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Forward-thinking fitness clubs are making their brands accessible to smartphone users through mobile-friendly websites and mobile applications....More

The health club industry has made a definitive push in the low-price arena, highlighted by new Crunch franchise clubs on the West Coast and Equinox-branded Blink clubs on the East Coast....More

NEW YORK -- Crunch will expand its reach in Miami as well as its other primary markets around the country over the next several months....More

NEW YORK -- A year after filing for bankruptcy and changing ownership, Crunch is making waves with the addition of new clubs....More

NEWTOWN, PA -- For 31 years, the Newtown Athletic Club has not closed. Even after heavy snowstorms that streak is still intact....More

NEW YORK The bankruptcy sale of Crunch, New York, which was completed this month, has similar parallels to the 2006 sale of Crunch by Bally Total Fitness,...More

NEW YORK -- Court documents were filed Monday detailing a bankruptcy judge’s approval of the sale of Crunch, New York, to CH Fitness, which consists of Mark Mastrov’s New Evolution Fitness Co. (NEFC) and affiliates of the private equity firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. The sale is expected to be completed by Aug. 31....More

NEW YORK -- Crunch, New York, may have filed for bankruptcy in May, but that hasn’t stopped the company from going forward with new ideas. This week, Crunch launched its first-ever film contest called Gym Shorts. The grand prize is $10,000 and a one-year Crunch membership....More

NEW YORK -- U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber approved Crunch’s request to fund operations with $1 million on an interim basis after the New York-based chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan....More

NEW YORK Crunch, the New York-based chain with more than 20 gyms in six U.S. cities and 73,000 members, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month in...More

Mark Mastrov gets advice from health club operators about how to survive a recession....More