OregonLive.com — March/April 2010
Shaping Up for Spring. The Bar Method makes the front page. — See the review›
Examiner.com — February 17, 2010
Kelly Osbourne Weight Loss Results with the Bar Method. Rocker daughter Kelly Osbourne may have experiencee extreme weight loss on Dancing with the Stars, but since the end of the show the 25-year-old Osbourne is using The Bar Method as her go-to weight loss tool. — See the review›
Examiner.com — February, 2010
The Bar Method raises the bar in toning. The Bar Method is not for the faint of heart. Or the faint of quads, for that matter. After walking into a room with two-, three-, and four-pound weights, this columnist expected the hour-long workout to be relaxing and maybe a little difficult, but not particularly grueling. Underestimation is a big mistake. Elisabeth Settima, owner of the Bar Method Loop location, will work you hard. She’s amazing. — See the review›
The Nugget Denver — October, 2009
Can you handle the best body-shaping workout that has finally made its way to Colorado? You tightened your core with pilates, you ran a half marathon, you didn't pass out in bikram yoga and you can do a plié with the best of 'em. Good for you. Sounds like it's time for you to raise the bar. — See the review
Westlake Today — July-August, 2009
The Bar Method Agoura Hills Jodi Conroy's Training Sensation, by Monique Reidy
The Bar Method is tough, but it's doable. Athletes and 75-year old grandmas, alike, can enjoy the class because the system allows students to practice at their own pace" — See the review
Examiner.com — June, 2009
San Francisco 5-Star workout: the Bar Method,
by Lani Muelrath, M.A.
If you haven't had a chance to belly-up-to-the-bar Bar Method style, then grab your socks, simple stretchwear and water bottle to get yourself into one of Burr Leonard's studios for a workout experience unlike any other. — See
the Review
Dance Teacher Magazine — June, 2009
Shape up for summertime: "Hottest Dance Fitness Trends" ... A sculpting workout that combines dance conditioning, interval training and muscle toning. — See
the Review
SanDiegoMagazine.com — May, 2009
Fitter, Faster, Stronger:
With swimsuit season creeping up on us, we present our guide to San Diego’s hottest fitness trends and trainers ... Judging from the popularity of Allison McCurdy’s The Bar Method studio in Point Loma, this fitness trend is here to stay.— See
the Review
FitSugar.com — March 4, 2009
"MOVE IT AT HOME: The Bar Method is a great way to sculpt your body without lifting weights. Since it is quick paced, you get a bit of an aerobic workout too." — See
the Review
ThatsFit.com — Feb. 14, 2009
This DVD is definitely going to become part of my fitness rotation. I'm a fan, for sure, and I think you would be too. — See
the Review
People.com — Feb. 12, 2009
The Fit 5: Tips to Feel (and Look) Like a Star! To keep fit, Ginnifer goodwin does the Bar Method, a combination of Pilates, yoga and traditional gym moves... — See
the Review
PEOPLE.com — December, 2008
Best of 2008 BodyWatch: RAISE THE 'BAR' — Drew Barrymore maintains her sleek physique by studying the Bar Method — See
the Review
Best of Chicago — August, 2008
What workout is worthwhile enough to prompt a gym rat, a marathoner, and a ballet dancer to each give up her revered Saturday-morning training? The Bar Method, a simple-but-deadly hourlong class that’s popular enough to require a reservation. — Read the Review
San Diego Journal — August 25, 2008
Former college athlete Allison McCurdy discovered the Bar Method, a fitness center with its own signature routine she would later call an “addiction,” while visiting a friend in San Francisco. — Read the Review
944 Magazine — June, 2008
THE BAR METHOD: All it takes is one look at Burr Leonard, the owner of this incredible exercise studio, to understand how the exercise class can transform one’s body. — Read
the Review
LAist — May, 2008
Workout Wednesday: Bar Method Brings The Ballet Body Back:
Need a fast fix to squeeze into those skinny jeans and show off a shapelier rear in time for summer? If so, sign up to take a class at the Bar Method. — Read
the Review (pdf)
In Town Magazine — April, 2008
Alas, we’re not talking exercising at a watering hole (that fitness trend has yet to catch on). The “bar” we’re talking about is the Bar Method, a combination yoga/Pilates/strength-training regimen that is so named because it incorporates a ballet barre. — Read
the Review
West Magazine — April, 2008
Spring is finally here, which means that summer is just around the corner. To help get you ready for beaches and bathing suits, we tracked down and tried out some of the newest workouts available around the county. — Read
the Review
SFSTATION, San Francisco's City Guide — March 21, 2008
Legs up to the Bar: The newest addition to The Bar Method franchise just opened this past January on the lobby level of Embarcadero Three Center, between Drumm and Davis Streets. Its location makes it a perfect spot for all the downtown workers who like to incorporate a workout into their day but are in need of an alternative to the small selection of basic gyms scattered throughout the Financial District. — Read
the Review
People Magazine
— March
17, 2008
DREW’S BLISS! Looking
and feeling better than ever, the
former wild child finds herself head
over heels for steady guy Justin Long
(they’re even talking kids!)
