Chris Pine covers the new issue of Men’s Fitness to promote Star Trek Beyond. I’ve always found Chris Pine attractive, and he’s probably the Hollywood “Chris” I find the sexiest. But this photoshoot did Pine no favors, right? He looks… not great. Pine is the only Hollywood Chris without a Marvel contract, although Pine did sign on to play the damsel-in-distress for DC’s Wonder Woman. Pine has been lovely about it too, saying he’s proud to be a part of a superhero movie where the lady superhero gets to go around and kick some ass, for feminism. As it turns out, Pine was also relieved that he didn’t have to go on a superhero diet. Some highlights from his Men’s Fitness piece:

He doesn’t think the superhero diet is healthy: “You’ve got Thor, you’ve got Captain America. These guys are eating 5,000, 7,000 calories, waking up just to eat food, eating 15 meals a day. For your liver, I don’t think that’s healthy.”

He never cared about Star Trek, so playing Captain Kirk never weighed him down: “If it had been a ‘Top Gun’ remake, that would have weighed heavier on my shoulders.”

His workouts include lots of movement while using “giant Bamm-Bamm weapons”: “Before this. I was doing pretty traditional weightlifting. It was so static, so controlled. You know, bench presses…it was so stiff. I started getting into this idea of movement and it led me to Mark, whose philosophy is about moving the body in different directions. This is more functional. With this workout, all of a sudden you start to float more. “Even my friends used to make fun of the way I walked. I was walking in this rigid way, and it had a lot to do with having been an insecure kid trying to move protectively. Now, my body is moving in a more healthful way. It’s because of Mark’s process.”

[From Page Six & Men’s Fitness]

I’m sort of interested in Pine’s workouts now. It sounds like Pilates mixed with Crossfit mixed with… boxing maybe? And he gets to carry around a comedic-looking “club.” But I agree with Pine that the “superhero diet” of putting on so much weight (muscle weight, mostly) probably isn’t that great for your body long-term, especially if you’re doing it the Chris Hemsworth way. Hemsworth bulks up so hard for Thor, but then he drastically loses weight in between films. That’s tough on the body no matter who you are or what your age. Also: now I sort of want to see Chris Pine in a Top Gun remake.

Photos courtesy of Men’s Fitness.