written by KeatonYoung275 on 23/05/2016
They just take money from you and didnt even check if there is any progress after 3 months of my training.
written by on 30/01/2015
Having had a consultation at Educo Dundrum, it seemed the perfect gym for me. One to one sessions followed by group sessions with 6 people max. All very doable I was advised, even with a previous back problem, I was told it would be perfect for me. I was really looking forward to the 12 day challenge to start with. To start off they have 3 one-to-one sessions with trainer. Three beginners sessions later, I have had only one, one to one session. Subsequently after the second night I was experiencing terrible niggly sin down back of my bottom into my leg exactly like disc pain I had 3 years ago. The girl that reeled me in at the consultation was busy chatting with this girl for the 20 minutes! They were actually in the office with the door closed when i finished up. neither girl saw me leave. Fabulous!!!???? I went home with a very different discomfort, not like muscle pain. The following day I emailed Educo and expressed my dissatisfaction. I went along day 3 and spoke to the trainer before I started and requested that he reduce the weights as I was worried about my back. What did he do....nothing. I worked away nearly half dead with extreme weights used and the said trainer spent my one to one running around helping out 4 others. I now have a definite issue with my disc which will have to settle down. They will bamboozle you with all the talk at consultation, then they will confuse you with the different packages. The red flag is they don't offer you a trial before thy sign you up!!!! Beware!!!!! Believe me it is not for anyone unfit or with back issues. They subsequently, debited my account with the €75 consultation fee and €273 for an unlimited programme (which I never requested, I just wanted 3 times a week after the 12 day programme). It's unreal. I now have to cancel my appointments and try to retrieve the monies the withdrew. This is a nightmare, avoid like the plague. I am so disillusioned with the dishonest and misleading information they gave me. Will update on progress re refund.
written by on 24/09/2013
They will brainwash you to go on their BS "mind-changing seminars", they claim that Tony Quinn is better than anyone and that if you don't pay them 12000 pounds- "Your life will be miserable". Ask yourself, do you need to pay some Quinn 12000 pounds to make your life happy? I don't think so.
written by on 07/08/2013
Avoid at all costs. Research Tony Quinn, a self proclaimed "mind guru", has set up this farce of a franchise. His business dealings consist of recruiting people to his cult-like following, who pay 10,000 to 60,000 for various seminars. He is a farcical entity who tricks people into spending shed tons of money, ruining peoples' family lives and otherwise. Just look up how many court cases have been filed against. Disgusting man, I hope he gets what is coming to him.
written by Giles987 on 28/06/2013
I am extremely unimpressed with this gym. I signed up to the Barnes branch and although they fed me the right jargon to part, in hindsight with a ridiculous amount of money. Esentially all i was taught was to go on a diet, which i understand is obviously important but the 'personal training' was met with a trainer more lackluster than myself in being there, repeating how they would rather have a career in music than their current job. The 'manager' as young as they were generally looked hungover and unenthused, i guess they've got your money and probably know you're not going to renew so why bother! For anyone looking at this gym i recommend a run in the park, it will do a lot more for you than this gym.
written by on 08/04/2011
This is the worst gym EVER. Avoid at all costs.. the system is flawed and the machine is ridiculous. However it can produce signs of weight loss if that your goal but it just not functional. i would say its good for people over 50 years old but thats it.
written by on 11/02/2011
My wife and I joined educo gym in south Dublin in the summer to learn how to exercise properly in a short period of time and also lose some weight in the process. When we went to join the staff could not be nicer and welcomed us with open arms, we joined up for 3 months each at 219 per month per person and then all the supplements which came to close to 600. After the three months we decided to join another "normal" gym that was nearer to us to continue exercising as educo gym is not really a long term affordable option at 219 per person per month. Also with two young kids the trek was not possible as often as we would like to go. My wife who had difficulty remembering her exercises as when you join you are given a card like most gyms, so she called the manager at the gym and asked could she simply have her exercise card outlining her exercises and the weight she finished up when she left educo. The minute they realized she was leaving the tone changed, she was ltold she could have the simple exercise card but then when I called into request the card personally, nobody would talk to me and simply refused to give it to me as it was their property and company policy.after spending 2000 euro with the company you would think that apiece of paper which is now good to anybody else would not be a big deal right? WRONG! The minute they sense the customer has made a decision to leave good business practice and customer service go out the window. Would I recommend educo gym? In short No! Not a chance but make your own decision this is just my experience.
written by on 21/01/2011
I would 100% not recommend educo gym from my own personal experience. It is an absolute rip off. Once they have your money they dont care, and major pressure put on me to buy their supplements,which also did not work for me.
I also felt in some cases there was a lack of supervision in the weight training given. I was told my first three sessions would be a one on one sessions, this did not happen. When i told one instructor i had not done a particalur exercise before she said i had, even though i had not, and it was her first time to met me. There is no major emphasis put on warm up and cool downs, and for two days i could bearly walk after a particalar exercises. This had me extremely stressed as i had an important event to go to, and when i told my instructors, they were very dismissive of this. I have just felt hughly frurstrated from this experience and would not recommend their services to anyone.
written by on 12/01/2011
Came to the Educo gym in Dublin to tone up, luckyly do not need to lose weight. The gym instructor attempted to push me "mind-training" seminar and at the same time was trying to grab my butt-what a despicable man who should not even be in the industry! The diet is in hight fat and he insisted no carbohydrates should be allowed. When asked why, he said that God (or monkey's pyjamas-can never remember) spoke thru Tony Quinn and that is "true nature of the world", he laso rambled about that "Life will give me millions..." The butt-grabbing incident left me a bit wondering. Is Tony Quinn gay, too? We'll never know.
written by sandy beach on 16/12/2010
I checked out Educo Gym on Parnell Street in Dublin recently. I had looked at a lot of reviews of educogym first but I had to see for myself. Once I had an informed idea of what they offered I didn't sign up (it would have cost me nearly 600 euros for 3 months). And looking back I'm glad I didn't.