—
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the Review
UR Chicago Magazine
—
March, 2008
Raising the
Bar: THE BAR METHOD MIGRATES
TO CHICAGO JUST IN TIME TO TONE UP
FOR WARMER WEATHER —
Read
the Review
Chicago
Tribune — February 14, 2008
Bar Method hurts so good. I
don't like trembling. Especially not
in public. But while I was
attending my first session of The
Bar Method exercise class recently,
we actually got praised when we'd
pushed ourselves so hard that our
limbs started to shake.
—
Read
the Review
Time
Out Chicago — January, 2008
It’s time to welcome the next
It exercise craze: The Bar Method
has already scored fanatics in California
and New York, and it arrives in Chicago
this week. —
Read
the Review
New
York Post — January, 2008
The second that Burr Leonard told
me this class was going to get my
rear end in shape, I was hooked. —
Read
the Review
ABC7 News San
Francisco, View from the Bay —
August, 2007
Janelle Marie reporting in front of
the Bar Method at 3333 Fillmore Street
in San Francisco: — Read
the Report
Glamnest, Chronicles
of Life with Style — August,
2007
If you haven’t heard about the
Bar Method and want to get in shape,
read on. Our glorious intern Amy Copperman
reports on the latest exercise craze
out of California. —
Read
the Review
Outside Magazine,
November, 2006
WHO'S DOING IT: Kyra Sedgwick, Mary-kate
and Ashley Olsen. — Read
the Review
WINNER
2006 Award: Best
of the East Bay — Diablo
Magazine, July, 2006 See
details>
Health
Magazine — April, 2006
On the road, on the move — Had
enough of that hotel gym? Venture
out with our top pics for having fun
and staying fit. Read
the Review
Daily
Candy A-Z —
April 18, 2006
Don’t go wackles and turn brideorexic.
Read the Review
Diablo,
The Magazine of the East Bay —
March, 2006
"GREAT SHAKING” might seem
like unusual encouragement from a
fitness instructor. But devotees
of the Bar Method exercise centers
embrace their post-workout muscle
shakes... Read
the Review
FRONTIERS—
February 14, 2006
If callisthenic converts by the gymful
are any indication, the Bar Method
is L.A.’s latest and greatest
must-try fitness method. Read
the Review
The Pacific
Sun — January 20, 2006
"I didn’t know my derriere
and thighs had so many little muscles!
All of them burned as I contracted
them in small, precise movements in
a jam-packed BAR METHOD class"
Read
the Review
Yoga and Pilates muscled
their way into the Bay Area in the
1980s. Now yoga mats and Pilates machines
are being pushed aside for something
called The Bar. KPIX-Channel
5 Eye on the Bay, October 10th, 2005
Read
the Interview
San Francisco
Chronicle, October, 2005
A workout studio in the Marina that
focuses on strengthening and toning
muscles at their core....You will
definitely see a difference within
that first month. Read
The Review
Fitness
RX, Club Scene — August, 2005
Since the opening of her first studio
in San Francisco in 2001, Burr Leonard
has been garnering exuberant praise
and accolades from her devoted practitioners.
Many even call her Bar Method workout
"addictive." Part of the reason is
that with the Bar Method, you get
noticeable results rather quickly.
The other part is that after an hour
of this intense and demanding workout,
you feel really good about yourself.
