HISTORY OF

AEROBICS
DR. KENNETH H.
- He is an Exercise Physiologist
of the U.S Air Force

- Born March 4,1931 in Oklahoma city

- Father of AEROBICS

- published a book , Aerobics (1968) and

The Aerobics Way (1977)

- he build an Aerobics Fitness Center

 Aerobics is a term that was coined in the late 1960s by Dr. Cooper, to
identify a series of cardiovascular exercises he had developed to combat
coronary artery disease.

Dr. Cooper, an avowed exercise enthusiast, was personally and

professionally puzzled about why some people with excellent muscular
strength were still prone to poor performance at tasks such as long-distance
running, swimming, and bicycling. He began measuring systematic human
performance using a bicycle ergometer, and began measuring sustained
performance in terms of the ability to utilize oxygen.
BICYCLE ERGOMETER
"AEROBICS" (1968) "THE AEROBICS WAY"
(1977)
His groundbreaking book, Aerobics, was published in 1968,
and included scientific exercise programs using running,
walking, swimming and bicycling. The book came at a
fortuitous historical moment, when increasing weakness and
inactivity in the general population was causing a perceived
need for increased exercise.

He also developed both term and specific exercise method for

aerobics, in San Antonio Airforce Hospital in Texas.
JACKIE SORENSEN (1969) JACKIE SORENSEN (2014)
Aerobic dancing was invented by Jacki Sorensen in 1969,
inspired by Cooper's book. Sorensen began teaching her method
and spreading it throughout the U.S. in the hands of hundreds of
instructors in the 1970s. At the same time, Judi Missett's
Jazzercise was taking off in the form of dance studio franchises
in the U.S. . Aerobics gained greater popularity, spreading
worldwide after the release of Jane Fonda's Workout video in
1982, sparking an industry boom..
Cooper Clinic exists to help patients reach and sustain the best
health possible through its worldrenowned comprehensive
physical exams. Cooper Clinic opened in 1970.
 Philosopher once said:

it is easier to maintain good health

through proper exercise, diet and
emotional balance than to regain it once
it is lost.

— DR. KENNETH H. COOPER

THANK YOU