Kenneth H. Cooper

Kenneth H. Cooper (born March 4, 1931) is an American doctor of medicine and former Air Force lieutenant colonel from Oklahoma, who pioneered the benefits of doing aerobic exercise for maintaining and improving health.[1][2] In 1966 he coined the term, and his book Aerobics was published in 1968,[3][4] which emphasized a point system for improving the cardiovascular system. The popular mass market version was The New Aerobics (ISBN 0-553-26874-0), published ten years later.

  1. ^ David Levinson, Karen Christensen MacKey (1999). Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-195-13195-6.
  2. ^ Duncan, Joyce (2004). Sport in American culture: from Ali to X-games. ABC-CLIO. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-57607-024-6.
  3. ^ Netburn, Deborah (30 March 2009). "Dr. Kenneth Cooper got a nation moving through aerobics. More than 40 years ago, his book touted a new type of exercise". latimes.com. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ Cooper, Kenneth H. (January 1969) [1968]. Aerobics. Vol. 14490 (revised ed.). Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-14490-1.