Weightlifting
Atlas was described as a student of Earle E. Liederman in several editions of a Liederman booklet, until shourtly before the Dynamic Tension course was published. The 1918 edition of the booklet states that Atlas had performed a one arm overhead press with a 236lbs. The 1920 edition states a 266lbs one arm overhead press.
The American Continental Weight Lifting Association (ACWLA)
"In April of 1924, (David P.) Willoughby staged a "National" weightlifting championship, which was also supposed to serve as a basis for selecting an Olympic Team to represent the US at the upcoming Paris Olympic Games (no team was ever sent to Paris). In the meantime, Jowett joined the staff of Calvert's Strength magazine and began, with Calvert, to push the . The ACWLA was also reorganized, with Jowett as president, Coulter and Willoughby as vice presidents, and an advisory board that included Charles Atlas, Bernard, Calvert, Earle Leiderman, Charles MacMahon, Bernarr Macfadden and Henry Titus (many of the major players in the Iron Game at that time). Jowett was to be the editor of Strength magazine from 1924-1927 and that position, along with his energy in it, made him the most powerful voice for the organization of weightlifting in the US at that time. He staged a number of competitions and the first ACWLA governance meeting (in late 1924). At that meeting, issues such as the lifts to be contested were agreed to." *
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