Mike McGuigan's guest appearances

Mike McGuigan

Pacey Performance Podcast

Historic Performance

ASCA Podcast

Hop Forward: Getting You Ahead in the Brewing and Beer Business

Lachlan Wilmot

Darren Burgess

Grant Jenkins

Ian McKeown

Andrea Hudy

Nick Winkelman

Ashley Jones

Kelvin Giles

Dan Howells

Loren Landow

David Joyce

Bob Alejo

Tim Suchomel

Brett Bartholomew

Jeremy Sheppard

OwlTail

When I floated the idea of doing a mini-series exploring some of the underbelly of the beer industry back in January, I was flooded with private messages from brewers and bar staff sharing their personal stories, many of whom started with the prerequisite: ‘I'd like to share anonymously…!’It seems that discussing topics such as workplace treatment, remuneration for overtime, expectations from business owners, and general emotional and physical well-being seems to be something that we talk about in hushed tones.As I alluded to in last week’s into to The Under Beer Belly of a #BrewersLife, while these examples certainly don’t exist across the board, they present themselves under the cover of darkness.Beneath the veneer of an X Pro or Valencia filter, you will hear stories of low pay, long hours, feeling undervalued and excessive drinking.Allow me to emphasise, I know many brewery and bar owners who run companies that treat their employees with respect and due care, rewarding them with good pay, flexible working hours, the correct training and PPE, and token gestures such as growler Fridays or team pizzas.But there are examples of inexperienced people entering the industry and working for peanuts because they’re desperate to get their foot on the brewing professional ladder, working for £12K per annum as a head brewer, with minimum pensions contributions and not much else to show for the long, tireless hours.The moral of the story is simple - for both employer and employee alike: “do to other people as you would have them do unto you”.Having put this contentious topic out there, I was contacted by a fellow Brit and former brewing professional - now living in America - who was worked for numerous breweries, both large and small, to discuss some of the issues surrounding well being and mental health in the beer industry.Mike McGuigan, who was worked for various breweries throughout 20+ years, left the industry little over a year ago having had the last straw working for a small, startup American craft brewer.He shares his personal story and reflection on - what I consider to be - one of the main issues that the beer industry is not facing up to: how many of its workers - the heart and soul of many brewhouses (it’s operatives) - are not tenderly cared for.In this episode, we look at some of the mental and emotional impacts of working in brewing, the financial ramifications for many of its operatives, the two way support that needs to take place between employee and business owners alike, and the excessive drinking that can creep in just to keep a lid on it all.---This week’s brewery shoutout goes to our good friends at Lord's Brewing Co in Huddersfield. Get their latest Handbook Session IPA - Pride Before The Fall - and more great beers from their webshop www.lordsbrewing.com using the code #hopforward for £5 off your order.

When I floated the idea of doing a mini-series exploring some of the underbelly of the beer industry back in January, I was flooded with private messages from brewers and bar staff sharing their personal stories, many of whom started with the prerequisite: ‘I'd like to share anonymously…!’It seems that discussing topics such as workplace treatment, remuneration for overtime, expectations from business owners, and general emotional and physical well-being seems to be something that we talk about in hushed tones.As I alluded to in last week’s into to <a href="http://hopforward.beer/sexism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Under Beer Belly of a #BrewersLife</a>, while these examples certainly don’t exist across the board, they present themselves under the cover of darkness.Beneath the veneer of an X Pro or Valencia filter, you will hear stories of low pay, long hours, feeling undervalued and excessive drinking.Allow me to emphasise, I know many brewery and bar owners who run companies that treat their employees with respect and due care, rewarding them with good pay, flexible working hours, the correct training and PPE, and token gestures such as growler Fridays or team pizzas.But there are examples of inexperienced people entering the industry and working for peanuts because they’re desperate to get their foot on the brewing professional ladder, working for £12K per annum as a head brewer, with minimum pensions contributions and not much else to show for the long, tireless hours.The moral of the story is simple - for both employer and employee alike: “do to other people as you would have them do unto you”.Having put this contentious topic out there, I was contacted by a fellow Brit and former brewing professional - now living in America - who was worked for numerous breweries, both large and small, to discuss some of the issues surrounding well being and mental health in the beer industry.Mike McGuigan, who was worked for various breweries throughout 20+ years, left the industry little over a year ago having had the last straw working for a small, startup American craft brewer.He shares his personal story and reflection on - what I consider to be - one of the main issues that the beer industry is not facing up to: how many of its workers - the heart and soul of many brewhouses (it’s operatives) - are not tenderly cared for.In this episode, we look at some of the mental and emotional impacts of working in brewing, the financial ramifications for many of its operatives, the two way support that needs to take place between employee and business owners alike, and the excessive drinking that can creep in just to keep a lid on it all. --- This week’s brewery shoutout goes to our good friends at <a href="http://www.lordsbrewing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lord's Brewing Co</a> in Huddersfield. Get their latest Handbook Session IPA - Pride Before The Fall - and more great beers from their webshop <a href="http://www.lordsbrewing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lordsbrewing.com</a> using the code #hopforward for £5 off your order.

