Tony Quinn

Brady

Hey Guys,

Recently ive been reading a thread in relation to the Educo Gym highlight that was shown on RTE. (Girl loosing a stone in 12 days!)

I was wondering does anyone else think the whole Tony Quinn thing is a Joke? with the Gyms popping up left right and center let alone the Health Shops and Seminars... OR has anyone maybe had a good experience?:eek:

Massive Muscles

I ****ing knew that was TQ just caught the end of it but heard the 'gaining 3lbs of muscle line. Disgraceful that RTE gave them any time. What a scummy operator.

Brady

I agree, the last thing these guys need is more publicity for people to fall into the trap!

Im curious though, has anyone (else) on Boards had any TQ experiences? i.e. Seminars

Agent J

Losing a stone i 12 days isnt as difficult as youd think.

Its dumb and you will regain it pretty quickly.

Brady

Its defiantly not difficult....espicially if you are paying out the small fortune that is required for supplements to complete the programme, which i dont believe was shown on the tv show..

Agent J wrote: »

Losing a stone i 12 days isnt as difficult as youd think.

Its dumb and you will regain it pretty quickly.

Massive Muscles

Agent J wrote: »

Losing a stone i 12 days isnt as difficult as youd think.

Its dumb and you will regain it pretty quickly.

True, gaining 3lbs of muscles is bull though.

smiley girl

Agent J wrote: »

Losing a stone i 12 days isnt as difficult as youd think.

Its dumb and you will regain it pretty quickly.

Last year I lost a stone in 14 days, it didn't stay off at the time though.

AARRRGH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAtTh_ExjOg

This is what Tony Quinn can do for you. It's both hilarious and disturbing. Worth watching. (All the other parts on you Youtube too).

Brady

Did you do it though TQ?

smiley girl wrote: »

Agent J wrote: »

Losing a stone i 12 days isnt as difficult as youd think.

Its dumb and you will regain it pretty quickly.

Last year I lost a stone in 14 days, it didn't stay off at the time though.

m83

Screw Tony Quinn. John Stone is the man :cool:

Massive Muscles

AARRRGH wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAtTh_ExjOg

This is what Tony Quinn can do for you. It's both hilarious and disturbing. Worth watching. (All the other parts on you Youtube too).

I was just looking for that link ha. Sent RTE a complaint. I'd say the research for Nationwide just said 'ooh a gym, this will do' without giving it any second thought.

Brady

Thats a pretty extreme example of the Tony Quinn effect alright lol.... fairly old though that was way back at the start... hes doing loads of seminars now every 2nd month or so..

Massive Muscles wrote: »

I was just looking for that link ha. Sent RTE a complaint. I'd say the research for Nationwide just said 'ooh a gym, this will do' without giving it any second thought.

Quint

You don't need a Tony Quinn gym. ANY gym will do, the instructer should give you a run through the machines and a program on a variety of them.
There was a lot on Tony Quinn on the Joe Duffy show a while back, the guy is a borderline cult leader.
And as mentioned twice in this thread, lose weight that quickly and it'll go back on.

Massive Muscles

Quint wrote: »

You don't need a Tony Quinn gym. ANY gym will do, the instructer should give you a run through the machines and a program on a variety of them.
There was a lot on Tony Quinn on the Joe Duffy show a while back, the guy is a borderline cult leader.

I wouldn't say borderline. All the ingredients are there.

Award-winning film director Jim Sheridan has claimed that controversial lifestyle guru Tony Quinn told him that he once had a vision in which the voice of Jesus was coming from inside him.

"I had met him before and I was once interviewed for his newspaper. I agreed to meet him because a friend of mine asked me to. He started telling me all about himself and the idea for a film he had about a hypnotist."
"He was telling me all sorts of stuff about himself, some of which I couldn`t believe. He told me he was walking along one day when all of a sudden a group of some sort of Middle Eastern people appeared to him.
"He said he became aware that he was walking on sand and he followed the people to the top of a hill. He said there were thousands of people there and that he thought he heard Jesus speaking to them, but then he realised it was him. That is verbatim what he told me. I found the whole meeting unnerving."

sunnyside

It's not just the gym, those people are also on something very similar to the Atkins diet. I did enquire about it before and I know somebody who did the programme. I didn't go for i because I know I wouldn't be disciplined enough to stick to the diet and it's really expensive. I believe the before and after pics are genuine but that like any other diet it requires really hard work and discipline. It's not as easy as "Give Tony Quinn money and you'll look like that"

Quint

Massive Muscles wrote: »

I wouldn't say borderline. All the ingredients are there.

Not in his supplements apparently, they're supposed to be rubbish.

SoupyNorman

I remember listening to a woman on Joe Duffy explaining how she'd got into debt to €80k to fund going on TQ seminars in the Caribbean...I thought "What an idiot", and then turned back to my infomercials.

sunnyside

Massive Muscles wrote: »

I wouldn't say borderline. All the ingredients are there.

