Men's Health (MH) magazine welcomes 2010 with a Fight Club-inspired cover featuring multi-awarded actor and singer, Piolo Pascual. The clean-cut heartthrob admits that the shoot intimidated him: "It's hard to do something so different; also, for us boys, Fight Club is so iconic." He had about three weeks to prepare for the shoot, but being in the habit of working out almost every day certainly came in handy.

It's Pascual's first time on the cover of MH but editor-in-chief Agu Paiso says the actor had been on their short list for quite some time, it was just that conflicting schedules got in the way. "Piolo was wonderful to work with. It was a really smooth shoot, no complaints whatsoever. The day we shot him, he had four shoots and we were lucky enough to be the first one. Pinagod namin siya, pinahirapan namin siya before the rest of his shoots. (laughs)"

Behind the scenes of the Men's Health cover shoot

SPOT.ph caught up with Pascual for an exclusive interview about cheating, bathtubs and nuts:

1. He cheats. He works out every day but he also has cheat days. "Every time I feel deprived especially when I'm puyat, I binge on sweets, halo-halo or cakes. This happens twice or thrice a week." But, Pascual adds, "I've always been a safe eater. I eat what I want to eat but I don't go for beef, pork and rice."

2. He's a chest guy. When he doesn't work out for a week, his chest "shrinks right away." Pascual says, "[My chest is] the most underdeveloped part of my body. I think I got it from my dad. I work doubly hard for it." He's also working on his legs through spin classes and running.