Kenneth H. Cooper Quotes


Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you kick the habit.


Citations

Cooper, Kenneth H. The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being. Bantam Books, 1982.

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  • Born: March 4, 1931
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Soldier

Kenneth H. Cooper is a doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel from Oklahoma, who pioneered the benefits of doing aerobic exercise for maintaining and improving health. He is the author of the 1968 book Aerobics, 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.