Dr Mike McGuigan
Position: Senior Lecturer
Location: Joondalup, 19.160
Phone: (61 8) 6304 2118
Fax: (61 8) 6304 5036
E-mail: m.mcguigan@ecu.edu.au
Qualifications: BPhEd (Otago) PhD (Southern Cross)
Research Interests:
  • Strength and Power Development
  • Resistance training for different populations
  • Monitoring training
  • Child Obesity
Publications:

Hori, N., Newton, R.U., Kawamori, N., McGuigan, M.R., Andrews, W.A., Chapman, D., and Nosaka, K. (2008), Comparison of weighted jump squat training with and without eccentric braking.  Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 22(1): 54-65.

Vescovi, J.D. and McGuigan, M.R. (2008). Relationship between speed, agility and jump ability in female athletes. Journal of Sports Sciences. 26(1): 97-107.

Sheppard, J.M., Newton, R.U. and McGuigan, M.R. (2007). The effect of accentuated eccentric load on jump kinetics in high-performance volleyball players.  Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 2(3): 267-273.

Galvão, D.A., Nosaka, K., Taaffe, D.R., Peake, J., Spry, N., Suzuki, L., Yamaya, K. McGuigan, M.R., Kristjanson, L.J., and Newton, R.U. (2007). Endocrine and immune responses to resistance training in prostate cancer patients. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 1-6.

Hori, N., Newton, R.U., Andrews, W.A., Kawamori, N., McGuigan, M.R., and Nosaka, K. (2007). Comparison of four different methods to measure power output during the hang clean and weighted jump squat. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 21(2): 314-320.

Singh, F., Foster, C., Tod, D. and McGuigan, M.R. (2007). Monitoring different types of resistance training using session rating of perceived exertion. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 2: 34-45.

McGuigan, M.R., Winchester, J.B. and Erickson, T. (2006). The importance of isometric maximum strength in college wrestlers.  Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 5 (CSSI): 108-113.

Egan, A.D., Winchester, J.B., Foster, C., and McGuigan, M.R. (2006). Using session RPE to monitor different methods of resistance exercise. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 5: 289-295.

Wallace, B., Winchester, J., and McGuigan, M.R. (2006).  Effects of elastic bands on force and power characteristics during the back squat exercise.  Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  20(2): 268-272.

McGuigan, M.R., Newton, R.U., and Kraemer, W.J. (2006). Resistance training for better health in older adults. International Journal of Sport Science and Health. 4: 19-28.

Neils, C.M., Udermann, B., Brice, G., Winchester, J.B. and McGuigan, M.R. (2005). Influence of contraction velocity in untrained individuals over the initial early phase of resistance training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 19(4): 883-887.

Tod, D.A., Iredale, F., McGuigan, M.R., Strange, D. and Gill, N.D. (2005). “Psyching-up” enhances force production during the bench press exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  19(3): 599-603.

McGuigan, M.R., Ghiagiarelli, J and Tod, D. (2005). Effects of psyching-up on one repetition maximum and salivary cortisol in the squat exercise. Journal of Sports Sciences. 23(7): 687-692.

McGuigan, M.R. and Foster, C. (2004). A new approach to monitoring resistance training. Strength and Conditioning Journal. 26(6): 42-47.

Sweet, T.W., Foster, C., McGuigan, M.R. and Brice, G. (2004). Quantification of resistance training using the session RPE method. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 18(4): 796-802.

Putlur, P, Foster, C, Miskowski, J.A., Kane M.K., Burton, S.E., Scheett, T.P. and McGuigan, M.R.  (2004). Alteration of immune function in women collegiate soccer players and college students.  Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 3: 234-243.

McGuigan, M.R. and Kane, M.K. (2004). Reliability of performance of elite Olympic weightlifters. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 18(3): 650-653.

Day, M.L., McGuigan, M.R., Brice, G.A. and Foster, C. Monitoring exercise intensities during resistance training using a session RPE scale. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 18(2): 353-358, 2004.