Lee Hyun-yi Opens Up About Working Mom Struggles, Shares 'Super Simple Stretching' Routine

Model Lee Hyun-yi has candidly shared the difficulties she faces as a working mother, balancing career and childcare.

On the 20th, a video titled 'Super Super Simple Stretching You Can Do Right After Waking Up' was uploaded to her YouTube channel, 'Working Mom Lee Hyun-yi'.

In this episode, Lee Hyun-yi invited fitness YouTuber Shim Eud-deum to learn some easy stretching exercises. The two currently appear together on a soccer entertainment show, which led to this collaboration.

Shim Eud-deum expressed surprise at Lee Hyun-yi's tall stature, to which Lee Hyun-yi humorously replied, "It's probably because I'm always hunched over in my soccer uniform," drawing laughter.

Lee Hyun-yi revealed, "I'm a mother and I'm a working mom. We have absolutely no time. My alarm rings every day at 6:50 AM, no matter what time I went to bed. I have to jump out of bed, still half-asleep, to wake my child. That's when the aches start," she requested simple stretches to do immediately upon waking.

After listening to Lee Hyun-yi's plight, Shim Eud-deum, indirectly referencing the challenges of parenting from her perspective as a DINK couple, advised, "This will be really helpful for all moms. Parenting is a marathon, so investing just 5 minutes a day to take care of your health would be great," before demonstrating the stretches.

Lee Hyun-yi debuted as a fashion model and has been actively working in the industry. She received recognition for her skills when she won the Runway Model Award at the 27th Golden Disk Awards in 2012. Lee Hyun-yi married her husband, a businessman of the same age, in 2015 and they have two sons.