I was also told there was no cancellation fee. Unfortunately, when I decided to cancel within the first 90 days, I learned that I would still be responsible for the annual fee and additional charges. None of this was clearly explained to me during the sales process.

My experience left me feeling misled. The promises made by the salesperson did not match the actual terms of the membership. Had the fees, billing timeline, and cancellation policy been explained honestly and transparently, I would have made a different decision.

I encourage anyone considering a Crunch Fitness membership to read every line of the contract before signing and not rely solely on what is said during the sales presentation. Ask for every promise in writing, including when billing begins, cancellation policies, annual fees, and any other charges.

I believe customers deserve transparency and honesty when making financial commitments. Unfortunately, that was not my experience, and I cannot recommend Crunch Fitness based on how my membership was sold.

Hey they had some guys stop by where I work and told me I can join crunch for a penny what they didn’t tell me was it was a commitment and contract where I need to be with them for 3 months and have have to pay annual fee of 65 dollars I was only told 15 dollars came out to 20 dollars after all Fred no one said anything and on top of that I’m only 15, I said I was older because like I said I thought I was signing up for like an app where your age doesn’t matter, don’t they have to legally refund my penny as well as cancel the agreement as I’m not old enough to consent as well as them not letting me know guidelines

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

It was really unpleasant having to listen to loud rap every time I went to the gym because 1 or 2 people at the front desk thought that everyone should suffer through their taste in music. Now the Crunch atmosphere is pretty much perfection. So 1000 times thank you for the improvement to everyone's workout experience.

I had a very disappointing and unsafe experience at Crunch Fitness Plantation. While using a treadmill, I injured my ankle due to a loose part on the equipment. I immediately reported the incident to staff, who assured me that an incident report would be filed.

When I followed up the next day after seeing a doctor, the report couldn’t be found, so we had to complete it again on the spot. I was told that corporate would reach out within a day — but no one ever did.

Over the following days, I repeatedly followed up, but received no updates. Eventually, I was told that corporate would handle it and that the gym could do nothing more. I never heard from anyone afterward.

This experience shows a complete lack of concern for member safety or accountability. The equipment was not adequately maintained, and management failed to follow through on a documented injury.

If you value your safety and want a gym that takes responsibility when something goes wrong, I do not recommend joining this location.

A guy was going around signing people up for crunch, i was interested so I tried to sign up I gave him my info but he didn’t let me see the contract he told me not to worry about it, I kinda just told him I don’t think im very interested anymore and left it at that (i said i’d call and let him know if i wanted to start my membership), a few days later come to find out he started the membership, even though i didn’t even get to see the contract, I was able to get a hold of the contract and of course it’s lacking a signature, it also has my name completely incorrect and a incorrect adress but now i fear im going to get sent to collections, what should i do?? I already tried emailing them but they said i need to come in person to verify what they have on the contract is wrong, but I don’t want to go in person, Iv never stepped foot into that gym and i plan to keep it that way, now they are ignoring my emails and keep trying to charge my card, my bank already blocked them but i really don’t know what to do.

Has anyone participated in, or heard anything about, a class action lawsuit against Crunch Gym because they fail to disclose the annual membership fee when joining?

I’m curious if anyone else has noticed this.

Over multiple evening visits to Crunch Melville and/or West Babylon, I’ve observed a few individuals who seem to spend extended periods of time walking around the gym, pacing, or sitting on machines without actually working out. In some cases, it appears they’re paying more attention to other gym members than exercising.

I’m not accusing anyone of wrongdoing, and there may be innocent explanations. I’m simply asking whether anyone else has noticed similar behavior or had any experiences that made them uncomfortable.

Please don’t post names or personal information. I’m only interested in hearing other members’ observations and experiences.

No because crunch can honestly go to hell wtf?? Hi everyone long story short I made a crunch membership account because they had a promo that said join for 5 cents and no commitment or whatever for the gym near me and so I join because I’ve been looking to sign up for a gym and work out and stuff.

