Aerobics still energizing Oklahoma native Cooper

 
By Charles Stuart Platkin
Published: September 23, 2008

While water-skiing at age 29, Dr. Kenneth Cooper thought he was having a heart attack. At the hospital, his doctor told him he was simply out of shape, having gained 40 pounds and become inactive due to the stress of medical school.

Cooper lost the weight and started to exercise. His health scare triggered not only his first book, the 1968 best-seller "Aerobics,” but also a fitness revolution. He has written 19 book...


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