While feeling frustrated and lonely, Yung meets his neighbor Lee Lai (Elanne Kong), a former weightlifter who was forced to retire due to diabetes.

However, Lai cannot let go of her beloved weightlifting career and Yung helps and encourages his wife to repelt[check spelling] back into weight training and fulfil her uncompleted dream.

In this way, Yung serves the role as a house husband to support his wife to return to the weightlifting arena.

James Mrash of Twitch Film gave the film a negative review and writes "While Love Lifting has plenty of potential, as a sweet natured romance, domestic drama, or competitive sports movie, the script never feels committed to developing its story in any particular direction.

Director Herman Yau never oversells Love Lifting, making it enjoyable and probably a little too light.