charles atlas

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Definition of charles atlas in English English dictionary

In 1929 he and the advertiser Charles P. Roman launched a course involving isotonic exercises and nutritional maintenance. Their mail-order bodybuilding course became legendary through advertisements in three generations of pulp comic books, the standard ad depicting scenes in which a skinny boy loses his girlfriend to a well-built lifeguard (who kicks sand in his face) and regains her after taking the Atlas course

orig. Angelo Siciliano born Oct. 30, 1893, Acri, Italy died Dec. 24, 1972, Long Beach, N.Y., U.S. Italian-born U.S. bodybuilder. Atlas immigrated to the U.S. at age

Hyphenation

Charles At·las

Turkish pronunciation

çärlz ätlıs

Pronunciation

/ˈʧärlz ˈatləs/ /ˈʧɑːrlz ˈætləs/