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Check out the new Crunch Fitness location in St. Cloud!

A new gym is about to open in St. Cloud.

Crunch Fitness is putting the finishing touches on their new club, which will open on Halloween morning, Thursday, October 31st. It is in the space formerly occupied by Sears at the Crossroads Shopping Center.

Crunch is a national chain with 433 other clubs nationwide and in Puerto Rico, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Costa Rica and Australia.

Newly enrolled members of the St. Cloud watched the club on Thursday as they picked up their club access cards and other valuables for becoming “club founders.”

And while there’s a lot of painting, cleaning and organizing before the club opens for practice, come with us and take a look at the new St. Cloud.

The AM 1240 WJON signal

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

St. Cloud’s Crunch Fitness is opening at 4101 West Division Street — in the former Sears Crossroads Shopping Center. The gym has an outside entrance, but no entrance from inside the mall.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Next to the main desk are rows of cardio equipment. People climb the stairs and bikes parked here.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Here’s a stair climber’s view of the many TV monitors across the gym floor.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Beyond are people climbing stairs — a treadmill.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

So much for the “cardio row.”

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

The weightlifting area is divided into zones. Here, benches and racks and racks of dumbbells.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Benches can be used flat or horizontal.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Next to the benches, chest benches with weight racks at each station.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Words of encouragement.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Beyond the dumbbells are 10 Olympic weightlifting platforms. These can be used for a variety of barbell lifts including deadlifts, clean-and-jerks, snatches and squats. Each station has its own weight, making it quick and easy to load the bar for your workout.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

And, of course, a mirror has been added to help you check your form.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

In addition to free weight classes, there are many weight machines to isolate certain muscle groups.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Crunch also offers many private classes or studios. This is a High Intensity Interval Training class for performance training. All the equipment in the class is independent and the class can continue without disturbing the people who use the main gym floor. (Watch out for puncture bags, jump boxes and tire halves for tire flips.)

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

A wide selection of kettlebells…

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

… and dumbbells are available. Dumbbells and plates are coordinated in bright colors to make them easy to place.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

This one bedroom studio is under construction…

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

… like a cycling studio. Note the effect of the “choir riser” to keep all the passengers able to keep an eye on the instructor who would be near where the ladder is. This studio has a lot of visuals that should go well with a good sound system for spinning and cycling classes.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

There are no excuses to skip leg day! There are many foot presses.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Need a late job? Matrix-style lat machines stand at the ready.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Preloaded curls and straight barbell bars are hacked and rarin’ to go.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

You may sweat JUST WALKING in the gym. It is very big.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

And although it was overwhelming when I looked at all the equipment, even on the pre-opening tours there were many employees to answer questions and show people around. You just have to ask.

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

Tim Lyon, TSM St. Cloud

And although it was not yet open for reading, near the front desk it will be Rest and Get Well area with Hydro Massage, tanning and 360 Scan body contouring services.

There’s still a lot to do before the Crunch opens for its first practice on Halloween morning. But this area is attractive and promises to provide another good option for the exercise of local residents.

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