The Under Beer Belly of a #Brewers Life - Part 02: Well Being and Mental Health in the Brewhouse [with Mike McGuigan]

Mike McGuigan is a Professor of Strength and Conditioning at Auckland University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University.  He is currently Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning.  Mike worked for several years as a Sport Scientist with different sports and he regularly consults for elite sports in the areas of strength and power assessment and athlete monitoring.  He is also a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction.QUOTES“Decide what you are trying to answer and then develop your needs analysis for that sport”“We started off with a lot of tests and then reduced it down to what was required”“We moved to a model where the testing is embedded in the program”“If you’re not doing it (testing) on a systematic and regular basis then there’s pretty big gaps where you’re not getting information and things can change very quickly” ‘For athletes, there is enough anxiety and pressure associated with the sport anyway and sometimes if you can remove that by embedding it in the program, you get better information”“In sport science, we tend to overreport data”“There are probably not many methods that are as user friendly (as sRPE) that gives useful information to act upon” SHOWNOTES1)	Mike’s journey from NZ to Australia to US to Australia to NZ2)	Profiling of athletes3)	Examples of profile – court sport (netball) versus field sport (rugby)4)	Logistics around profiling  and embedding it in your program5)	Fundamental concepts for establishing what is meaningful and useful in testing6)	Reporting to coaches and athletes and their preferences7)	Mike’s big rocks for strength &amp; power development 8)	Focusing on strengths and weaknesses – when to do what? 9)	The murky window of getting transfer to sport10)	Peak power load and how you should use it11)	Practical considerations for strength &amp; power work after needs analysis?12)	Monitoring of players (sRPE, wellness, VBT)13)	Next areas of research for Mike – eccentric training, how do people interpret information for presentation and action14)	Getting information from outside the s&amp;C / sport science field e.g. “Genius at Play”PEOPLE MENTIONEDTony ShieldAnthony BlazevichNic GillRob NewtonBill KraemerJeff VolekCarl FosterTravis TripletWill HopkinsJohn Lythe (Excel Tricks For Sport)Angus RossJacqui TranValerie AdamsWerner GunthorJon Conway (“Genius at Play”)

Mike McGuigan is a Professor of Strength and Conditioning at Auckland University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University. He is currently Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and Associate Editor for the Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning. Mike worked for several years as a Sport Scientist with different sports and he regularly consults for elite sports in the areas of strength and power assessment and athlete monitoring. He is also a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction. QUOTES “Decide what you are trying to answer and then develop your needs analysis for that sport” “We started off with a lot of tests and then reduced it down to what was required” “We moved to a model where the testing is embedded in the program” “If you’re not doing it (testing) on a systematic and regular basis then there’s pretty big gaps where you’re not getting information and things can change very quickly” ‘For athletes, there is enough anxiety and pressure associated with the sport anyway and sometimes if you can remove that by embedding it in the program, you get better information” “In sport science, we tend to overreport data” “There are probably not many methods that are as user friendly (as sRPE) that gives useful information to act upon” SHOWNOTES 1)	Mike’s journey from NZ to Australia to US to Australia to NZ 2)	Profiling of athletes 3)	Examples of profile – court sport (netball) versus field sport (rugby) 4)	Logistics around profiling and embedding it in your program 5)	Fundamental concepts for establishing what is meaningful and useful in testing 6)	Reporting to coaches and athletes and their preferences 7)	Mike’s big rocks for strength &amp; power development 8)	Focusing on strengths and weaknesses – when to do what? 9)	The murky window of getting transfer to sport 10)	Peak power load and how you should use it 11)	Practical considerations for strength &amp; power work after needs analysis? 12)	Monitoring of players (sRPE, wellness, VBT) 13)	Next areas of research for Mike – eccentric training, how do people interpret information for presentation and action 14)	Getting information from outside the s&amp;C / sport science field e.g. “Genius at Play” PEOPLE MENTIONED Tony Shield Anthony Blazevich Nic Gill Rob Newton Bill Kraemer Jeff Volek Carl Foster Travis Triplet Will Hopkins John Lythe (Excel Tricks For Sport) Angus Ross Jacqui Tran Valerie Adams Werner Gunthor Jon Conway (“Genius at Play”)

ASCA Podcast #29 - Mike McGuigan

In this episode I speak with another author from the book High Performance Training for Sports, Mike McGuigan. Mike is also a professor at the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand and is putting some great research out there at the moment on strength and power development, data presentation and performance testing. I speak with Mike about prioritising interventions with so much data collection going on, determining how much strength transfers to performance and how individualised training should be. Mike is a SUPER smart guy but he does such a great job of simplifying complex statistics for us mere mortals. Any feedback you have on any of the episodes so far would be appreciated and keep spreading the podcast word! Keep up to date on Twitter @paceyperform and you can also catch previous episodes on paceyperformance.co.uk. Mike can be found on Twitter @mike_mcguiganEnjoy PP

In this episode I speak with another author from the book High Performance Training for Sports, Mike McGuigan. Mike is also a professor at the Sports Performance Research Institute in New Zealand and is putting some great research out there at the moment on strength and power development, data presentation and performance testing. I speak with Mike about prioritising interventions with so much data collection going on, determining how much strength transfers to performance and how individualised training should be. Mike is a SUPER smart guy but he does such a great job of simplifying complex statistics for us mere mortals. Any feedback you have on any of the episodes so far would be appreciated and keep spreading the podcast word! Keep up to date on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/paceyperform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@paceyperform</a> and you can also catch previous episodes on <a href="http://www.paceyperformance.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">paceyperformance.co.uk</a>. Mike can be found on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/mike_mcguigan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mike_mcguigan</a>Enjoy PP

Pacey Performance Podcast #11 - Mike McGuigan