Pump Up the Healthy Love

Pump Up the Healthy Love is a 2025 South Korean television series written by Kim Ji-soo, directed by Park Jun-soo, Choi Yeon-soo and starring Lee Jun-young and Jung Eun-ji. It aired on KBS2 from April 30, to June 5, 2025, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50.
The series continued a trend of free-to-air primetime Wednesday-Thursday dramas languishing in the 0% viewership range in 2025. Its eleventh episode on June 4, 2025 drew a nationwide rating of 0.7%, a record low shared with the February 20, 2025 and May 3, 2025 episodes of Kick Kick Kick Kick and Crushology 101, respectively.

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Synopsis

A romantic comedy-drama about a fitness-obsessed gym owner who lives by the motto "It all begins and ends with muscle" who meets a woman just starting her own fitness journey.

Cast

Main

Lee Jun-young as Do Hyeon-joong
Jung Eun-ji as Lee Mi-ran

Supporting

Lee Mi-do as Rosa
Lee Seung-woo as Alex
Park Sung-yeon as Im Seong-im
Lee Ji-hye as Yoon Bu-young
as Park Dul-hee
Kim Kwon as Lee Ro-yi

Production

Development

The series was developed under the working title 24-Hour Health Club, is directed by Park Jun-soo, who directed Gaus Electronics and written by Kim Ji-soo, who wrote Birthcare Center.

Casting

On July 31, 2024, Lee Jun-young and Jung Eun-ji were reportedly cast as the main characters and were considering it.