Cooper (born March 4, 1931, Oklahoma City)[1] is a doctor of medicine and former Air Force lieutenant colonel from Oklahoma, 🔑 who pioneered the benefits of doing aerobic exercise for maintaining and improving health. [2][3] In 1966 he coined the term, and 🔑 his book Aerobics was published in 1968,[4][5] 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. Career [ edit ] A native of Oklahoma City, Cooper completed 🔑 a 13-year military career in both the army and air force.
