People

By Guy D. Garcia

What does Muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger like to do when he isn't terminating bad guys or zapping aliens? He goes to prison. To teach body- building classes to inmates, that is. The star of the sci-fi summer hit Predator caused more than the usual buzz of excitement during a recent visit to the high-security California Institute for Women in Frontera. "There was a large number of women who wanted to see him," reports Associate Superintendent Don Rasmussen. "Number one, because he's a man, and number two, because he's someone famous." Schwarzenegger spent two hours demonstrating various weight-lifting and stretching techniques, then stayed around to chat and sign autographs. What most impressed the women, says Rasmussen, was not Arnold's biceps but "how small he is in person." (Schwarzenegger's publicist says he is 6 ft. 2 in.) "They expected somebody 6 ft. 7 in. and 280 lbs. to walk through the door. But he's actually kind of short." Them's fighting words, folks. But is America ready for Conan vs. the Women of Cell Block Nine?

With reporting by David E. Thigpen/New York