Lecturer in Physiology and Nutrition
Sport Cottrell Building room 4V6: University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I graduated with BSc in Sport & Exercise Science from University of Stirling in 2012, before completing my PhD in 2016. I completed 2 years post-doctoral research with SportScotland: Scottish Institute of Sport, where my work helped GB athletes prepare for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In 2018 I joined the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport as a Lecturer. In this role I currently contribute to the delivery of a number of modules on Sports Studies and Sport and Exercise Science undergraduate programmes, and supervise MPhil and PhD research postgraduates.
My research interests reach from elite athlete training, recovery and preparation for competition, to maintenance of muscle mass and function as contributors to healthy ageing. This work has supported Scottish athletes towards medal success at Commonwealth, European, World, and Olympic level. My teaching focuses mostly on applied exercise science and muscular/ neuromuscular systems.
Pint of Science
https://pintofscience.com/
Regional Organising Committee
STEM @ The Helix
Falkirk Community Trust
Evidence-based Practice in Sport: The Case for Tensiomyography (TMG)
Sportscotland
Symposium organiser and Keynote Speaker
ECR Forum
https://www.ukri.org/
UKRI
Editorial Board
http://www.asmfa.org/
Advances in Skeletal Muscle Function Assessment
Reviewer
European Journal of Applied Physiology;
Experimental Brain Research;
International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism;
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance;
Journal of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology;
Journal of Neural Engineering;
Journal of Sports Sciences;
PeerJ;
Physiological Measurement;
PLOS One;
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports;
Sensors;
Sports Medicine
American College of Sports Medicine
https://www.acsm.org/
European College of Sports Science
https://www.sport-science.org/
International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology
https://isek.org/
Physiological Society
https://www.physoc.org/
UK Ageing Network
https://www.ukanet.org.uk/my-age/
MyAge
Muscle resilience across the life course: from cells to society
Fellow of HEA
Higher Education Academy
https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/
ISAK Level 1 Anthropometrist
https://isak.global/
Level 3 Phlebotomist
Venepuncture for Non-Diagnostic Research
Stirling Crucible
https://www.stir.ac.uk/…tudies/crucible/
Organising Committee
My research interests focus on muscle function and motor control in relation to exercise and to healthy living:
athletic performance, preparation, and recovery;
age- and illness-related decline in muscle mass;
management of musculoskeletal pain.
In particular I am interested in the link between cognitive function and motor control across the adult lifespan; and in how elite athletes' muscles function (or fail to function) so effectively.
My recent research has helped support SportScotland athletes to prepare for and compete at major international tournaments.
I work within:
Physiology, Exercise & Nutrition Research Group and the Mobile Cognition research programme
Article
Selvamoorthy R, Macgregor LJ, Donald N & Hunter AM (2024) Dryland Performance Tests Are Not Good Predictors of World Aquatics Points in Elite Male and Female Swimmers. Sports, 12 (4), p. 104. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/12/4/104; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports12040104
Article
Wilson MT, Hunter AM, Fairweather M, Kerr S, Hamilton DL & Macgregor LJ (2023) Enhanced skeletal muscle contractile function and corticospinal excitability precede strength and architectural adaptations during lower-limb resistance training. European Journal of Applied Physiology, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05201-8
Article
Mackay J, Bowles E, Macgregor LJ, Prokopidis K, Campbell C, Barber E, Galloway SDR & Witard OC (2023) Fish oil supplementation fails to modulate indices of muscle damage and muscle repair during acute recovery from eccentric exercise in trained young males. European Journal of Sport Science, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2023.2199282
Article
Shah S, Collins K & Macgregor LJ (2022) The Influence of Weekly Sprint Volume and Maximal Velocity Exposures on Eccentric Hamstring Strength in Professional Football Players. Sports, 10 (8), p. 125. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10080125
Preprint / Working Paper
Adaptations to Low–Load Resistance Training with Blood-Flow Restriction: A Pilot Study
Macgregor L & Biancone V Adaptations to Low–Load Resistance Training with Blood-Flow Restriction: A Pilot Study.
