No carbs on Lee Jun-young’s watch in Pump Up the Healthy Love
No carbs on Lee Jun-young’s watch in Pump Up the Healthy Love
by tccolb
A new teaser has dropped for KBS’s sports rom-com Pump Up the Healthy Love, putting Jung Eun-ji (Miss Night and Day) on a new fitness journey. But I fear even cheat days will not be tolerated with authoritarian personal trainer Lee Jun-young (When Life Gives You Tangerines) guiding the exercise regime.
It is indeed an uphill challenge for our foodie heroine Lee Mi-ran (Jung Eun-ji) as the trailer opens. She was just about to take one more scrumptious bite when our hawk-eyed Do Hyun-joong (Lee Jun-young) appeared suddenly with a fist-block, informing Mi-ran that it’s time to make “delicious abs” instead.
Suffice to say, Hyun-joong is a little manic when it comes to health and wellness, vigorously encouraging his gym members – including Park Sung-yeon (Missing Crown Prince), Lee Ji-hye (Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale), and Hong Yoon-hwa (Comedy Big League) – to give it their all. Meanwhile, staff members Lee Mi-do (Jeongnyeon – The Star is Born) and Lee Seung-woo (Face Me) stand by awkwardly.
Mincing no words, Hyun-joong warns Mi-ran that the workout will feel like hell from head-to-toe. Yet, he somehow convinces himself that every rep is “yummy,” and the character, in part, seems to be a fun spoof on the singer Kim Jong-kook – a famed gym nut in K-entertainment who is known to use similar phrasings.
Impressively, Mi-ran manages to keep soldiering on and this is when things start heating up between our pair, causing Mi-ran’s heart to race from something maybe more than fitness adrenaline. However, my her temper flares when Hyun-joong crosses a line and we end on Mi-ran’s threatening retort that, “You can curse me, but let’s not curse tteokbokki.”
Written by Kim Ji-soo (Birthcare Center) with co-directing by PD Park Joon-soo (Gaus Electronics) and PD Choi Yeon-soo, KBS’s upcoming Pump Up the Healthy Love will be premiering this month on April 30, following Villains Everywhere in the Wednesday-Thursday slot.
Via Osen
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