of over 110 gyms worldwide including 86 franchise locations in ma pa ny nj ct wa or ca tx fl ky va puerto rico and australia and is rapidly expanding across the u.s. and around the globe . contents 1 history 2 description 3 references 4 external links history edit crunch was founded in a basement level aerobics studio in new york city s east village in 1989 by doug levine . 1 with the collaboration of fitness instructors the group fitness programming was started at crunch . offerings such as hip hop aerobics co ed action wrestling and cyked yoga cycling were introduced . 2 in clubs members have access to innovative group fitness classes state of the art equipment personal and group training full service locker rooms and much more . select locations offer an exclusive crunch retail line that can also be purchased from the crunch online store . 3 in january 2014 crunch released its online workout extension called crunch live . this subscription based online video library has over 95 workouts inspired by the brand s most popular and results driven classes including kick butt cardio strength training yoga and more . 4 crunch has extended operations to australia in the last few years . in sydney there are now four crunch gyms located at chatswood parramatta rockdale liverpool and bankstown . description edit headquartered in new york city and co owned by new evolution ventures and private equity firm angelo gordon crunch serves over 500 000 members with both corporately owned and franchise locations crunch essentials in cities throughout the u.s. and in australia . 5 keith worts currently serves as the ceo of crunch fitness and ben midgley is the ceo of crunch franchise . 6 references edit https www.crunch.com about us history and philosophy https www.crunch.com about us history and philosophy https www.crunch.com store https www.crunchlive.com what you get https www.crunch.com about us history and philosophy https www.crunch.com franchise meet your team external links edit official website crunch fitness franchise crunch live retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crunch fitness & oldid 741692718 categories health clubs in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 02 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view