Article
Wilson MT, Macgregor LJ, Fyfe J, Hunter AM, Hamilton DL & Gallagher IJ (2022) Bayesian analysis of changes in standing horizontal and vertical jump after different modes of resistance training. Journal of Sports Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2022.2100676
Article
Alkhedhairi SAA, Aba Alkhayl FF, Ismail AD, Rozendaal A, German M, MacLean B, Johnston L, Miller AA, Hunter AM, Macgregor LJ, Combet E, Quinn TJ & Gray SR (2022) The effect of krill oil supplementation on skeletal muscle function and size in older adults: A randomised controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition, 41 (6), pp. 1228-1235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2022.04.007
Article
Campbell AK, Williamson CE, Macgregor LJ & Hamilton DL (2021) Elevated Arousal following Acute Ammonia Inhalation is not Associated with Increased Neuromuscular Performance. European Journal of Sport Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2021.1953150
Article
Newell ML, Macgregor LJ, Galloway SD & Hunter AM (2021) Prolonged Cycling Exercise Alters Neural Control Strategy, Irrespective of Carbohydrate Dose Ingested. Translational Sports Medicine, 4 (1), pp. 88-99. https://doi.org/10.1002/tsm2.187
Newspaper / Magazine
Stretching: expert explains how best to do it before and after a workout
Macgregor L (2020) Stretching: expert explains how best to do it before and after a workout. The Conversation. 21.05.2020.
Article
Wilson MT, Ryan AMF, Vallance SR, Dias-Dougan A, Dugdale JH, Hunter AM, Hamilton DL & Macgregor LJ (2019) Tensiomyography Derived Parameters Reflect Skeletal Muscle Architectural Adaptations Following 6-Weeks of Lower Body Resistance Training. Frontiers in Physiology, 10, Art. No.: 1493. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01493
Presentation / Talk
Changes in Everyday Walking and Subjective Memory Rating with Ageing
Macgregor L, Dudchenko P, Crockett R, Pina I & Hunter A (2019) Changes in Everyday Walking and Subjective Memory Rating with Ageing., 15.04.2019.
Article
Dugdale JH, Hunter A, Di Virgilio T, Macgregor LJ & Hamilton DL (2019) Influence of the "Slingshot" bench press training aid on bench press kinematics and neuromuscular activity in competitive powerlifters. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 33 (2), pp. 327-336. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000001853
Article
The Effect of Foam Rolling for Three Consecutive Days on Muscular Efficiency and Range of Motion
Macgregor LJ, Fairweather MM, Bennett RM & Hunter AM (2018) The Effect of Foam Rolling for Three Consecutive Days on Muscular Efficiency and Range of Motion. Sports Medicine - Open, 4 (1), Art. No.: 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-018-0141-4
Article
Macgregor LJ, Hunter A, Orizio C, Fairweather MM & Ditroilo M (2018) Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Contractile Properties by Radial Displacement: The Case for Tensiomyography. Sports Medicine, 48 (7), pp. 1607-1620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-018-0912-6
Newspaper / Magazine
Does foam rolling actually do any good?
MacGregor L & Hunter A (2018) Does foam rolling actually do any good?. The Conversation. 13.06.2018.
Article
Macgregor LJ & Hunter AM (2018) High-threshold motor unit firing reflects force recovery following a bout of damaging eccentric exercise. PLoS ONE, 13 (4), Art. No.: e0195051. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195051
Article
Kennedy P, Macgregor LJ, Barnhill E, Johnson C, Perrins M, Hunter A, Brown C, van Beek EJR & Roberts N (2017) MR elastography measurement of the effect of passive warmup prior to eccentric exercise on thigh muscle mechanical properties. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 46 (4), pp. 1115-1127. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25642
Article
Reduced firing rates of high threshold motor units in response to eccentric overload
Balshaw T, Pahar M, Chesham R, Macgregor LJ & Hunter A (2017) Reduced firing rates of high threshold motor units in response to eccentric overload. Physiological Reports, 5 (2), Art. No.: e13111. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.13111
Article
Reduced Radial Displacement of the Gastrocnemius Medialis Muscle After Electrically Elicited Fatigue
Macgregor LJ, Ditroilo M, Smith IJ, Fairweather MM & Hunter A (2016) Reduced Radial Displacement of the Gastrocnemius Medialis Muscle After Electrically Elicited Fatigue. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 25 (3), pp. 241-247. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsr.2014-0325
I teach modules throughout the Sport & Exercise Science BSc programme.
Module co-ordinator:
SPSU9BM (Biomechanics and Motor Control II)
SPSU9AE (Applied Exercise Physiology)
Module contributions:
SPSU712 (Introduction to Sports Studies II)
SPSU8K4 (Biomechanics and Motor Control I)
SPSU9EP (Physiology of Sport and Exercise)
SPSU9SM (Sports Medicine Health and Wellbeing)
SPSU9R7 (Readings in Sports and Exercise Sciences)
SPSU9HP (Advanced Methods in Human Physiology Research)
SPSU9RS (Research Project in Sports and Exercise Sciences)
Sport Learning and Teaching Officer
Responsible for enhancing the student experience and learning and teaching practice within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, for supporting academic colleagues’ pedagogic development, training, and induction, and for developing and evaluating holistic academic services to support the student experience.
