In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear, Fitness Advisor to Golf Digest Magazine and Director of Golf Performance at BSG, sits down with legendary Hall-of-Fame strength coach, Al Vermeil.  He is most notably known for winning a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49er's and two NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls. Vermeil is the only strength coach to work in the NBA, NFL, and MBL. Listen as they discuss the impact Bryson is having on the world of golf-fitness.

Do you have the proper plan to attack the off-season? Ben Shear talks about the ability to maximize the time “off” in a strategic and impactful way. Shear gives listeners a check-list to determine the current state of their golf game and fitness level, and then he shares how to devise the best plan for improving while waiting for next season to begin. Make sure you take advantage of his insightful tips if you want to see better results next year.

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear, Fitness Advisor to Golf Digest Magazine and Director of Golf Performance at BSG, picks the brain of Strength & Conditioning legend and Hall-of-Fame strength coach, Al Vermeil. Widely regarded as the best strength coach EVER, Vermeil is most notably known for winning a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49er's and two NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls. Vermeil is the only strength coach to work in the NBA, NFL, and MBL.

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear, Fitness Advisor to Golf Digest Magazine and Director of Golf Performance at BSG, sits down with Dr. Stu McGill to discuss keeping a golfer's back healthy.  A professor, researcher and world-renowned lecturer on spine function and injury prevention, McGill uses his decades of experience and work with many top PGA Tour players to discuss with Shear how backs (and hips and shoulders) are under stress in the golf swing, and he tees up "The Big Three" exercises that could help to play pain-free golf.

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear, Fitness Advisor to Golf Digest Magazine and Director of Golf Performance at BSG, steps into the "psychology of greatness" with world-renowned, high-performance sports psychologist, Mike Gervais. Mike has worked with many high-level athletes and top executives from the Seattle Seahawks, MMA Champions, and Microsoft, to name a few. Together, they discuss some of the tools of how to have the same high-level mentality as top athletes and executives.

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear, Fitness Advisor to Golf Digest Magazine and Director of Golf Performance at BSG,  discusses how technology plays a role in helping to understand the body/swing connection with Hall of Fame golf instructor, Chuck Cook. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who is trying to understand their body's influence over theIr golf swing. 

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear, Fitness Advisor to Golf Digest and Head of Fitness at BSG, dives into the controversial topic of early specialization with Dr. Will Wu. The two discuss their opinions on early specialization and how they suggest training for different goals. 

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear (Director of Performance at BSG and Golf Digest Fitness Advisor) and Sean Foley discuss the highly successful instructor's experiences in the golf world, including why Foley (and Shear!) believes in the "team" aspect of the sport.

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear (Director of Performance at BSG and Golf Digest Fitness Advisor) talks about the importance of matching your swing style to the way your body naturally moves. This will finally allow you to play better, pain-free golf and ultimately get your scores where you want them to be.

In this episode of the BenShearGolf Podcast, Ben Shear (Director of performance at BSG and Golf Digest Top-50 Fitness Trainer) talks about motor learning and skill acquisition with Will Wu PhD. and John Dunigan. Will Wu PhD. discusses the differences between gathering information, and actually learning. In the second half of the episode, John Dunigan explains how the topics discussed by Will Wu PhD. apply to teaching and learning golf.