Tideline Talks

On today’s episode Dr. Michael sits down with Carolyn Renick, a local running coach in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. She’s completed numerous long distance races (including the Boston Marathon) and is a wealth of knowledge about all things related to running. Highlights include: 🎙  Her extensive gymnastics background before college 🎙  Becoming the local person for running advice because t...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael discusses an age-old concept in the sports performance world: identifying whether someone is a jaguar or a gazelle. Tune in to learn the differences between these 2 animal metaphors and how they can be applied in the gym. Drop a comment below on which you identify more with: Jaguar or Gazelle!

Today’s episode features Bryce “Thor” Johnston, owner of Asgard Training Center. Asgard is a unique, gritty, old school training gym donned with Scandinavian flags hanging from the ceiling, old school posters on the wall, and a laminated map of Asgard behind the squat rack. Asgard is the dwelling place of the Norse gods and Bryce designed his gym with the intent that members enter into a completel...

Dr. Michael sits down with Derrick Hawkins, owner of Derrick Hawkins LMT. Derrick is a massage therapist who blends myofascial connections from massage therapy, functional movement patterns from his training as a physical therapist assistant, and the mindset/flow from yoga. Highlights include: 🎙  Originally from Bradenton/Palmetto and may have participated in some street racing along Universi...

On today's podcast episode, our office manager, Brandon, takes a dive into protein powder supplements, what they are, what they do, and how to choose the right one for you!. This is a continuation and deeper dive into supplementation from our previous episode, top three supplements (Tideline Talks - episode #22, published on 4/12/22). -- MTS Whey Protein: https://www.tigerfitne...

Today’s episode features Jen Rudolf, owner and founder of Sarasota Fitness Coaching. She’s a mother of 5 and her nutrition and coaching business helps other working professional women and mothers live their healthiest life. Highlights include: 🎙  Doing P90X and Insanity at 4am to workout while her children were still babies 🎙  Competing in bodybuilding/figure competitions for 3 years 🎙 &...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael talks about how it’s ok to scale or modify your workout. Maybe you’re newer to a style of workouts or working out in general. Maybe you’re returning to some foundational movements as a great review and to decrease your risk for injury. Or maybe you’re a more advanced athlete who recognizes the importance of selectively scaling every once in a while to help recover fr...

Dr. Michael sits down with Gillian and Alex da Silva, co-owners of Rise Fitness Rise Fitness is a boutique fitness studio in Sarasota with a wide range of class options for clients of all ages and fitness levels. Highlights include: 🎙  Gillian and Alex meeting in Brazil and then moving to Sarasota together 🎙  Motivating and encouraging people to stay active while gyms were shut down thro...

Dr. Michael sits down with Mike Lee, owner of Grit Fitness. Mike is a wealth of knowledge and a fantastic wellness coach who creates workouts, meal plans, and supplement guides for his clients. Highlights include: 🎙  Growing up in Oklahoma playing football, but was undersized 🎙  The importance of good quality supplements and avoiding questionable ingredients 🎙  Starting a family at...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael hops on the mic to talk about the i3 model - no, not a new BMW car or Apple product. The i3 model is used to describe how injuries occur and how we explain the recovery and rehabilitation process. Tune in to learn more about the i3 model and how it can be used to help identify your risk for injury!

On today’s episode Dr. Michael sits down with Dr. Jaci York, owner of Flourish Physical Therapy. Dr. Jaci specializes in pelvic health rehabilitation and shares some insight into her practice and more about pelvic health rehabilitation and this specialty. Highlights include: 🎙  Obtaining her board specialty in women’s health (WCS) in Jacksonville 🎙  Her practice design with concierge/in-...

On today's episode our co-host Brandon Christ discusses his top 3 supplement recommendations. Look out for part 2 next month! Brandon is our office manager, nutrition coach, and performance coach here at Tideline Sports Performance. Interested in learning more about supplements or working with him on nutrition coaching? Shoot us a message! - info@tidelinesportsperformance.com MTS Whey Protein Powd...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael sits down with Arrica Dallas , coach at Row House. Listen to her southern drawl as she shares her story of how she made her way down to Florida and tells us more about Row House as well as her personal story. Highlights include: 🎙  Moving from Georgia to Florida initially for a bartending career 🎙  Developing plantar fasciitis from running 🎙  Her trans...