I should mention that I'm pretty familiar with principles of diet and exercise already. What I lacked was motivation. As many fitness experts have observed, getting into shape is SIMPLE but not EASY (i.e the principles are straight forward but it requires real effort to apply yourself). Books like The Abs Diet by the editor of Men's Health Magazine is an excellent source for these principles - it give the most up to date scientific advice on the best exercises and food to get in shape (advice, by the way, that is equally valid for the ladies).
So, why am I glad I didn't sign up to educo gym?
- It's very over-priced.
- There is no emphasis on warm ups (a recipe for injuries).
- It's not a long term solution.
- It appeals to our "instant gratification - I want it now!" tendency.
- Educogym talks ONLY about the success stories - no posters of people who didn't get results on their web sites or walls! I wonder what are the real numbers of people who get results in these gyms?
- They have a hard sell approach that they lay on you. You will be pressured to decide right away on whether to join or not and this is not professional I feel.
There is nothing that educo gym can offer that you can't do yourself with a set or running shoes, a set of free weights (which cost a fraction of the educo gym fees) a good guide book (a good one mentioned earlier) or even videos (YouTube is full of these). And the magic ingredient - your own motivation.
written by on 10/08/2010
I went into Educo on the basis that I would be training hard and eating a healthy low GI diet. What they don't tell you is that after you have parted with your money that they want you to spend another £100 on supplements.
I found the whole experince really dissapointing and I didn't like there attitude when you complain, and come up with excuses as to why its not working, your the exception.
The diet is extreme and I felt like I had no energy a lot of the time.
Did I drop a dress size - no
Did i loose 2 ins of my waist - no
Did I have a new body - no
Did I have lot of energy - no
Was my bank account £600 lighter - yes
My experience was a total disapointment and I would never recommed them.
The people who get results I think are the ones that eat junk all day, not people with a reasonable diet.
If you want to loose weight I would go with someone like Dax Moy who gives you a garantee, that way you know your money is well invested, or join rosemary connelly. My cousin did this while I was at educo and lost more weight that I did in 8weeks in 3week, and spent a lot less money.
I am writing this in the hope that I can save other people some cash and a lot of dissapointment.
written by on 23/05/2010
What a nightmare of an experience. I wouldn't recommend this gym to my worst enemy.
After being introduced to the gym through an evening talk, I thought I'd try it out as it seemed quite interesting.
Upon arrival, I was sat down and explained I should take these 'weight loss/fat burner pills' in order to achieve optimum results.
Now I am very skinny and do not need to loose weight only gain.. Also was told by their in home nutritionist about this high fat, high protein diet. Now I'm a nautropathic nutritionist myself and diagreed with it all. It went against everything I believe. Anyway, after disputing with the arrogant nutrtionist, I thought this would be an experience and tried it. Long story short, after 5 days, I was soo weak, soo dilerious, practically looked like a bag of bones, that I had to quit. I had a high fever for 3 weeks, couldn't eat properly and my business suffered. The arrogant nutrtionist denied it didn't have anything to do with their ketogenic diet (atkins style diet). They don't give your your money back, don't answer the phone, are rude. Before I parted with my money, the nutrionist, at the harley street branch, was soo nice.. Once I handed the money over, she turned into a mean b***h. If you would ask me, don't waste your money..
Written on: 06/08/2011
hi.. can i ask what tablets they ask you to take & what supplements? i am going to join in a few weeks. Mainly cos im 5st over weight. im also trying for a baby for past 12 months and feel it will be a help to loose the weight.. but after reading some reviews about taking tablets im undecided about what to do.. could anyone advise me please.. Thank You
written by on 02/02/2010
Tried to brainwash me into Tony Quinn rubbish
written by on 09/01/2010
absolute rubbish, educo gym my ****, i am lucky to be alive after my experience with them, high fat foods and loads of tony quinn tablets that would kill a horse, spent 6 days at this gym, at this stage i was hardly fit to walk, it was diffucult even to sit, constant headaches, and on the 7th day had to be taking to see my own doctor who weny crazy when i told him all the junk i had been taking,my cholestrol was high something else wrong with my liver, when i rang the gym it was not their fault, it was a case of my doctor had not got a clue what he was talking about "what would he know my instructor asked" . i just forget what i paid him the first day but it was about 300 euro and i was as well if i had to throw it in the fire, and whats more never even got a penny back. stay away from this place,
written by on 22/12/2009
Educogym is a rip off, they sell you on the premise that 20 minutes of weights
will build muscle, also sell you a lot of diet pills at great expense,
that don't work, I took mine as instructed, they also suggest a diet that is so restrictive that anyone would lose weight on it
Be warned that once you pay your money there is no negotiation
To good to be true for sure! also to try and find someone responsible to air your complaints is near impossible.
Save your money and join a proper gym.
written by on 27/10/2009
never again, avoid them like a plague
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Written on: 18/03/2012
Im sorry mate but if you didnt get results from this then:
A) u didnt follow the program correctly
B) u have got the will power
C) u dont know a thing about nutrition and weight management
SO to everybody readying his comment dont listen to him he dont have a clue im 23 years old and its done and is still doing wonders for me i owe it everything!!!!