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. In 1966 he coined the term, and his book ''Aerobics'' was published in 1968, which emphasized a point system for improving the cardiovascular system. The popular mass market version was ''The New Aerobics'' (), published ten years later. Provided by Wikipedia