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  • Atlas, Charles
    In Charles Atlas

    …an English naturopath, Atlas employed Dynamic-Tension principles to develop a mail-order course that was the basis for a multimillion-dollar bodybuilding business. Then in 1928, in partnership with Roman, he conducted one of the most-celebrated advertising campaigns in American history. Slogans such as “You can have a body like mine” were…

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  • Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) gymnasium
    In physical culture: Mass marketing

    …developed a muscle-building principle called Dynamic-Tension, and, through the business acumen of Charles Roman, he conducted one of the most celebrated advertising campaigns in American history. In countless comic books, he assured three generations of neurasthenic youths that his mail-order course could transform any 97-pound weakling who had sand kicked…

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