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AIR RESISTANCE
FITNESS EQUIPMENT
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dr kenneth cooper
The founder of the Cooper Aerobics Center
has worked in preventative medicine for 40
years – and continues to work 60-hour
weeks at the age of 78
What initially sparked your interest How can the fi tness sector play a
in the fi tness sector? part in preventative healthcare?
A personal experience when I was 29. The escalating cost of healthcare has made
Following years of a sedentary lifestyle, I administrative powers realise that the only
had gained almost 20kg and developed a way to control this devastating problem is
supraventricular tachycardia (PAT). PAT to concentrate more on the prevention of
caused my heart rate to shoot from disease. From a personal standpoint, we
around 120 to 240, resulting in nausea, are seeing an increased interest in the
chest discomfort, and what I thought was preventative medicine programmes offered
a heart attack. By the time I arrived at the by the Cooper Clinic, from corporate
hospital, my heart rate had returned to executives to people in politics.
normal and all they could fi nd wrong was
that I was terribly out of shape. That How can operators get involved
shocked me, so I proceeded to lose the in the fi ght against obesity?
excess weight in six months. Now, at 78 For people to get involved in an exercise
years of age, I’m still in good health and programme, they need to have a thorough
working 60 hours a week. evaluation to determine what problems
they have. Spend educational and
What does your current role entail? motivational time with your clients; give
As founder of the Cooper Aerobics them specifi c and realistic
Center, my work over the past 39 years recommendations as to how to change
has included research, patient care and their lifestyle; and fi nally, get them to come
administration. Over the years, I always back and see you on a regular basis.
felt that my priorities for medicine should
be in that order: research, patient care What are you currently working on?
and administration. However, as the I’m trying to get mandatory physical
demands of our growing organisation education programmes back in all schools
increased, I found it necessary to reverse in Texas, from kindergarten right through
those priorities to administration, patient to the 12th grade.
care and research.
What do you think is the number one
What would you describe as the weakness in the fi tness industry?
highlight of your career so far? In my view, it’s a lack of highly-qualifi ed,
Being able to perform the annual fi tness certifi ed instructors.
examination for our former president of
the United States, George W Bush. What’s your motto?
The personal letter of appreciation I I have two: “Fitness is a journey, not a
received, documenting this 20-year destination, which you must continue for
because
relationship and the great benefi t he had the rest of your life.” And: “It’s far easier
had from my counsel and advice, is one of and more cost-effective to maintain good
the highlights of my career. health than to regain it once it’s lost.”
everybody
is not the
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