Surfing the internet, I found a page of the well-known strongman Earle Liederman. On this page there were advertisements about his course. Among the testimonies, surprisingly I found Charles Atlas.
Liederman's course was weight lifting. It is also mentioned that Atlas was able to lift 266lb with only one arm.
The million dollar question is: Did Atlas build his physique by lifting weights, or with his own method?
http://www.earlliedermancourses.com/
Just as an example of my own varied training style:
Today's workout:
Pushups X 2 sets
Cable expander pull aparts 2 sets
Cable behind neck pressouts 2 sets
Cable shrugs 2 sets
Lat "pulses 2" sets
Seated curls self resisted with strap 2 sets
Triceps: wall pushaways 2 sets
Abs contractions 2 sets of 8 contractions (at red lights while fetching my wife's Dunkin Donut coffee and mine too - real life intrudes, as Greg noted)
Couple of notes and observations: I used to squat 320 for one rep, bench 310 and DL 400 years (centuries!) ago when I was younger - I'll be 74 in early June so those days are long gone, and unlamented. By that standard the above is pathetic to a hardcore gym rat. But that misses the whole point - I love this stuff, its good for me - with my sports injuries I'd be a crippled old guy by now if I hadn't been doing this (hockey, sparring and lifting: one ruined knee and shoulder, slipped disc in my back, arthritis in my hands) and probably sitting around feeling sorry for myself. The hell with that. This keeps me focused and "in the game" and if that's an illusion then leave me to enjoy them. And in the interests of full disclosure the pushups are done with feet on the floor and hands on a small/low storage trunk. Can't risk another shoulder malfunction and doing another face first plant on the floor. Yesterday was 10 upper body self resistance exercises. So - do what you like doing, don't let anyone tell you that you're wasting your time, if you are really interested in workout information there's a wealth of information out there (and a lot here on Greg's site) and enjoy what you do. There's what I've been doing - until I change it around.