About this site
The researcher's desk.
Crunch Membership Guide exists for one reason: the advertised price of a gym membership is almost never the full price. We publish careful, sourced breakdowns of what a membership actually costs — the tiers, the fees, and the fine print — so you can walk into a club knowing the real number before you sign.
Who writes this
A single, consistent author covers gym pricing and fitness industry trends, cross-checking pricing against official club listings and franchise disclosures. There's no rotating cast of "experts" — the same person who writes the guide also maintains it, so the methodology stays consistent across every page.
Source log
Franchise disclosures & official listings
We cross-check tier names, structure, and common fee ranges against official club listings and franchise disclosure patterns — not against screenshots of someone's individual bill.
Club-level verification
Because pricing is set by individual franchise owners, we treat any single club's price as a data point, not a national standard. We label ranges, not single numbers, wherever the data supports it.
Dated, repeatable updates
Every page carries a 'last updated' date. When we revise a figure, we re-verify it against current sources rather than editing in place from memory.
What we deliberately don't do
- 01We don't publish "cancellation support phone numbers." Cancellation is handled at the franchise level, and unverified phone numbers are a known scam pattern on competitor sites.
- 02We don't claim a nationwide student discount exists. We've found no evidence of a standardized one, so we say so honestly rather than fabricating a deal.
- 03We don't imply this site is official. It isn't — see the disclaimer at the bottom of every page.