Fairway Performance Podcast
Conversations to help you improve your golf, your fitness and your health!
Episodes
139 episodes
139: Swinging Out of Your Shoes and Going Nowhere: Sequence, Separation and Real Distance
You give it absolutely everything. The bloke next to you makes a smooth, almost lazy swing and flies it 30 past you.That's not a strength problem. It's an efficiency problem, and it's good news, because it means you've got distance sitti...
138: Why Your Mobility Routine Isn't Actually Working
"Shaun, I do my mobility stuff and it just isn't working for me."This one is for the golfer who is genuinely doing the work. The stretching, the foam rolling, the whole routine, and getting frustrated because none of it shows up in their...
137: The Shotgun Approach: Why Collecting Exercises Never Fixes Your Golf
A mobility drill off Instagram. A power exercise off YouTube. A stretch your mate's coach told him about. Before long you've got 15 or 20 random exercises you do whenever you remember, in no order, with no progression, and no idea whether any o...
Why Your Sore Back Isn't Actually a Back Problem
Here is an idea that will change how you think about your body and your golf game forever: where the pain is, is rarely where the problem is.Most golfers, and honestly most of the fitness world, treat the body like a collection of separate part...
Why Your Lessons Never Fixed This Swing Fault
If you have spent years and thousands of dollars on lessons trying to fix the same swing fault, and it keeps coming back, this episode explains why.Today we go deep on the single most common swing fault I see in amateur golfers: early ex...
How a Man With a Rebuilt Body Gained 50 Yards at 69
"I'm too old. I've had too many surgeries. My body is just done."These are the most expensive sentences in golf, because the moment you believe them, you stop trying, and then they come true.This episode is for the golfer who has ...
Why Your Desk Job Is Quietly Killing Your Golf Swing
Stand up, put your feet together, and try to touch your toes. Can you do it?If you cannot get close, this episode explains exactly why your swing feels cramped, short, and stuck, and it probably has nothing to do with your technique....
132: The Golf Back Ache Nobody Warns You About
The back nine ache, the morning-after stiffness, the little stab on follow-through. A lot of golfers have accepted that pain is just the price of playing. In this episode Shaun challenges that, and explains why golf back pain is almost always a...
131: Some Days a 78, Some Days a 95: The Consistency Trap
One week you've cracked it. The next week, same clubs, same course, it all falls apart. In this episode Shaun explains why consistency isn't a swing thought or a magic drill. It's physical, and it comes down to whether your body can repeat the ...
130: The Back-Nine Collapse: Why You Fall Apart After Hole 12
Solid front nine, then the wheels come off coming home. Most golfers blame their head. In this episode Shaun explains why late-round collapse is almost always physical, not mental, and why it's completely trainable at any age.In this epi...
129: "I Used to Crush It": Where Your Distance Actually Went
"I used to hit it 230. Now I'm lucky to carry it 190. I guess that's just getting older." Shaun hears it on almost every call, and in this episode he explains why it's wrong. The yards you lost didn't vanish to a birthday. They got locked up in...
128: The First Step Is Always the Hardest (But It Changes Everything)
The information isn't the thing holding most golfers back. Fear is. The quiet worry that you've waited too long and your body is too far gone. In this episode Shaun makes the case that nobody is too far gone, and that for most golfers the chang...
127: How to Choose a Golf Fitness Professional (And What to Demand From Them)
The golf fitness space has exploded, and not everyone offering it knows how to deliver results. In this episode Shaun gives you a clear checklist for vetting any coach, trainer, or program before you spend a dollar, whether you work with Fairwa...
126: Weight Shift, Early Extension & How Your Body Creates Swing Faults
Early extension. Hanging back. Coming over the top. You've watched the videos and done the drills, and the fault is still there. In this episode Shaun connects fitness to swing mechanics and explains why your most stubborn swing faults usually ...
125: The 'I Don't Have Time' Myth: How to Fit Golf Fitness Into a Busy Life
"I'd love to start, but I'm just too busy." It's the most common reason golfers put off taking care of their body, and in this episode Shaun challenges it head on. You don't have a time problem. You have a priority problem. Here's why the time ...
124: The Lead Leg Secret That Separates Tour Pros From Everyone Else with Russ Manalastas
If your golf swing falls apart right after you start training your body, that might be the best sign you are finally on the right track.In this episode we go deep with Dr. Russ Manalastas, physical therapist, 20-year strength coach, and ...
123: Why the Best Iron Player on Earth Never Aims at the Flag with Alex Huang
Most golfers think their blow-up holes are bad luck. Alex Huang has spent 18 years proving otherwise.In this episode we sit down with Alex Huang, co-founder of Decade Golf and the analytical mind behind the system used by Bryson DeChambe...
122: The Number One Tool Every Golfer Needs (And Most Don't Have)
In this episode, Shaun makes the case for why having a physical therapist or golf fitness professional isn't a luxury it's the single most impactful addition to any golfer's toolkit, and the one that nearly everyone is missing.What yo...
121: The Golfer's Guide to Core Training (You're Probably Doing It Wrong)
In this episode, Shaun reframes core training for golfers — moving away from the sit-up-and-plank mentality and toward the two core functions that actually transfer to the golf swing.What you'll learn:The core has six ...
120: Why Your Hips Are the Engine of Your Golf Swing
In this episode, Shaun goes deep on the single most important area of the body for golfers the hips and breaks down exactly why they matter, what goes wrong, and how to fix them.What you'll learn:Why the hips are the #...
119: How to Know If Your Golf Fitness Program Is Actually Working
Here's a question that sounds simple but I promise you most golfers can't answer it with confidence: is your golf fitness program actually working? Not "do you feel like it's working." Can you prove it? With data?Because a shocking numbe...
118: Lifting Heavy Won't Make You Stiff: 3 Strength Training Myths Busted
There are three myths about strength training that are keeping golfers from doing the single most impactful thing they can do for their game. In this episode, I'm busting all three and I'm not holding back.Myth one: lifting heavy will ma...
117: 3 Warm-Up Mistakes That Are Killing Your First Tee Shot
In this episode, Shaun breaks down the three most common pre-round warm-up mistakes that are costing golfers performance and increasing injury risk and what to do instead.What you'll learn:Mistake #1: Relying on static stretc...
116: The Truth About Speed Training (And Why It's Probably Hurting You)
In this episode, Shaun takes on one of the most hyped and most misunderstood trends in golf fitness: overspeed training. This isn't an anti-speed-training episode. It's a pro-doing-things-in-the-right-order episode.What you'll learn:<...