Crunch Fitness - La Verne

Been going to this gym for years, always clean functioning equipment, friendly staff and another thing that stands out above the rest, is when I used to bring friends in for a guest pass, sign a paper and we work out. Quick easy, and when I ended my membership today because of relocation for myself, it was super quick, they don't try to shove memberships down your throat *cough cough la fitness* overall, best gym, let alone a great price too! This gym will be missed!

I joined Crunch gym so I could go to the various locations when I'm driving around between jail visits and court appearances, typically early in the morning, like between 5 and 6 am. This la Verne location was good. It's a big box layout in a shopping center. The bathrooms are bigger than others I've seen but there wasn't a sauna like I've seen at other locations. The weight machines just had numbers 1 through 10 instead of the lbs which I'd never seen at the half dozen other locations, they always use the lbs.

I thoroughly enjoyed my gym session along with the locals and the great staff. There are plenty of machines available on a Sunday afternoon. One thing came to my attention, and that was the men's shower. The sensation felt like mold from the ceiling, perhaps from the lack of ventilation. The shower area quickly became hot and musty from the spottings above. Everything was golden besides the shower experience and would have earned a 5star other-wise.

The facilities are fairly clean and the atmosphere is friendly. I mostly stuck to cardio equipment because other machines can get crowded on busy days. Overall, I had a good experience at La Verne. I would keep going there if I lived closer still! Shout out to John G. for helping me get started and helping me cancel my membership. He was super welcoming and made both processes quick and easy!

UPDATE December 2021: Update December 2021: Do NOT join this gym. The management is fake, they are nice until you sign up. They will come for your money. They will NOT let you cancel. You are warned. I used to like this gym. Clean, good selection of equipment. Nice people. However, since the pandemic I tried to put my membership on hold. First, it didnt work, I was still charged and when I found out I was told Crunch cannot refund but can credit me 1 month of membership. Then sometime in the summer of 2020 I tried again to freeze my account and was told my membership will be frozen until January 2021 and I can then decide what to do. I went to the gym in person in December 2020 and I told the manager I want to extend the freeze until at least April. He added the info in the computer and told me all is set, no payment until April. Then I was charged again in January and I 1.) went to the store to complain and 2.) also emailed the manager about this. In the store I was told again that refund is not possible although they admitted that there must have been made an error from their side in December. Again, they credited me 1 month of membership. As for the email to the manager, they usually never reply but this time they actually did. It took them 3 weeks!!! to reply with the words "apology for the late response ... we will look into your membership". The Management of this Crunch is ridiculous, and only about sucking out your money. Who actually is the manager? Seems this is all kept very secret.