Biographies for 2009 Featured Speakers

 

Bob Cooley

Bob Cooley is the founder and president of the Meridian Stretching Centers and the developer of Resistance Flexibility and Strength Training (RFST). He is internationally known as an expert on biomechanical flexibility, and its relation to physiological and psychological health. His theories unite human biomechanical analysis, Classical Hatha Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and his original theory on Genetic Personality Types being presented in this second book: The 16 Geniuses —Sixteen Genetic Personality Types.

Bob has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in mathematics, biomechanics, motor learning, Resistive Flexibility and Strength Training, sport specific analysis, Traditional Chinese Medicine, personality types, and nutrition. In 1978, he addressed the U.S. Olympic Swim Committee's Advanced Coaches Seminar on his head-up free-style swim stroke, which he developed to eliminate "swimmer's shoulder" and as the fastest freestyle stroke. In 1979, he wrote a paper with Dorothy Voss, one of the developers of PNF, who was the forerunner of current rehabilitative PNF stretching techniques. Bob did graduate study at the University of Massachusetts Exercise Science Department, where he worked with the developer of the current human biomechanical computer analysis, and at the University of Maryland Biophysical Studies Department.

He is currently a flexibility and psychological trainer for professional and Olympic athletes, Professional Artists and Performers, severely injured individuals, and CEOs of Organic Companies. This year he trained Physical Therapists in Holland, Belgium, and France in RFST. He has appeared on GMA, NBC, and Fox, and has been featured in articles in Sports Illustrated, Self, Elle, Outside Magazines, etc. His new Studio16 just opened in Boston, and an Institute for Human Biomechanical Research opens in Atlanta in May of this year. His research project Quantifying Human Range of Motion (QHROM) is an international collaboration by Canada scientists and US. He is the world’s leading expert on rehabilitative therapy for removing dense fascia and scar tissue resulting from athletic training and injuries, and repetitive performance stresses.
  

The 16 Genius — Sixteen Genetic Personality Types presents groundbreaking research into types.
He is being called the “New Freud”. The 16 Geniuses is also concurrently being scripted into an
Off-Broadway Show by the same name where one woman and one man display the 16 types one consecutive nights.

 

Currents Athletes
CB Burnside — Founder Women Skateboarding and Snowboarding;
         X Games 2009
Holand: Epke Zonderland- #1 Male Gymnast;  Holland
         Representative for Beijing Olympic Summer Games; 7th in
         Beijing, currently #1 in the World on the High Bar
France: Pascal Briand – 8 times World Champion In-Line Skating;
         Currently training for Ice Speed Skating Vancouver Olympics
Switzerland: Roger Schneider – World Record In-Line Skating
          Marathon; Qualified for Ice Speed Skating 2010 Vancouver
         Olympics
United States: Mike Monovoukas- Training Spring of 2008 in
         the “Air Stroke” – a new head up freestyle stroke that
         eliminates ‘Swimmer’s Shoulder’
United States: Petra Matthies –young female gymnast
Chris Wassenaar — 10 time Kaatsen World Champion

Current Clients
Gabriela Montero – International Classical Improvisational Pianist;
         Obama Inauguation Pianist
Nora Pouillon Creator Nora’s Restaurant First Certified Organic
  Restaurant in US, Organic Trade Association Pioneer of the Year
  Award Winner
Laura Turner Sydel and Rutherford Sydel — EcoManor.com
Karim Alibi- Ritz Carlton Hotel Chain Owner
Doriot Dwyer – Flutist and 1st women  accepted into the 1st place
  position in a National Symphony; age 89
Marian Gedigian and Renee Krimsier – World Renowned Flutists
Wendy Graham — Ghostwriter and editor, McCain Ericsson PR  
Ben Statler — Hollywood movie producer
Rosamund Stone Zander- Author Art of Possibility
Andy Carter — World Banking CEO

 

Previous Athletes and Clients
Martina Hingis — Wimbledon 2007
Michael Gebhardt — US Olympic Windsurfing Trials 2008
Dara Torres 2000 Olympics- —2 Gold, 3 Bronze Freestyle Swimming
         Currently 2008 Beijing Olympic 2 Silver Medalist
Misty Hyman 2000 Olympics – Gold Butterfly Swimming
Allan Houston – NBA Knicks Basketball
Charlie Ward – NBA Houston Pistons?
Eric Flaim – Olympic Silver Medalist Ice Speed Skating
Nelson Philippe – French Race Car Driver
Danny Pelzig – Choreographer Boston Ballet
Al Roker – 10 Week Series for NBC

King Albert of Monaco

 

Bob Cooley is speaking on Friday.