Niamh Cullen

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Sanroberts said:
And maeve madden. She does moves all wrong, her form is so off. You should not be buckling knees when doing lunges or wiggling hips from side to side doing shoulder planks. She is going to cause someone an injury. Also why is she exercising with her phone in her hand, she's embarrassing.

Have been a Physio for years, also have my level 3 PT. She would want to be careful genuinely. Not surprised she's struggling with her hamstring. If a lay person was performing moves like her I'd be worried but she's actually charging people.

I'm a member of maeves workouts, would highly recommend. She focuses so much on form, beginner moves and not looking pretty but doing moves properly. At the end of her workout yesterday she spoke about miamh for a solid 5 mins, how upset she was she was copying her style, including moves and phrases she uses. But nothing she could do and she just wants to now focus on herself as no point wasiting energy on her. She said she blocked her on everything so she didn't have to see. It's crazy how much Niamh tries to emulate Maeve but is failing miserably. Tray tray coll col also works for Maeve, she does a workout on her website for her.
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Wow, that is so embarrassing for Niamh. Maeve is a very diplomatic person, so I'm sure she must have felt very strongly about the whole thing if she addressed it. I agree that Niamh has completely stolen her idea. She may technically be a qualified PT but her instruction is very poor. If she was doing a free class out in my back garden I'd close the curtains.
 
Sanroberts said:
Maeve only addressed it on her private website. The website layout is the same, she uses many of the same songs. She uses many of the same moves even using the same names maeve made up jokingly about dance moves. The format of the workout is the same. The names shes coined for the workouts are very similar. She even said "come on queens" at one point. Her whole thing is a poor man's copy of maeve madden Queens don't quit.



Maeve has a website for workouts called queens don't quit. Niamhs workout format is the exact same style.
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You are joking? She’s saying the same quotes? 🤣 I didn’t know that I’m only going off their instagrams, I don’t subscribe to either website tbh. Wonder if Niamh knows Maeve said this?
 
siomurph84 said:
wonder has Niamho ever even trained anyone? agreed no wonder she’s injured her form is awful. MM was doing 7 workouts a week for 6 months for free. Niamh has done about 6 workouts and set up a whole site, is that dance teacher even a pt? I love Roz and was mad when she copied her with all the swim stuff . morto for her like
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Doubtful since she did her course online during the pandemic.
 
Have to agree with everything being said here. I do like Niamh, in that I think she is a decent person and clearly is deeply insecure etc but I am so embarrassed for her with this Monday Club thing🙈 fair play giving a business a shot, that’s scary and brave but it’s a complete rip off and isn’t being developed organically, she doesn’t have any experience as a pt and she comes across as very lost! I’m both mortified for her and feel empathy at the same time. Think she needs to figure out who she is as a person
 
Lots of different PT course you can do as well. Some not worth the paper and an insult to those who study hard to get into the industry. So often see people in clinic with injuries from home workouts gone wrong. Niamh honestly needs to watch herself. Her knees will be severely damaged if she carries on performing moves as she currently is.

This is not how you do a lunge. And your hips should not be facing like this if doing a plank or shoulder taps
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I was thinking there that if she runs these classes in person when allowed she will be in for a shock. Shouting moves and dancing in front of an Insta live screen is very different to a live sesh where 8/15/25 participants are in a class all different fitness and co-ordination levels and some needing one on one attention. It is a craft! I've done it!

As said before her form is poor. So a class of 8+ participants will look to her at the top of the class for form tips. If they copy her they may get injured.

She doesn't do safety points or teaching points. That is a core part of an instructors role. We learned that in day 1. It is a craft to be able to keep a smile on face, lead a class and also deliver all the key points. Practice!

She doesn't count people down between moves. A core part of leading a class is using voice or finger gestures to count people into a move change. If the quick and erratic changes of moves within a song happened in a class of 8, the participants will be going a few beats behind the instructor. They could be lost very fast!

Finally, the music must lead into one another. There a special CDs/playlists and ways of recording music so the beats of 8 blend into each other so there is no pause between songs.

In saying all that one of my favourite classes I went to when I lived in the US was dance/aerobics by a hiphop dancer. He did none of the things I mentioned above but we used to have a ball. So she might be ok once she gets plenty of in person practice! Ah good luk to her!
 
Towhomitmayconcern said:
Have all the mad bastards group drifted apart?? Do any of them ever refer to each other in a friendly way on their Insta? There was Niamh, Terri, Rosie, Aideen Kate, Louise Cooney and a few others
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The mad bastard brigade 🤣 no interestingly Rosie seems more friendly with Nikki from LBP now, Terri’s sister in law.
Louise has been out with Terri and Carol Byrne a couple of times including a staycation in Clare.
Louise also met up with Aideen when she first came home from NY and with Rosie separately.
Could be wrong but the only person I see Niamh still bothering with is Rosie but only from the throwbacks and sharing each other’s posts. Still shocked she was one of Rosie’s bridesmaids tbh as never even knew they were friendly
 
Towhomitmayconcern said:
Have all the mad bastards group drifted apart?? Do any of them ever refer to each other in a friendly way on their Insta? There was Niamh, Terri, Rosie, Aideen Kate, Louise Cooney and a few others
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Really thought all the mad bastard brigade would be flat out sharing her work outs and “working out “ / doing them . The only person that I have seen mention that she is actually doing them is Bonnie Ryan ! Or has anyone else said they are doing them ?
 
Towhomitmayconcern said:
Have all the mad bastards group drifted apart?? Do any of them ever refer to each other in a friendly way on their Insta? There was Niamh, Terri, Rosie, Aideen Kate, Louise Cooney and a few others
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The most toxic bestie group in Ireland 🥲

I got up at 5am said:
The most toxic bestie group in Ireland 🥲
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Niamh used to model for rosie’s masterclasses and then ended up being her bridesmaid and made a holy show of herself on the day.
 
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