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The Review Geek
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Has Pump Up the Healthy Love been renewed for Season 2? Here's what we know:
Renewed Or Cancelled? Pump Up the Healthy Love is the latest sentimental K-drama, boasting compelling characters and an intriguing story. This one has been quite the rollercoaster over the past weeks and has certainly resonated with its audience. If you've been following this one, you may be wondering if this has been renewed or cancelled. Well, wonder no more. Here's what we know about a renewal: What is Pump Up the Healthy Love about? Get ready for another heart-pounding gym drama, this time centering on Do Hyeon-jung. who happens to be the manager of a 24 hour gym who has become a 'health freak,' who corrects the lives of his members. He fights a fierce game of survival between being a self-employed businessman and a trainer in an unfriendly world. However, his life soon changes when he crosses paths with Lee Mi-ran, a travel agency planning and development manager. We have ongoing coverage of Pump Up the Healthy Love on the site, including recaps for every episode. You can find those HERE! Has Pump Up the Healthy Love been renewed for season 2? At the time of writing, KBS2 have not renewed Pump Up the Healthy Love for season 2. Given the ratings over the weeks, it'll be interesting to see if they actually do renew this for a follow-up. KBS2 do have ratings available to look over here, with the first episode beginning with a respectable 1.8% share and since then it's been hovering around a 1.3% rating, which is not bad for a mid-week K-drama. Most k-dramas do wrap up their stories in a single season though, and it's generally very rare – but not impossible – to find these sort of shows renewed. This one doesn't look like it's going to buck the trend and is unlikely to be renewed in the future. We'll be sure to update this section with more details as they become available. What we know about season 2 so far: Barely anything is known about season 2 right now. Given most Korean dramas are reserved to one season, it's rare to find these sort of shows renewed. With the rare exception of ongoing Netflix shows (Love ft. Marriage and Divorce, Hospital Playlist etc.) then it seems unlikely that this one will be renewed. Having said that though, we have seen Taxi Driver and Tale of the Nine Tailed renewed recently, alongside Alchemy of Souls too. Given how steady the ratings are for this series, could we see this one buck the trend? It seems very unlikely that Pump Up the Healthy Love will, but you never know! We'll be sure to update this section when we know more. Would you like to see Pump Up the Healthy Love return for a second season? Or do you think the story has run its course? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
International Business Times
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- International Business Times
Pump Up The Healthy Love First Impression, Episode 1 (Premiere) Recap, Review, and Reactions
Pump Up The Healthy Love, the new KBS romantic comedy-drama, premiered on KBS2 on Wednesday (April 30) at 9:50 PM KST. The mini-series received positive reviews from K-drama fans worldwide. Episode 1 introduced Lee Jun Young as Do Hyun Joong, a former bodybuilding champion and a passionate gym owner. He unexpectedly meets Lee Mi Ran (Apink member Jeong Eun Ji), an assistant manager at a travel agency, while promoting his health club. Lee Mi Ran joins the gym, hoping for a healthy transformation after a painful breakup. The story begins after Mi Ran enters the gym at night by mistaking it for a nightclub. After realizing her mistake, she apologized and stepped out of the place when Hyun Joong approached her. He tried to convince her to join the gym for a change that could lead her to a happy ending. Although Mi Ran refused to join the gym that night, she visited the place in the morning and agreed to take a membership. Hyun Joong helped her with the procedure. The viewers are curious to see the blossoming romance between Hyun Joong and Mi Ran in the upcoming weeks. Pump Up the Healthy Love, starring Lee Jun Young and Jeong Eun Ji in lead roles, revolves around the life of a gym owner named Do Hyun Joong. He is a passionate and determined person. His life changes after a bunch of anxious people join his gym. Do Hyun Joong radically transforms the lives of his gym members with his dedication. The story will begin after Lee Mi Ran, an assistant manager at a travel agency, joins the gym. She decides to work out only to get over her recent breakup. Pump Up The Healthy Love First Impression The mini-series took viewers through a fun-filled journey in the first episode. It teased a mystery surrounding Hyun Joong and hinted at a new beginning for Mi Ran. It also hinted at a romantic journey for the passionate gym owner and a member of his gym. The interesting and funny plot of this romantic comedy-drama kept the audiences hooked to the screens. Reviews and Reactions I was not expecting Pump Up the Healthy Love to be THIS funny. This is so different from every other Eunji drama. Can't wait for episode 2. I'm watching the first 5 minutes of Pump Up the Healthy Love, and it is so unserious. I LOVE IT. Jeong Eunji not only smiles beautifully but also cries beautifully. Episode 1 starts very interestingly.
