Abele was a superb World War II era lifter, and he's the guy who said that he worked so hard on squats that his teeth hurt from the breathing (what else do you need to know about him?).
Isometronic training was based on the principle of short-range movements combined with isometrics for big gains in power, and this course explains the system.
This book profiles the unique intersection of these expressions of man's talent found in the art contests run in conjunction with the Olympic Games from 1912 to 1948.