IT’S not every day Arnold Schwarzenegger walks into your gym and asks you how your training is going.

But one group of Sydney gymgoers were lucky enough to get a few tips off The Terminator himself today.

The Austrian bodybuilding icon dropped by the South Sydney PCYC in Redfern with his friend of 50 years, IFBB vice president for Oceania Paul Graham and his wife Carole, to meet with members and staff.

media_camera Arnold Schwarzenegger with trainers at the PCYC in Redfern.

media_camera Schwarzenegger is mobbed outside the PCYC by fans. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

media_camera Schwarzenegger makes his grand entrance into the PCYC. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

media_camera Schwarzenegger, with his old friend Paul Graham (left), Paul’s grandson Maximus McFarlane (middle shaking hands) and Paul's wife Carole (right). Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Schwarzenegger, who is in Sydney for the Total Success summit, and Graham, presented a cheque for $5000 to the club to help with new equipment and the upkeep of the facility.

“This is really great what you’re doing here to give them sports and a place they can enjoy themselves because we need to teach kids to say ‘no’ to drugs ‘no’ to gangs ‘no’ to violence and ‘yes’ to sports, ‘yes’ to education and ‘yes’ to life,” Schwarzenegger said.

“I’m very passionate about after-school programs.

media_camera Arnold Schwarzenegger poses for pictures at the PCYC. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

media_camera Schwarzenegger has a chat with police officers outside the PCYC in Redfern. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

media_camera Fans, including a police officer, get their phones out to capture the moment they saw Schwarzenegger. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

“I have created a foundation and organisation in America and we are the number one experts in after school programs in America. So I am a fanatic about this.”

Schwarzenegger happily posed for photos with members and fans and signed autographs.

The visit came after the Terminator star took himself for a bike ride around the Opera House and Circular Quay foreshore yesterday, before a cruise around Sydney Harbour with his son Patrick.