Quint wrote: »

There was a lot on Tony Quinn on the Joe Duffy show a while back, the guy is a borderline cult leader.
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The gyms don't seem to have to have much to do with those positive thinking life changing €60,000 seminars. I know it's the same company but if anything the gyms seem to distance themselves from the cult. They appear to operate as gyms and nothing more.

Brady

... hangs head in shame lol.... i wouldn't say hes borderline cult leader or all the ingredients are there... he defiantly is a cult leader.

SoupyNorman wrote: »

I remember listening to a woman on Joe Duffy explaining how she'd got into debt to €80k to fund going on TQ seminars in the Caribbean...I thought "What an idiot", and then turned back to my infomercials.

AARRRGH

sunnyside wrote: »

They appear to operate as gyms and nothing more.

Not really. They push Tony Quinn supplements and don't provide realitic goals or training plans. Not to mention how expensive they are.

Massive Muscles

sunnyside wrote: »

The gyms don't seem to have to have much to do with those positive thinking life changing €60,000 seminars. I know it's the same company but if anything the gyms seem to distance themselves from the cult. They appear to operate as gyms and nothing more.

That 'instructor' on nationwide was a disciple and would have most definitely went on all the TQ seminars. He operates a strange pyramid scheme involving gym instruction and seminar recruitment.

Some people might write it off as buyer beware but you have to remember the sort of vunerable, confused types that he targets like all cults really. A dangerous individual.

panda100

I met a patient when I was doing psychiatry in the Mater who was obsessed with Tony Quinn. I hadnt heared of him until then but it was scary how much of a negative impact him and his organisation had on her mental health.

Brady

The youtube video isnt a million miles off what effect he can have on some people, we all didn't go mental though i went on one of his seminars 5 years ago...:( interesting experience and expensive

panda100 wrote: »

I met a patient when I was doing psychiatry in the Mater who was obsessed with Tony Quinn. I hadnt heared of him until then but it was scary how much of a negative impact him and his organisation had on her mental health.

sunnyside

Massive Muscles wrote: »

That 'instructor' on nationwide was a disciple and would have most definitely went on all the TQ seminars. He operates a strange pyramid scheme involving gym instruction and seminar recruitment.

Some people might write it off as buyer beware but you have to remember the sort of vunerable, confused types that he targets like all cults really. A dangerous individual.

I can see how that would work, especially if those instructors go on the seminars for free. I mean if I was offered a free trip to the seminar I'd definitely go, I'd probably have a wonderful time and come home and tell everyone how fabulous it was and I would genuienly mean it so I wouldn't be deliberately brainwashing anyone. And not having spent anything it would definitely enhance my life.

Mrmoe

Who is Tony Quinn? Never heard of him or am I living under a rock?

Brady

Stay under the rock!

Mrmoe wrote: »

Who is Tony Quinn? Never heard of him or am I living under a rock?

Quint

sunnyside wrote: »

The gyms don't seem to have to have much to do with those positive thinking life changing €60,000 seminars. I know it's the same company but if anything the gyms seem to distance themselves from the cult. They appear to operate as gyms and nothing more.

What AARRRGH said:

AARRRGH wrote: »

Not really. They push Tony Quinn supplements and don't provide realitic goals or training plans. Not to mention how expensive they are.

I doubt the gyms are cheap. Although, they got to be cheaper than Jackie Skelly:D

smiley girl

Brady wrote: »

Did you do it though TQ?

Em no! I was just pointing out that anyone can lose a stone in 12 days or thereabouts. And that that weight won't stay off.....

sunnyside

panda100 wrote: »

I met a patient when I was doing psychiatry in the Mater who was obsessed with Tony Quinn. I hadnt heared of him until then but it was scary how much of a negative impact him and his organisation had on her mental health.

It must just be because of the substantial costs involved though. He doesn't appear to "teach" anything more exclusive than any other self-help/life coaching guru. His positive thinking approach is basically the Secret/Law of Attraction which is hugely popular, much bigger than him and doesn't get any negative press. Except you can buy into that for €15 in a bookshop or borrow it from a library for free!

There are loads of those self help guru people, most of them do seminars but at normal prices.

Brady wrote: »

i went on one of his seminars 5 years ago...:( interesting experience and expensive

Do tell us more.

davyjose

panda100 wrote: »

I met a patient when I was doing psychiatry in the Mater who was obsessed with Tony Quinn. I hadnt heared of him until then but it was scary how much of a negative impact him and his organisation had on her mental health.

You should have given her a hover-bike...

ldooley

This is the documentary TV3 did on the Tony Quinn organisation a few years back.

TheZohanS

OP you have made some allegations on this thread that cannot be proven or disproven and in the interest of fairness this thread has to remain closed as there is no representative from TQ here to tell their side of what happened.

Thanks.