Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, often called the Father of Aerobics, developed an exercise system in the late 1960s that revolutionized the exercise habits of America and the whole world. He is the visionary who created the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas, Texas, (the mission), and developed a high-energy staff (his team of missionaries) committed to spreading his mission of health and wellbeing worldwide. The Cooper Institute was established to conduct research into the effects of fitness and exercise on a person’s overall wellbeing, and then to transfer that knowledge into educational and other outreach service programs which could be a positive force for health through the world.
This unique memoir is the fascinating story of Dr. Cooper’s mission to help people develop a physically active lifestyle that would have profound implications for their health and wellbeing, and encourage a fuller and longer life. Not intended to be a comprehensive history, it is the story of the process, and of the highly diverse group of fitness and health professionals from different backgrounds and skills who came together to make it happen. The memoir contains the reflections of Dr. Tom Collingwood, Roger Reynolds, and Dr. John Poteet, telling of their personal experiences in the many projects and services they were involved in over their thirty-five years at the Cooper Institute.
Adult fitness exercisers and fitness professionals who are interested in learning more about how helping others to be physically active can translate to a variety of human benefits, this book is for you.
Over the past 50 years the Cooper Institute has published over 700 peer-reviewed articles in a variety of highly respected medical journals. Additionally, the Cooper Institute possesses the largest data base in the world in regards to physical fitness, exercise and well-being.
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John Poteet, Ed.D. is an educator with 49 years of teaching experience. He was born in 1929 in West, Texas, and attended Baylor University where he earned both a BS and MS in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER). His educational was interrupted for nearly four years while he served in the U.S. Coast Guard. After receiving his MS, he worked as an instructor in the HPER Department at Baylor, after which he accepted a position as the coordinator of physical education, PE teacher, and swim coach in the San Angelo Independent School District in Texas. He then joined the faculty in the HPER Department at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has received the Honor Award for exemplary service from the Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, and has served as president of the Association. In 1977 he received his Ed.D. degree in Exercise Physiology and Educational Psychology from the University of North Texas in Denton. In 1982 he became Associate Director of Continuing Education at The Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research during which time he trained hundreds of fitness leaders throughout the United States before retiring in 2004. At the age of 92, John is still teaching by example as he continues to participate in a program of sensible, purposeful physical activity designed to enhance longevity, functionality, general health, and joy.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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