Good clases at Crunch?

I don't do classes but if you need motivation, I'll give you some.

belzjm wrote: crunch just filed for bankruptcy last month.

are they even staying open?

I bet they do. Probably just trying to get out of some expensive leases and contracts.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aMejTWlWn2Sw

As far as I know, the only NYC location closing is the one in Lower Manhattan, which I used to use from time to time when I worked down there. Other than that, there's no closings, although that may have changed. the article does reflect a midtown closing I hadn't heard about.

Back to classes....I've been a member of that gym since it was the Park Slope Sports Club in 2001. Spin is the only worthwhile class there for the hardcore fitness nut. Other than that, it's pretty basic stuff. I can honestly tell you that the kickboxing instructor has been literally running the same class for about three years now, which is for shame since the best kickboxing class you'd ever find was our old Tuesday night class when it was the PSSC.

OpossumQueen wrote: Okay, I've not been to classes there in probably a year but there was an african dance/aerobic class that was great--you sweat and everyone had fun.

The pole dancing class was just weird, imo. They never actually did much (so not much exercise) and guys just stood at those back windows watching in. Creepy.

I tried beginner yoga once or twice and definitely did not like the class/instructors.

My wife did yoga there on Mondays, but they just lost their Monday guy, who was the only person she liked.

It was hard NOT to look at the pole dancing and, trust me, not in the oggling sense. That's a train wreck if there ever was one. Worse was the day they tried to promote it by placing poles throughout the gym and having random dancers throughout. I agree, though, that it always seems like there's about three people doing things inside that class, and about 25 others standing around the pole watching that person.

The Fitness Collective will kick your ass in a class without gimmicks. A lot of push-ups, drills, etc. If Crunch were to mix up their classes a bit and lower the fun factor, they might get some of us long-timers more excited about them.

Maybe they spend too much on pushy salesmen/pseudo-trainers to relentlessly hound patrons. I think one was hitting on me. She got my number out of the system and kept calling and offering me free personal training.

Now that I'm near the PS YMCA I kind of miss Crunch...the Y is a little too family/baby geared (all free floor space seems to be dedicated to yoga and or kid classes) for me plus the space is so broken up, it's hard to mix exercises (free weights one room and floor, resistance machines another floor, etc.)