It was Arnold Schwarzenegger who first introduced me to Lisa Lyon.<br >"She s fantastic!" Arnold insisted. "You ve got to meet her." An incredi-<br >ble appetite for anything new， anything sensational， is part of this great<br >bodybuilder s exceptional charm. Arnold s enthusiasm can rise for a girl，<br >a building he is considering buying， a new muscle car--someone s Ferrari，<br >the latest Porsche. That day it was for Lisa Lyon.<br > It did not occur to me that Lisa might be a bodybuilder. None of the<br >odd assortment of women I had met with him--starlets， flight at-<br >tendants， dancers， designers， or journalists--had ever shown any genuine<br >interest in bodybuilding beyond the spectacular results it had had on<br >Arnold.<br > He phoned and asked if he could bring me by to see her tape. She<br >was busy， running everywhere， trying to get a hundred things done. She<br >could meet us， but only for a short time because she had another ap-<br >pointment.<br > On the way to Lisa s apartment Arnold said he had met her one<br >night with Bob Rafelson， the director of "Stay Hungry." She looked so<br >shy and fragile he had almost been afraid to talk to her. He thought if he<br >said the wrong thing she might break down and cry. However， the next<br >time he saw her， which was an accidental encounter in a store a few<br >months later， he didn t even recognize her. When she said her name and<br >reminded him of their meeting， he could not believe she was the same<br >person. She told him she had begun to work out with weights， that it had<br >changed her tremendously. <br >