Kenneth H. Cooper

Kenneth H. Cooper ( born March 4, 1931 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is an American sports physician and former major in the U.S. Air Force, who was involved in the 1970s in the USA instrumental in the dissemination of preventive health Sports.

Cooper holds a doctorate in medicine and was the author of the popular science book, exercise training (1968, original title: Aerobics ) known. His training methods use an easy to use scoring system developed Cooper during his career in the U.S. Air Force.

Along with this training method and the Cooper test was developed. This allows the determination of the fitness status based on a 12-minute run. The test is also used to estimate maximal oxygen uptake.

Cooper is also the developer of the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas, which was opened in 1970. Meanwhile include a number of other facilities to the company that employs 650 people.

Kenneth Cooper has written 19 books that have been translated into 41 languages ​​and Braille and had a combined circulation of 30 million copies. In 1970, he worked as a coach for the national soccer team of Brazil, the world champion in the same year.

The grant for fitness sports began at Cooper when he age of 29 found a declining performance from his own experience. He began with the long-distance running and one year later at the Boston Marathon. In the meantime (as of autumn 2007), he has traveled 61,000 km continuously according to his training diaries.

Kenneth Cooper is married and has a daughter and a son.

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• Biography on cooperaerobics.com " Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper: The Father of Aerobics " (English )