Australian Don Athaldo (real name Walter Joseph Lyons, 1894-1965) marketed his bodybuilding system in books and magazines in the 1920s. While his personal story of being a sickly child who turned into a he-man was rather overused in his era, in Mr. Athaldo's case it was mostly true. I love the title line in the photo caption above: Don Athaldo -- Supermanity Personified.
He sure doesn't DETRACT from "supermanity, " does he?
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DeleteHe was also a cavalryyman, and used to lift horses, possibly the ones he was supposed to ride. His secret? He was in a Light Horse Regiment!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Athaldo
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174303799/walter-joseph-lyons (with extensive biography)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248571386/walter-joseph-lyons
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LRZB-9LV
LOL! Interesting way to work out.
DeleteWow.. quite a stunner.
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