Today’s episode features our Lead Clinician for Tideline, Dr. Mallory Kalinoski. She sits down with Dr. Michael to chat about her background and personal story as well as how she got linked up with the Tideline team. Highlights include: 🎙  Collegiate division I track & field as a middle distance runner 🎙  Meeting her husband in graduate school even though she promised herself she wou...

Today’s episode features Ashley Jette, owner of Optimal Nourishment. She sits down with Dr. Michael to discuss her background, her own fitness and health journey, and her approach to nutrition coaching. Highlights include: 🎙  Growing up in Amish country in Pennsylvania 🎙  Serving in the Air Force working with communications satellites 🎙  Her role as unit fitness program manager with...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael talks about why you should give yourself an offseason. Sometimes we grind so much at the gym and in life that we need to take a brief period to recover, downregulate, and spend an extra moment to work on some weaknesses. Tune in to learn more about how a brief offseason can help you out! (Especially if you’re coming off the Crossfit Open!)

In this episode Dr. Michael sits down with Mike Lee - a man of many talents. He plays rugby for Sarasota Surge, does crossfit at Real Fitness Sarasota, and competes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at Gustavo Machado BJJ SRQ. Highlights include: 🎙  His tour around Australia while playing for the USA Tomahawks rugby team 🎙  Introduction to crossfit in Connecticut 🎙  Moving to Florida and joini...

Dr. Michael hops on the mic to tie the fantasy role playing game of Dungeons & Dragons to fitness. He discusses key categories that compose all of our fitness/character profile as well as how training can influence these categories. Tune in for a fun twist on fitness and how to measure your strengths and weaknesses!

On today’s episode Dr. Michael sits down with two staff members from Restore Hyper Wellness - Winston Heibner (Co-Owner) and Katie Kupser (Regional Sales & Marketing Director). Highlights include: 🎙  Katie’s journey with yoga and how she carries over these principles to Restore 🎙  How Katie got hooked up with Restore by sliding into one of the owners’ DMs on IG 🎙  Winston’s deep...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael discusses a common myth in healthcare - being out of alignment. This theory that your spine or hips can be out of alignment and contribute to your pain has been passed around the healthcare world for decades, making clinicians appear as expert level Jenga players. Tune in to learn more about this common misconception and hear why healthcare is not like going to Meine...

Today’s episode is brought to you by our podcast co-host and office manager of our practice, Brandon Christ. Brandon dives into the mindset required to achieve fitness results as well as how to manipulate variables in training to make and determine your progress. Hint: it’s not always about moving heavier weight! -- Instagram: @TidelineSportsPerformance Website: TidelineSportsPerformance.com

On today’s episode Dr. Michael sits down with Meredith Donohue, general manager and co-owner of Real Fitness Sarasota (RFS). Highlights include: 🎙  Noisy hot yoga experiences with her dad 🎙  The world famous mascot of her alma mater - the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers 🎙  Discovering Real Fitness Sarasota the FloGrown way - through a sticker wrapped pickup truck 🎙  Her...

Today’s episode features Nick Dompierre - part owner of Crossfit Bradenton, remote coach, and Olympic weightlifter with Team Florida Gulf Coast. Nick talks with Dr. Michael about his professional skateboarding career, his recovery from a neck fracture while tubing, and his boom on YouTube after filming epic cheat meals. They also discuss his transition into crossfit, including qualifying for the 2...

On today’s episode Dr. Michael talks about a hot topic and an intervention that’s newer to the state of Florida - dry needling. He discusses the basic science behind dry needling and provides patient examples of how Tideline Sports Performance uses dry needling in clinic. Maybe you’ve never heard of dry needling before, maybe you’ve experienced dry needling in the past and are curious about what e...

Today’s episode features our co-host and Business Manager, Brandon, and focuses on nutrition. Brandon is spearheading our new Nutrition Coaching program that is now available at our practice. Our approach to nutrition should be focused more on how our food intake can have a positive effect on our health rather than food restriction. We should be forming healthy long-term habits that are moving us...