A look into Dean from MAFS’ fitness journey, and the inspiring reason he’s doing it

Dean Vary from season 10 of MAFS UK is no longer in the experiment, but that doesn’t mean he’s done working on himself.

A majorly icky talking point in the earliest episodes of MAFS season 10 was Dean’s body size. His new wife, Sarah, confessed to never having slept with a larger man, going as far as to say that she might have been more interested if he were slimmer. In one particularly brutal moment that sparked backlash from expert Paul C. Brunson, Sarah compared her husband to a Care Bear.

Though Dean had been considerably slimmer at one point, he confessed that the weight loss turned him into someone he didn’t like.

“I managed to actually lose about nine stone and it added pressure to stay looking that way and completely change the way I was. My friends called it ‘arrogant Dean’. And then I started to put the weight back on again but I was finding myself again. I was more confident in who I was,” he said.

Having learned his lesson from the last time, he’s restarted his fitness journey since leaving MAFS.

Dean Vary is feeling himself, and we love it

@varydean

Join me at the gym 🏋️‍♂️ #mafsuk #dean #vlog #fitness

♬ original sound – Dean Vary | MAFSUK 2025

In a TikTok posted earlier this month, MAFS’ Dean Vary teased that “someone” in the cast had sent him a workout plan. Detectives in the comments suggested it was Joe, which makes sense given he’s the resident body-ody-ody of the season, and Dean liked that comment. They theorised that Ashley filmed the video, which Dean confirmed with: “Damn we have 2/2!”

“So a few of you have noticed that I have been on kind of a weight loss journey and part of that journey is obviously going to the gym and exercising,” he said.

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“I am doing it for all the right reasons this time so do not worry about that one. I’m doing it just because I’m really enjoying life and I want to be here longer. So I’m trying to be as healthy as I can be.”

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In the clip, Dean showcased some of the routines he’s been doing, including bench presses and lat pulldowns. The mandatory steam room visit was also featured at the end.

“Don’t focus too much on the weights – they’re a lot heavier than they seem. I think it’s been AI edited,” he joked. “But it’s not about the weights because I’m not working out to get bigger. I’m working out to kind of get lean – leaner I guess.”

Though not exactly as taxing as hardcore gym sessions, Dean has also been enjoying golf and the driving range with the friend we saw in the infamous in-laws week.

He’s launched a dedicated fitness channel

@fatladfitness1

A day of food with me #weightloss #foodie

♬ I Had Some Help – Post Malone

Though he hasn’t posted anymore fitness videos to his standard accounts, Dean does have a TikTok channel called FatLadFitness – 10/10 name. The channel was first active in 2021, but he hasn’t posted on there since late in 2024. Fingers crossed he returns to it, because as a plus-sized person myself, I know for a fact that MAFS viewers would eat it up.

The content on the channel is pretty standard fitness content: Sharing stats from his runs, goals he has met, nutrition, and challenges on sit-ups and push-ups.

MAFS season 10 won’t be the same without him, but I’m glad Dean Vary is living his best life.

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