Pump Up the Healthy Love (24시 헬스클럽)

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

I'm very much in love.

I've never felt this way before.

I know I shouldn't do this,

but I can't bring myself to stop.

I'm...

already in love.

Director,

you can't.

Please reconsider just once.

I'm sorry.

How... How could you be so cold?

I bet on my pectoral muscles. I'm serious.

Your pectoral muscles?

Look at you, fighting over a tteok.

They must love tteokbokki.

I know.

I thought he was confessing his love for her.

Why would you bet on pectoral muscles?

- I mean it. - I mean it, too.

- Me, too. -

- Me, too, too, too. - Me, too, too, too, too, too.

Give it to me. It's mine.

- Please. - Hey.

This is on the house. Eat.

You didn't have to.

You didn't, but I'm grateful that you did.

Is it that tasty?

Seriously, for how many days have you been here?

I know. It's tasty.

I've never had anything tastier than my chest.

Well, he's talking about working out. Chest workout.

He means it's more enjoyable than a chest workout.

Yes, yes...

Don't say stuff like that so loudly.

Let me eat.

Aren't you eating too fast?

Seriously. It's mine.

I've never felt this way before.

By the way, are you okay, Director?

What do you mean?

You used to say flour was sinful.

But you've been eating nothing but tteokbokki for days.

Don't worry.

Flour is only sinful to you.

It's okay to me.

Our bodies are homeostatic.

Homeostatic?

It's a force that makes our bodies go back to normal

after it's been stimulated.

My body tries to maintain a fat level of 4%.

I see. I'm jealous.

My body keeps trying to go back to 30%.

I know.

That's why I'm always worried

about your homeostasis.

You're mocking me again, huh? Seriously. I hate you.

It's snow.

It's the first snow this year.

Director.

Shall we run?

- Pardon? - You said you were worried.

About your body fat level returning to 30%.

You need to lose the tteokbokki weight on the same day.

Let's run to the gym.

The gym is 10 stops away from here.

Isn't 10 stops the perfect distance?

I just ate.

We'd get a stomachache if we ran now.

Let's lunge, then.

I told you not to ruin my mood.

Did you already forget about homeostasis?

You can't return to your old body.

Face forward.

Ready,

run!

I didn't even run. Why is my heart racing?

Is my blood sugar spiking?

I need to be careful with tteokbokki.

Gosh,

it looks so tasty.

What's this, Do Hyeon Joong?

What were you thinking looking at the sacred dumbbells?

Ms. Lee, what time should we eat tteokbokki-

What the tteokbokki?

Do Hyeon Joong,

were you suggesting to go get tteokbokki?

You should feel bad for the pectoral muscles.

Yes, this is Do Hyeon Joong.

Pardon?

I'm Editor Lee Eun Yeong of Muscle Man Korea.

You've heard of Muscle Man Korea, right?

Of course, I have.

It's a must-read for people who work out.

But what made you want to see me?

I've always wanted to meet you, Mr. Do.

The David of Asia who disappeared on stage.

By chance...

if you don't mind me asking,

I'm curious if you've been maintaining this body all this time.

I haven't. I wasn't able to.

Pardon?

I grew even more.

Our bodies have memories.

If we don't stop working out,

they will improve even more than before.

If so, can we put your

God-sent body that made you

the David of Asia on the cover of Muscle Man Korea?

Cover?

Would next month be possible?

I can even shoot tomorrow.

You truly are the David of Asia.

Yes, this body can't get addicted to tteokbokki.

Is David finally back?

What's this?

Why does it feel like I've been deflated?

What's all this?

- Looks like fat. - What the fat?

Director,

have you been bulking up?

Your body fat level must be

about 11.3%.

Nice try, but you're wrong.

My body fat level has never been in two digits.

Director,

a low body fat level isn't always good.

The ideal body fat level for men between the ages of

18 to 39 is 11 to 21%.

Too low body fat level can cause

hormonal imbalance, weak immune system,

and cardiovascular diseases.

What the doctor?

Alex!

Come and look at this.

It's totally deflated. Seriously.

Okay.

Well, then.

This can't be.

My body fat level is 11.3%?

The In My Body machine must be broken.

Alex! Alex!

- Yes, Director. - Call an In My Body technician immediately.

It looks completely broken.

No, that's not possible.

A technician came and updated the system yesterday.

It's not off by even 0.1% anymore.

Not even 0.1%?

Yes.

Okay, good.

Very good.

Thank you.

My body fat level is 11.3%.

It's unbelievable, but there's no need to worry.

Because I've always made the impossible possible.

David will come back to life!

Come back, David!

What's wrong with him this time?

David!

So hungry.

I'll have this...

and this.

Done.

So tasty.

What's he doing in this cold?

His face would get paralyzed.

Be careful!

Mr. Lee Bong Won?

Trainer Rosa?

The alcohol smell.

How much did you drink?

I drank a bit because I was upset.

You aren't having any snacks.

Please eat this.

What are you so upset about, by the way?

If this is about my misunderstanding,

I really am-

I can see why you were mistaken.

It's because I'm not good enough.

That's not true, Mr. Lee.

I'm not as good as Do Hyeon Joong.

I'm nowhere near him. I'm no good at all.

A pathetic bastard. Lee Bong Won.

Did something happen today?

I've always started things first.

I liked Sol first

and started working out first, too.

I wanted to be on Muscle Man Korea first, too.

This is crazy.

What's the most important thing for building muscles quickly?

Six times a day?

Crazy.

Muscle Man Korea.

You read this, too, Lee Bong Won.

Everyone reads this.

It's like the Bible for the fitness buffs.

The Bible for the fitness buffs?

That's so true.

Because I, the fitness icon, will be in it.

What?