Crunch Fitness - Folsom

I joined at the end of 2021 after not having a gym membership since Covid hit the country in 2020. I just wanted to ease back into a gym routine (I do other outdoor activities like skiing and cycling) a couple of times a week and didn't necessarily want to pay a lot. My prior gyms were those that were the largest and best in town (Lifetime and Cal Fit). I joined Crunch as the price was right and it has the minimum of what I need (but certainly no more). I'm able to go to the gym during the day, thereby avoiding the weeknight crowds typically seen in gyms from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Unfortunately this gym is pretty small, so even though I go during off-peak hours, there are sections of the gym that are always in use and you need to wait your turn or work in with others. One time I actually had another member refuse to allow me to work in because he "only" had two more sets. Approximately half the floor space here is devoted to cardio (which I do outdoors, not at the gym), but when I'm there, fewer than 10 percent of those machines are in use, while the weight section of the gym is heavily populated. They have some machines there which require you to take the weights on and off, although they also have those where you simply move a pin or flick a lever to change the resistance. The machines that require you to move the weights are actually very good, but those too are frequently in use. The main problem here is that virtually none of the gym members bother to re-rack their weights and the gym staff does nothing to enforce this. You can look around this area of the gym at any given time and see that 90% of those machines still have stacks of 45 pound weights on them from the prior user. Part of the reason here may be due to the fact that the gym does not have a central weight rack (or tree) for people to return their weights to. Each machine has some limited room to rack the weights, but it's insufficient for the amount of weights in the gym. Compared with the larger gyms I mentioned earlier, there is a lot less choice for equipment. For example, there is only one ab machine (and none for working your obliques). There is only one incline and one decline press (the kind where you have to take the weights on and off). But if you have a limited budget, this gym is still a bargain. You can still get a good workout here if you are prepared to wait for some stations to open up, particularly in the free weight area. After my membership expires, however, I'll be going back to Cal Fit where there is much more floor space and many more choices.

This is a decent size gym with decent and clean equipment. The only complaint I have is the personal trainers. They are very rude to others when they are training someone or just walking around. They walk so close to you when you are working out, step on or right by your things, and have no reguard for someone working out. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve almost hit the blonde small trainer with a weight, bar, or band by accident because she’s so close to me or waking right in front of me in the middle of my set. I don’t know if they are trained to put the needs of their trainees in front of others trying to use the space too but it sure seems like it. Other than that it’s a great gym.

Crunch fitness is a scam and they screw over young kids. Please go elsewhere. Elaine Rockhill is a nasty person and overtalked me the whole conversation of how they screwed over my granddaughter as she was forced to move cross country over a death in family and she cancelled ther membership. But they told her she had to go in person only to cancel it. Now 5 months later she says she would take an email but is responsible from June till now. Nice way to screw over a minor child. Now she is sending it to collections. Unbelievably nasty on the phone and talks with a forked tongue.

Ive had a great time at crunch fitness, mainly because of the amazing staff! There’s always clean floors and plenty of gym equipment, even on the busy days! Also one of the male staff members Brandon always greets me with an amazing smile and always hyped me up before my workout! So if your looking for a new gym I recommend! Very affordable and friendly!