Pump Up the Healthy Love (24시 헬스클럽)

[This is a work of fiction. Characters and settings are fictitious.]

I heard you're giving Ms. Lee a refund.

Yes.

Why? Is it because she failed to lose weight?

What do you mean she failed?

I even made her fit into that children's clothes.

Why are you giving her a refund, then?

That's...

Well, Ms. Lee,

let's go to the gym to get back in the right mindset.

No.

Pardon?

I know how to get back into the right mindset.

Ms. Lee.

[Makchang*, pork skin-on pork belly, inside skirt, ribs]

What the makchang!

You're cheering yourself up with makchang?

Hatnim, the YouTuber I respect, said,

"Put meat in front of you when you're down."

This isn't meat. It's pure fat.

What the fat, fat, fat?

And Lee Mi Ran said,

"When life sucks, makchang is the answer."

What are you doing right now?

What you achieved by working out

isn't wearing that outfit, but what's inside you.

Take this instead.

It's my dinner for 8 o'clock,

but I'm giving it to you.

You enjoy it instead.

At 8 o'clock.

You can't put this in your body.

It's none of your business. It's my body.

It's my client's body.

Let go!

Daebak.

Why are you doing this?

Whenever something happened,

you've eaten unhealthy and stopped working out.

Is that how you've been torturing your body?

Torture?

Since you treat your body poorly,

that man is treating you poorly, too.

I think you're doing the most harm to yourself.

I'm doing...

harm to myself?

Ms. Lee, it's not that-

I tried, too.

I didn't ask for much.

All I wanted was...

for the man I liked to remember me as

someone less weird and small.

That was the only thing, but

nothing works out, no matter how hard I try.

Wow, it must've been so upsetting.

- It was. - Not you, but Ms. Lee.

What?

She didn't get to eat makchang, right?

That wasn't upsetting. That was a good thing.

Eating makchang doesn't kill you.

Empathy for clients is a requirement for trainers.

No, it's a basic requirement for a human.

If the trainer shows empathy,

will the client gain muscles?

They might not gain muscles,

but the gym will have more members.

If we don't change, we'd actually go down.

Don't say that, Rosa.

A book I read says your words dictate your future.

Spit out your words. Do it.

I came here because I didn't want us to fail.

So, everyone better get your act together today.

The VIPs are coming soon.

VIPs?

You mean SMF?

Did you really get them?

S what?

It was a very stormy day 10 years ago.

A skinny man went missing and returned in three days.

He said he was blown away by wind,

but no one believed him.

How could a storm blow someone away?

So, the man who got blown away found people

who could relate to what happened to him.

He quickly was joined by 120,000 people

and the group is referred to by this name.

S.M.F.

Skinny Men Fighting.

What the...

SMF.

They need to work out more than anyone,

but these 120,000 people avoid it more than anyone.

I'll make them my clients.

You get 120,000 clients if you succeed with one,

but if you fail with one, you get 120,000 haters.

I won't fail.

What if you do?

Can you promise you'd quit as a director

and leave the gym if you fail?

I promise.

- Director. - Alex.

Don't worry.

There's no way I'd be leaving.

What did you want to talk to us about?

Well, we wanted to sponsor the SMF club.

Sponsor?

Yes, our gym is offering free training sessions

for bulking up.

If you could just attend the sessions and

write brief reviews on your website...

We get offers like this often.

But most of us aren't interested in fitness.

But you should still give it a try.

We're confident we can succeed.

Pardon me. Here's the pork skin.

We didn't order this.

It's on the house.

- Enjoy. - Thank you.

Why do they give us complimentary food without asking?

If we don't finish,

they charge 3,000 won for food waste.

People don't let men be small eaters.

There's a financial burden for it,

but it's as if it's not physically burdening.

Your stomach is like muscles, too.

If you train your stomach by exercising,

you can digest well and feel less burdened.

How about you start with light sit-ups?

So, you mean...

our stomachs are weak because we don't work hard.

You don't know anything.

Director.

All anchovies except for one, right?

- Yes, yes. - You guys are anchovies, too?

Ma'am, how could you call them anchovies?

These men are humans, not anchovies.

How would you feel if someone called you a pig?

What? Pig?

Bring all the anchovy noodles here.

Anchovy noodles...

- Here. - Thank you.

Shit!

It's clear who thinks of us as anchovies.

Let's go, guys.

Do you know why we don't go to the gym?

It's because people like you mock us like this.

You can eat all the anchovy noodles, okay?

We, anchovies, are too full. Bye.

Excuse me. Excuse me!

It's not what you think...

What do we do, Director?

Don't worry, Alex.

I'll think about how to win them back.

Okay.

Hello, we're 24-Hour Health Club.

We're looking for members to work out

and change our lives together.

Share your concerns with us

and we'll guarantee you good health.

Rosa,

you've been posting for hours now.

I'll never give up on our gym.

You seem to really love our gym.

I can totally sense it.

It's the place that trusted me first.

Pardon?

Since I started working out late,

I had nowhere to go as a trainer.

I was older...

and didn't win any awards.

But only Director Dong believed me.

He apparently could tell from my shoulders

that I took fitness seriously.

So, I'll make sure to protect it myself.

Okay. Here's the 37th post.

Anyway, it's fascinating.

- What? - How could you enjoy eating

cold rice and soy sauce eggs so much?

Let me try a bite.

Don't push your luck.

I was humiliated yesterday because of you.

I wish I could obliterate you, not the eggs.

Who told you to wear my clothes?

Just say one more word. Go ahead.

Okay.

Unni, why don't you go out early today?

Isn't it time to go to the gym?

- I don't work out anymore. - Why?

It's not fun.

What?

I'm leaving.

Okay.

Bye.

Babe, she's gone.

She left about 24 minutes earlier than usual.

I know.

- Babe! - Babe!

Geez, I wish I could quit.

That lady is glowing.

Gosh, what's this? What's this?