{"id":11356,"date":"2025-05-05T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T19:33:56","slug":"crunch-to-host-nationwide-fundraising-event-to-support-augies-quest-to-cure-als","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/crunch-to-host-nationwide-fundraising-event-to-support-augies-quest-to-cure-als\/","title":{"rendered":"Crunch to Host Nationwide Fundraising Event to Support Augie&#8217;s Quest to Cure ALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crunch-300x180.png\" alt=\"Crunch\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10322\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crunch-300x180.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crunch-200x120.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crunch-768x461.png 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crunch-800x480.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Crunch.png 1928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Crunch<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK, N.Y.<\/strong> &#8211; Crunch Fitness, a leading high-value, low-price announces it will host its nationwide fundraising event to support Augie&#8217;s Quest to Cure ALS (Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease). The initiative will take place at participating Crunch Fitness, Crunch Select, and Crunch Signature locations nationwide on Saturday, May 31, from 9AM to 10:30AM local time, with the ability for Crunch members and non-members to participate, donate and help in the fight to find a cure for this debilitating disease.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Crunch will host a 90-minute Love Your Muscles class consisting of three 20-minute formats, including strength, core, and mobility, finishing with a 30-minute dance segment. The Love Your Muscle Classes cost $20 to participate, with 100% of proceeds donated directly to the organization. Crunch will also provide additional options to donate without securing a class spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Love Your Muscles Class formats include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Love Your Muscles Augie&#8217;s Quest Fundraiser \u2013 (with Zumba):<\/strong> Love Your Muscles master class consists of three 20-minute segments combining strength with Stripped Down Strength, Tough Core with Tough 20, and the best of mobility and stretch with Joint Ventures. Finish with a special 30-minute Zumba party and a dedicated playlist to celebrate our bodies and our love for movement &#038; fitness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Love Your Muscles Augie&#8217;s Quest Fundraiser (with So You Think You Can&#8217;t Dance):<\/strong> Love Your Muscles master class consists of three 20-minute segments combining strength with Stripped Down Strength, Tough Core with Tough 20, and the best of mobility and stretch with Joint Ventures. Finish with a special 30-minute So You Think You Can&#8217;t Dance party and a dedicated playlist to celebrate our bodies and our love for movement &#038; fitness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;At Crunch, we believe in making serious fitness fun, including engaging our community with awesome classes to support a larger cause. We&#8217;re proud to have supported Augie&#8217;s Quest over the years through direct donations and by helping to raise awareness and funds for ALS research in support of Augie Nieto&#8217;s incredible mission,&#8221; said Chad Waetzig, CMO of Crunch Fitness and Augie&#8217;s Quest fitness advisory council member. &#8220;We&#8217;re honored to be uniting the Crunch community across the country through powerful programming that not only celebrates the 20-year legacy of Augie&#8217;s Quest but also energizes our members and fitness enthusiasts to move their bodies for meaningful change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fitness pioneer and founder of Life Fitness, Augie Nieto, established Augie&#8217;s Quest to Cure ALS. Augie was diagnosed with ALS in March 2005 and made it his mission to find a cure for the terminal disease until his death in February 2023. Since its inception, Augie&#8217;s Quest has raised over $200 million for the cause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEW YORK, N.Y.<\/strong> &#8211; Crunch Fitness, a leading high-value, low-price announces it will host its nationwide fundraising event to support Augie&#8217;s Quest to Cure ALS (Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease). The initiative will take place at participating Crunch Fitness, Crunch Select, and Crunch Signature locations nationwide on Saturday, May 31, from 9AM to 10:30AM local time, with the ability for Crunch members and non-members to participate, donate and help in the fight to find a cure for this debilitating disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[7,33,350],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11357,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions\/11357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}