TV series
Pump Up the Healthy Love
Overview
Do Hyeon-joong, a health-obsessed gym manager, helps his members transform their lives while balancing the struggles of self-employment, and forms a passionate connection with Lee Mi-ran, a travel agency manager who loves food.
Details
- First air date
- 2025-04-30
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 12 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Network
- KBS2
- Production
- Bon Factory
- Country
- KR
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Lee Jun-young as Do Hyeon-joong
- Jung Eun-ji as Lee Mi-ran
- Lee Mi-do as Rosa
- Lee Da-eun as Lee Ji Ran [Mi Ran's sister]
- Park Seong-yeon as Lim Seong-im
- Lee Seung-ryong as Alex
- Hong Yun-hwa as Park Dool-hee
- Jung Wook-jin as Yeom Jun-seok
- Nam Kyu-hee as Kim Ye-jin
- Lee Sang-jin as Kang Dan
- Kim Kwon as Lee Ro-yi
- Choi Seol-hwa as Lee Yoo-na
Creators and crew
- Park Jun Su - Creator
- Park Jun-soo - Director
- Choi Yeon-su - Director
- Kim Ji-soo - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1: When Muscles Meet Meltdowns
Do Hyun Joong, a fallen bodybuilding star, now manages a rundown 24-hour gym. Lee Mi Ran, fresh off a breakup, mistakes it for a nightclub and ends up humiliated. Hyun Joong offers to transform her life through intense training, but his brutal honesty drives her away. Still, his words hit a nerve. Can Hyun Joong change heartbroken Mi Ran's life and save the crumbling gym?
Episode 2: Heartbreak Bootcamp
Mi-ran sets out on a gruelling fitness journey to win back her ex, and the entire gym gets caught up in her mission. Hyun-joong sees a spark of potential in her, pushing her even harder. But is it for her sake or the gym's survival? As every rep tests her spirit, Mi-ran must confront what she's really fighting for.
Episode 3: Mi Ran’s Training Crumbles
Mi Ran's intense training program falls apart and goes to waste after she breaks down in front of her ex-boyfriend. Despite achieving some results, including fitting into an undersized dress, Mi Ran quits the gym and demands a refund, leaving Hyun Joong frustrated. Meanwhile, Hyun Joong puts everything on the line to attract 120,000 new members to the gym, determined to turn the struggling gym around.
Episode 4: Pushed Too Far
Mi-ran struggles with harsh criticism from her visiting mother while Rosa faces pressure to prove herself in a bodybuilding competition. As Hyeon-joong supports both women, emotional bonds deepen—especially when Mi-ran comforts a drunk Hyeon-joong. Rosa overcomes injury and self-doubt to compete, rekindling her confidence. The episode ends with a shocking twist as a child appears at the gym, calling Hyeon-joong “Daddy.”
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
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