crunch fitness premier

junglecliff

anyone a member?
looking for reviews,price lists etc...

Boru.

Hi junglecliff,

Avoid it like the plauge. For more detail run a quick search on crunch fitness. I once gave a long and detailed account of my time there. It wasn't great. If you can't find I'm sure I saved it some where and can repost it.

Dragan

I was a member of crunch in limerick for a while. I found it to be alright, if all you were after was a brief workout with little benefit.

To be honest, if you look around you will find much better gyms out there.

Seraphina

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i'm in the one in ucd...
should i pay any attention to the instructors? cause i paid to have a workout plan made for me and now im worried it's doing me no good!

Dragan

One thing i have noticed about crunch is they only hire people who have the cert, after that, they don't really seem to care hwo good they are.

Largely it just seem to be to ensure they have the right people to cover the insurance and thats about it.

I would suggest you do some research based on your goals, and educate yourself as much as you can.

What are you current stats and goals and we will see if we can help you out.

Soulgirl

Hi guys

I agree with your assessment of Crunch - and I know from REAL experience. I'm an ex-employee *shudders*.

Anyone know anything about Friarsland Gym ? Need some short term membership close to home, and this is pretty handy for me. But I havent heard great things about it.
I might go check it out. Its €200 for 3 months full access.
Anyone a member

Dragan

Hey Soulgirl,

i just have to ask, was it the ethics or the decor that made you leave?

Well done for getting out, there's far better out there for people who genuinely care!!

Soulgirl

It was the ethics, definitely. Awful treatment. Really dont know I how stuck it there. Zero motivation and they couldn't give a rats ass about staff.
In fairness, the decor wasnt great either, but you could cope with that.
Thinking of checking out Friarsland this evening, so any comments would be appreciated.

junglecliff

thanx folks.
but which crunch we talkin bout..?

westmantown and temple bar look good.

qwertyup

Some of the equipment in UCD is really dodgy. Sled leg presses need new popper pins, and most of the machines could do with having the slack taken in on the cables.

slicus ricus

The Crunch in UCD is not very good... the only reason im a member there is because i go to college in UCD and its convenient and cheap. They havnt got a lot of equipment - the leg press is useless, theres no decline bench, no dips bars, only 1 or 2 EZ bars, and at the moment only one 25lb dumbell (they're only the ones i can remember of the top of my head)! Ive even complained bout the one 25lb nd nothing was ever done.

Unless you go to UCD, i wouldnt advise joining crunch in UCD!

Seraphina wrote:

???
i'm in the one in ucd...
should i pay any attention to the instructors? cause i paid to have a workout plan made for me and now im worried it's doing me no good!

I know one of the instructors who definitely knows his stuff and is in good shape too - not sure about the others though: some of them dont look in the best shape themselves!

Cerdito

I used to work in the one in Westmanstown and none of the instructors were what you would call inspirational looking, but some of them really knew their stuff. I'm not mad about the management and their priorities (style over substance) but it's not a bad gym if like most people you don't have very specific requirements when it comes to machines etc.

If I lived back out that way again I'd be more likely to join it than Total Fitness or Westpoint, and I've been to all three. I hate the layout in Total Fitness and it's full of bodybuilders (and my brother tells me the mens locker room stinks of steriods!), and Westpoint is just jamming them in like the Ryanair of gyms.

joejoem

I'm, in Crunch Dun Laoghaire. It looks great, there are lots of hot people, and there is allot of cardio equipment and cable machines. After that there isnt much, dumbells only go to 30kg, there is only one bench, one smith machine. The weights room is simialar in size to a residential houses bathroom. It has a pool and the changing rooms are very nice. It has no squat rack and it only has one bar for free weights which is the one on the bench. There are a few bars with weights on them in the main section of the gym but there is no squat rack to use them on. Its great for me as far as location, but thats really it. I will go to loughlinstown next time

Transform

Well better add in my two cents!!

Used to be the fitness Director for Crunch in Dun Laoghaire - i think it WAS a great club about 2 years ago, great instructors, classes, atmosphere.

All the bad press here is a little one sided as ALL gyms are generally profit driven and in doing so the staff are generally going to be a mix of brilliant instructors and some who are still learning the ropes.

When all is said and done unless you are a power lifter ANYONE can get a great workout in a simple hotel gym if they are motivated enough to do so.

p.s. in regards to UCD (also worked as the fitness director there about 5 years ago) - you get what you pay for!! Its the cheepest gym around so if you want better service and a perfect working machines then go to David LLoyds, westwood etc where your money will go further.

All the best

Guv

How much is full membership of crunch in UCD for non students? It is not that cheap.

As for TF being full of bb'ers and the changing rooms smelling of steroids!? You are obviously talking about Blanch or 'Malahide'? The one in Sandyford ain't got many bb'ers.