These Former Bachelor Contestants Love Barre! Find Out Why

If you’re a fan of The Bachelor franchise like I am, you’ll definitely appreciate that a new season of The Bachelorette is set to hit the air on October 13. It’s no secret that most people who appear on the show are toned, so I wondered if any of them do barre workouts to stay in shape.

As I found out there were quite a few. Here are some of the women who consider barre a part of their fitness routine and what they like about it.

 

Tenley Leopold

Tenley Leopold (Molzahn at the time of filming) has made a few appearances on The Bachelor franchise throughout the years including on Jake Pavelka’s season of The Bachelor when she was the runner-up. She also appeared on the first season of Bachelor Pad and the second season of Bachelor in Paradise.

Tenley, a lifelong dancer calls barre “one of her favorite activities” and says “being at the barre feels like home.” From her Instagram account, we know that she has been attending Studio Barre Encinitas since at least 2016 and taught there for a period of time.

 

 

Here’s what she told us about why she loves barre just before she had her baby.

“As a former professional dancer, Barre is a favorite workout of mine. I love how it targets different muscle groups, but keeps your body lean and strong like that dancers body! I especially love my Studio Barre workouts, I actually taught for quite awhile! The format of the class gets you straight to work, and still helps you reach cardio goals! Anybody can do it from home now too, with Studio Barre on Demand and every single class has so much energy and leaves you feeling it! I also love that Barre workouts are great for pregnancy, and can easily be modified for the season of life you’re in. I’m currently pregnant and cannot wait to be back to Barre full force!”

 

Amanda Stanton

Amanda appeared on Ben Higgins’ season of The Bachelor as well as Bachelor in Paradise twice. She’s an ambassador for Openfit which includes an at-home barre program led by Xtend Barre’s Andrea Rogers.

 

I love that they have Pilates and barre and it’s a celebrity trainer. These workouts are only 30 minutes long so they’re super quick but really effective and I love that you can do everything at home so you don’t really need any equipment. It’s literally like having a personal trainer and nutritionist at home.

 

Sydney Lotuaco

Sydney is a Bachelor in Paradise alum was a contestant on Colton’s season of The Bachelor. The former New York Knicks dancer was also most recently a Physique 57 teacher in New York City. She was often featured in their marketing materials and in their video content.

I was a Senior trainer at Physique 57, teaching both in-studio and for our online platform. I love barre classes, but also love to incorporate all types of fitness in order to cross-train my body. Ultimately, I think it’s just best to move with efficiency while maintaining form and the easiest way to do that is when you love and are having fun while you’re doing it.

Upon leaving Physique 57 after 5 years of sculpting bodies and changing lives, she thanked the brand for making her stronger, giving her a voice and for those who trusted her with their own journey in fitness.

 

Tia Booth

The Bachelor in Paradise and Bachelor Season 22 contestant, is known to dabble in barre. Tia uses the Openfit app to take classes on occasion.

“I can’t go to the gym right now and this is something for me that is doable,” says Tia, who uses the Openfit app to take barre and Pilates classes.

 

Molly Mesnick

Bellevue-based Molly Mesnick was the runner-up and then eventual fiancé and wife of Bachelor Jason Mesnick on his season of The Bachelor. She counts barre as a go-to workout among an assortment of other fitness modalities. She’s been known to make an appearance at Pure Barre Bellevue.

 

 

Molly credits barre with helping her get toned while also being a nice compliment to other cardio workouts she likes doing, like SoulCycle.

 

Alayah Benavidez

The former Miss Texas USA was a contestant on Peter Weber’s season of The Bachelor. Though she doesn’t go anymore, she was known to frequent Pure Barre in Huebner Commons, before competing in Miss America.

 

I don’t go to Barre anymore but I did love it when I would go. It was a great low impact workout that was always super challenging and worked muscles that I wouldn’t normally think to target while helping me get leaner and stronger! I loved it.

 

Desiree Siegfried

The Bachelorette from Season 9 has been doing barre for years. When she lived in Seattle she would frequent the now-shuttered Bar Method – Eastside location, especially in the lead up to her wedding to contestant Chris Siegfried. Since the lockdown, she has been doing more online classes, and Barre3’s online program is part of her fitness routine.

Working with a trainer to get wedding-ready pushed her to lift heavier weights and to go longer on workouts she has said.

 

 

 

Annaliese Puccini

The two-time Bachelor in Paradise contestant was on Arie’s season of The Bachelor. On several occasions, she was spotted with her mom at Barre3 San Mateo.