My Perfect Weekend with Physical: 100 star Hong Beom-seok
Over the weekends, Hong Beom-seok enjoys going on cafe dates with his wife, where he will order an iced americano.
Who: Hong Beom-seok, 39, is the runner-up of the second season of Netflix's hit K-reality competition Physical: 100 (2023 to present). He has also taken part in other South Korean reality shows, such as Mission CodeRed (2023), King Of Wrestling (2022) and The Soldiers (2021 to 2022).
Hong served in the South Korean special forces for over 11 years and was a firefighter until 2022. The South Korean personality now uploads fitness content on his YouTube channel, which has amassed 334,000 subscribers.
The Puma Korea ambassador was in town in end-June for the Hyrox Open Asian Championships at the National Stadium, as the captain of Team Korea. He finished the Men's Pro Division race with a time of one hour and 26 seconds.
He is married to homemaker Jung Da-young, 39, and they have two sons aged 15 and 11.
Hong Beom-seok shares insider tips on how to train for the Hyrox race, which took place at the National Stadium on June 28 and 29.
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'The most memorable weekend I've had was when I went camping with my family. Two years ago, we went to a province called Gangwon-do, which is in the upper north region of South Korea. It is near the beach and the view was really beautiful.
Back home in Yongin, I visit cafes with my wife, where we can have a conversation, listen to music and have coffee. You can call it a date. I always get the iced americano from a cafe near my place.
Over the weekends or after work and when the kids are asleep, I tend to watch Netflix or Disney+ dramas. I am enjoying K-drama Mercy For None (2025) on Netflix.
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I wake up earlier than the rest of them, at about 6 or 6.30am, and go jogging for an hour. For the rest of the day, I do not have time to exercise as I am spending time with my family.
I enjoy eating bread a lot. In particular, I enjoy fermented breads, like a normal loaf or a ciabatta, the kind that you can dip in a jam. So, I jog really hard for an hour in the morning, then I eat bread. '
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