After observing a tiger at the zoo, he developed his concept of isometric exercises, pitting muscle against muscle.  
When he came to Brooklyn from southern Italy in 1905, he became sickly and grew spindly.  As he later recalled, "I was a 97 pound runt.  I was skinny, pale, nervous, and weak."  After observing a tiger at the zoo, he developed his concept of isometric exercises, pitting muscle against muscle.  Soon, he had a flourishing mail-order business that promised to turn wimps into bulging he-men.  Six million purchased the course making him a millionaire.  FTP name this body-building guru, born Angelo Siciliano.
When he came to Brooklyn from southern Italy in 1905, he became sickly and grew spindly.  
Charles Atlas