According to the Gallup Poll, 24 percent of American adults exercised regularly in 1961, and 50 percent after 1968. The peak was 59 percent in 1984, dropping off to 51 percent last September.

He is also the founder of the non-profit research and education organization The Cooper Institute which was opened in 1970. Cooper (born March 4 1931 in Oklahoma City) is a doctor of medicine and former Air Force Colonel from Oklahoma who introduced the concept of aerobics. Kenneth H.

Today Cooper is Founder and Chairman at the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas which comprises eight health and wellness entities. Dr. He is also the founder of the non-profit research and education organization The Cooper Institute which was opened in 1970.