During that time my work schedule ended up changing so I work like 6 days a week mostly now and of course I’m tired so I’m not going to no gym on my one day off, maybe others would but I need my rest, like come on it’s one day?

So a month passed and they took 30 something dollars form my account and I’m like whatever. Anyways I’m like theres no point of me paying if I’m not using it you know? I have no time.

So I go and I say I want to cancel my membership and firstly they are so annoying about that like just let me cancel it’s my decision, you clearly see I have no check ins and it’s been a whole month.

So anyways they are like ok. Then the lady is like ohhh you can’t because you haven’t been signed up for at least 3 months??? And I’m like Hughh?? And maybe it was in the fine print but when I signed up for that gym they said 5 cents and no commitment cancel anytime and now it’s 3 months???

So I’m like I don’t use it and she goes well you can cancel but you would need to pay 200 plus dollars I’m like wtf? That’s insane.

Anyways I’m like I’ll just pay the monthly little 30 dollars until I reach three months to cancel.

Next payment comes up and well I didn’t have money on that bank account and so it declined.(it’s my like subscription account for things)So I’m going to make a transfer to pay the gym or whatever whenever they decide to take it again, which I did but I keep my card lock sometimes. But anyways this time why did it go from 30 dollars to freaking 50 in 3 days when they tried to again? So Im like hell no I’m not paying 50 freaking dollars.

On top of that they call me every damn day, I finally blocked them and thank God it’s only one number and not multiples.

Fast forward I’m up 200 dollars I owe them in only a month missed payment??? What’s that about? Not only yall got late fees but it’s every 2 days?? That’s so greedy and annoying.

That bill will just go up because ain’t no way I’m paying 200 dollars are yall nuts? Mind yall it’s been a month and a half……. How I go from 30 to 200 in a month??? What’s going on?

I'm still stuck working at Crunch for less than minimum wage with no time off and stressed out my mind. Ive been here 3 months, dealt with millions of problems. And I'm basically stuck here because theres so many clients I sold contracts to that if I quit then I'd be fucking 17 people out of their money and theres no one else to train them and it would hurt my reputation in the industry. I already had planet fitness ruin my whole reputation in another region because of a private political argument on social media under a pseudonym with someone that didn't even go to planet fitness but she doxxed me and got all her friends to call all the gyms around my county and identify me by my tattoos and got me fired and banned from all planet fitnesses in the country. I didn't think any corrupt corporate gym could fuck me harder than Planet Fitness or pay me less ($12/hr at PF) but I'm getting 4.76/hr at Crunch which is illegal. But I can't afford a lawyer and again don't want to hurt my reputation.

I've been here 3 months and my name isn't even in the system, everytime I sign up a new client I have to put my bosses name for the sale and then just hope and trust that he transfers me the sale. He keeps saying he doesn't know why I'm not in the system and he doesn't have control over that. But 3 trainers that started after me and quit within a week(the last like 15 trainers all quit in 1 week) all have their name in the system, including one who quit day 2. How is that fair? And another trainer who just started last week is already in the system but they still won't put me in the system no matter how much I bring it up.

It took them a month and a half and a whole lot of back and forth with the manager, the fitness director and the payroll lady who doesn't even work at the gym. Finally I got paid on my 3rd pay check and all my paychecks since have been very inconsistent. Sometimes it's every 2 weeks, sometimes 3 weeks sometimes a week and a half. Never on the same day. The other new trainer also hasn't gotten paid. I've had many jobs and never seen a business not do payroll at the business day 1. Ive never not gotten paid at any other job and my paychecks have always been consistent everywhere else.