Read
the Review
ABC7 Eye on
L.A. — June 11, 2005
It's the new workout sweeping L.A.
and Hollywood. An intense, exhilarating
hour that has students hooked after
just one class! The Bar Method is
known for making rock hard muscles
and helping make your body and posture
perfect! Read
the Review
ABC NEWS NOW.com
— May 23, 2005
Welcome to Couch Potatoes.
I'm Jim Karas your host, and today
we're in Greenwich, Connecticut where
I'm going to introduce you to a very
cool new form of exercise that actually
isn't that new, but right now it's
getting a lot of attention. It's starting
to sweep the country. It's called
The Bar Method...
Read
the Interview
Esquire Magazine,
April, 2005
Welcome to the era of fusion in fitness.
New workouts such as the Bar Method
(a grueling blend of isometrics, yoga,
and, um, dance) are grabbing converts
by the gymful...
Read
the Review
ABC7 News,
San Mateo, February 14, 2005
The Workout that has everybody talking
... is really taking off in the Bay
Area with new studios in Greenbrae
and San Mateo.
Read
The Report
New York Times
, Women's Fashion, Fall 2004
"Bar Method workouts are so effective
that the term "bar butt" is entering
the local dialect."
Read
The Review
CVT Toronto,
September 14, 2004
"Celebrities Reba McEntire, Julia
Ormand and Chris Judd have all embraced
The Bar Method of exercising because
of its sensational results. Burr
Leonard, founder of The Bar Method,
is here to show us how The Bar Method
shapes muscles while burning fat."
Read
The Interview
Premiere Magazine,
July/August 04
“L.A.’s hottest new exercise”
where “the quest for a pleasing
posterior has pulled in the Hollywood
elite.”
Read
The Review
Yoga Journal,
July/August 04
”Celebrities…have flocked
to Bar Method classes because of the
long, dancer-like bodies the technique
seems to create…”
Read
The Review
San Francisco
Magazine, July 04
“Low impact, intense strengthening
exercises…bring results quickly.
(After a few thigh-anxiety workouts
one sees a noticeable difference in
flexibility and muscle tone).”
Read
The Review
Extra, June
04
“The best of the best when it
comes to star workouts… This
workout is great because it not only
lifts your buns but also gives you
that long, lean dancer’s body.”
Read
The Review
Los Angeles
Times, April 04
“This is the workout people
are waxing rhapsodic about, swearing
it produces toned thighs and lifted
derrieres.”
Read
The Review
Jane Magazine,
March 04“Burns fat, carves
muscles, lifts your butt.” Read
The Review
Fox 11 Morning
News, March 04
“This gets them long and lean
– those muscles…and you
get core strength!”
Read
The Review
Self Magazine,
March 04
“Hollywood hot bodies and SELF
staffers swear by The Bar Method.”
Read
The Review
KCAL’s
9 on the Town, July 04
“#1 Workout in Southern California”
“Our pick for L.A.’s best
workout…If you’ve decided
that it’s finally time to get
your body into the best shape of your
life…”
Read
The Review
KCOP Eleven
O’clock News, Nov 03
“It will flatten your abs and
pick up your derriere…one of
the newest killer workouts in L.A.
Better Bodies Now: with how bellying
up to the bar will get you ripped…If
you stick to the plan, you’ll
go from bulky and broad to that Bar
Method look.” Read
The Review
Healing Lifestyles
& Spas, Nov/Dec 03
“Move over yoga; step aside
Pilates; for a new total-body toning
trend is emerging…the Bar Method
(barmethod.com) has raised the bar
for all other fitness classes.”
Read
The Review
Fit Magazine,
August 03
“The controlled, muscle-trembling
movements of The Bar Method burn fat
and lean out the body through slow
and precise movements. Read
The Review
Glamour Magazine,
August 03
“The Hollywood exercise trend
of the moment is the Bar Method, a
Los Angeles-based program that uses
a blend of yoga, isometrics and dance
moves to strengthen and shape…What
you’ll see: leaner legs and
a tighter butt and belly in less than
a month.”
Read
The Review
Brentwood Magazine,
June 03
“The Bar Method fills in the
glaring gaps that yoga and Pilates
leave open.” Read
The Review
Beverly Hills
Times, March 03
“…guaranteed to put your
butt back where it used to be. It
chisels arms, shapes thighs, and brings
definition to abs.” Read
The Review
San Francisco
Chronicle, June 02
“The Bar is the new Pilates...
Read
The Review