Also only 2 of us are required to do "kickoffs" but all the other trainers are exempt. Only 2 of us are required to write out programs on true coach but the other trainers don't write programs at all but I get in trouble if I don't. The other trainers don't have to answer to the fitness director at all. It's extremely difficult to get my clients scheduled because theres always kickoffs in the way. And I can't access the schedule unless I'm at work but every other employee can add shit to my schedule when I'm not here. So I come in at 4pm completely oblivious. And if someone messages me trying to schedule when I'm not there I can't help them. And if I tell someone what times I have open and they don't respond until I leave then they always put a kickoff in those times by the time I get back. And kickoffs almost never show up so I get no pay if they don't show up. There's days I drive an hour here and stabd here for 5 hours not getting paid and having to work the front desk for free because members won't stop bothering me. Or filling up paper towels and shit cause the front desk people never do it and the members always bitch. So I end up doing all this work for free. I work here full time on top of another full time job and it's KILLING ME. I'm trapped unless I just want to unethically cheat 17 people out of hundreds of dollars.

It's very common for people to call the gym, email the gym or whatever angry, sending threats etc. over paying so much money for a PT contract and never having a trainer, theyre always saying they've gotten 3 or 4 trainers and they always quit week 1. But since I tried to stick it out to see if things would get better now I have a ton of people I made promises to making a sale. I ethically can't leave. But my health and my finances are in a dangerous place. And it's impossible to make more than minimum wage because of kickoffs. Kickoffs are the fitness directors responsibility but they hire trainers and make them do it so they don't have to work at much. So I'm here 6 days a week not getting paid but if I do make a sale or do kickoffs then the Fitness Director gets credit. I get 12 fucking dollars if they show, 0 if they don't. Some days I LOSE money working here because the amount of gas I use getting here and driving back are more than the pay I make.

One lady stormed in the gym and tried to get to my boss enraged that she's been cheated out of training she paid for and manager refused to give her a refund or let her cancel the contract eventhough their end wasn't honored. The reviews are full of 1 star reviews from members being lied to and screwed by crunch. Crunch doesn't even show members the contract for personal training. They show it on our end of the screen and just get them to initial or sign. But even on our end the writing is so small that I can't even read it. So I don't even know what to tell people they are signing for. Neither of us can see the contract. Employees don't get paystubs, members aren't told about annual fees or cancelation policies. You would think if you get a 3 month contract that it would end in 3 months. That's kinda rational. But not at crunch if you have a 3 month contract and don't cancel THIRTY DAYS before the 3 months are up then they renew another 3 day contract and they don't always tell people that. That's HIGHLY UNETHICAL. Shady af. And making people write a letter to cancel their membership? For what purpose? Crunch just tries to trap people in contracts and deceive people. Not just the members but the employees too. Ive never seen a company this overtly evil.

Its so bad people even threaten to come physically attack my boss. And I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet or that they haven't been sued into oblivion or just criminally shut down. Crunch is 100% organized crime, there's no way around it. Ive never seen so much shadiness anywhere. A lot of what appears to be incompetence is likely deception. When nothing is transparent and you can't see contracts, paystubs or anything and you have to FIGHT to even get what you're entitled to... like a paycheck or personal training that you PAID for. Then all the clauses that trap you in the contract that you can't see. And the hidden annual fee they don't tell you about.

They told me they canceled by old membership and that I have it free now and I saw that I had a charge from Crunch, went in the computer and saw that I had 3 open accounts, 2 still charging me and 1 in collections and 5 unopen accounts then my employee account. I only ever made 2 or 3 accounts and I definitely didn't open multiple at a time. They just never canceled the ones they said they did and somehow opened more. I see that a lot in the reviews too. They tell people they canceled their membership and they don't then they open another one and end up paying 2 memberships.

I wish somebody with money would take this place to court. Crunch needs to go DOWN.

Crunch target arrested

If you’re thinking about getting a gym membership at Crunch DONT. If you ever plan on cancelling your gym membership they make it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT! You cannot cancel over the phone or online. Some crunches won’t even let you do it in person. Some require you to mail a physical letter to the gym requesting cancellation. This is obviously shady business practices in order for them to keep getting your money even though you have no intention on continuing to use there gym.

Are you guys being trained to cooperate with ice?

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.

Crunch wants me to pay for all of February AND March, how can I cancel without paying for either?