My Ph.D was on thermoregulation during upper body exercise, and was undertaken at Coventry University. I was a Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire from 2007-2010, teaching on the Sport Science degree programmes.  I joined UEL in November 2010 as a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology.  In addition to my teaching I compete internationally at Epee Fencing, having competed for England at the Fencing Commonwealth Championships in 2010.

Teaching & Research

My PhD research focused on thermoregulatory responses during upper body exercise. My MSc research focused on the effects of carbohydrate ingestion on squash skill performance. In addition to my PhD and MSc research I am currently performing research in the area of epee fencing with regards to physiological, biomechanical and psychological responses which involves collaboration work with Victoria University in Melbourne and the University of Central Lancashire.

•   Sport Science Programmes

• SE101 - Physiological Aspects of Exercise and Sport
• SE2100 – Fitness Assessment
• SE2112:  Talent Identification and Development of Excellence in Sport
• SE2102: Research Methods
• SE3101- Applied Exercise Physiology
• SEM001- Postgraduate Research Skills
• SEM004 – The Theory of Strength and Conditioning

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Bottoms, L., Rome, P., Sinclair, J., Gregory, K. and Price, M. (2013). Development of a lab based protocol. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 13, 11-22.

Sinclair, J, Bottoms, L and Hurst HT (2013). The effect of 5 and 10 second carbohydrate mouth wash on 30 minute cycling performance, European Journal of Sports Science (In press).

Sinclair, J, Taylor, P.J, and Bottoms L (2013). The influence of cardan sequence of rotations on lower extremity kinematics during the fencing lunge. Journal of Human Kinetics (In Press).

Bottoms, L., Greenhalgh, A., and Gregory, K. (2013). ‘The effect of caffeine ingestion on skill maintenance and fatigue in epee fencers’. Journal of Sports Science (EPub Ahead of Print).

Greenhalgh, A., Bottoms, L., and Sinclair, J. (2013), ‘Tibial shock measured during the fencing lunge: The Influence of Surface’. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, Aug 22 (E Pub Ahead of Print).

Bottoms, L., Taylor, K., Sinclair, J., Polman, R., and Fewtrell, D. (2012) ‘The effects of carbohydrate ingestion on the badminton serve following fatiguing exercise’ Journal of Sports Science, 30(3):285-293.

Bottoms, L. and Price, M. (2011). ‘The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Calf Volume and Thermoregulatory Responses during Upper Body Exercise’. Journal Physical Culture, 65(1), 5-11.

Bottoms, L., Sinclair, J., Gabrysz, T., Szmatlan-Gabrysz, U., & Price, M.J. (2011). ‘Physiological responses and energy expenditure to simulated epee fencing in elite female fencers’.  Serbian Journal of Sports Science, 5(1): 17-20.

Price, M.J., Bottoms, L.M., Smith, P., and Nicholettos, A. (2011). ‘The effects of an increasing vs. constant crank rate on peak physiological responses during incremental arm crank ergometry’. Journal of Sports Science, 29 (3): 263-9.

Sinclair, J., Taylor, K., Greenhalgh, A., and Bottoms, L. (2010). Tibial shock measured during the fencing lunge: The Influence of footwear. Sports Biomechanics, 9(2): 65-71.

Lindsay M. Bottoms, Angus M. Hunter and Stuart D.R. Galloway. (2006). Effects Carbohydrate ingestion on skill maintenance in squash players. European Journal of Sport Science, 6(3): 187-195.

Book Chapters:

Price, M.J. and Bottoms, L.M. (2010) 'Thermoregulation during upper body exercise’. In 'Body Temperature Regulation', Nova Biomedical Books Inc, New York.

Books:

Paul, S., Miller. W., Beasley, P and Bottoms. L. (2011).  ‘Epee Fencing: A step by step guide to achieving Olympic gold (with no guarantee you will get any where near it)’.  Wellard Publishing, London, UK.

Conference Proceedings:

Symposium with Mike Price and Paul Smith at the ICSEMIS in Glasgow July 2012 on Upper Body Exercise.

Gregory, K. and Bottoms, L. The Effect of Skill Maintenance and Fatigue on Epee Fencers. Presented at The Biomedical Basis for Elite Performance 2012 Conference.

Bottoms, L., Taylor, K., Sinclair, J. and Fewtrell, D.  Effects of carbohydrate ingestion on the badminton serve following fatiguing exercise.  Presented at ECSS 2011 annual conference.

Bottoms L., Szmatlan-Gabryś U., and Gabryś T. Evaluation of anaerobic endurance of rowers in laboratory tests. Presented at ECSS 2009 annual conference.

Szmatlan-Gabryś U., Bottoms L., and Gabryś T. Changes of anaerobic threshold in summer preparatory period in cross country skiers.  Presented at ECSS 2009 annual conference.

Gabryś T, Szmatlan-Gabryś U., Bottoms L., and. Pawłowski J. The influence of altitude on the level of aerobic efficiency in alpine skiers.  Presented at ECSS 2009 annual conference.

Gabryś T1, Szmatlan-Gabryś U., Bottoms L., and. Pawłowski J. Estimation of Anaerobic Power of Top-Level Ice-Hockey Players using an On Ice Test and a Wingate Test.  Presented at ECSS 2009 annual conference.

Bottoms L., Gabrys T., Price M. and Szmatlan-Gabrysz U. (2008). Physiological responses to simulated epee fencing in elite Polish female fencers.  Presented at BASES 2008 annual conference.

Bottoms L., Carson R., and Price M. The effect of heat acclimation on thermoregulatory responses during upper body exercise. Presented at BASES 2008 annual conference.

Price M., Bottoms L., Smith P., & Nicholettos A. The effects of increasing cadence on peak physiological parameters during incremental arm crank ergometry. Presented at BASES 2008 annual conference.

Bottoms L., Carson R., and Price M. (2007) Effect of upper body training on calf volume changes during incremental exercise.  Presented at the 2007 BASES annual conference.

Bottoms L., Carson R., and Price M. (2007) The effects of 8 weeks training on thermoregulation during upper body exercise.  Presented at the 2007 BASES annual conference.

Bottoms L., Carson R., and Price M. (2006) Effect of environmental temperature on calf volume during upper body exercise.  Presented at the 2006 BASES annual conference.

Bottoms L., Carson R., and Price M. (2006) The effect of exercise duration on calf volume during upper body exercise.  Presented at the 2006 ECSS conference.

Bottoms L., Carson R., and Price M. (2005) The effect of exercise intensity on calf volume during upper body exercise.  Presented at the 2005 BASES annual conference.

Bottoms L., Mathers J., Hunter A., and Galloway S. (2004).  Exploration of the role of carbohydrate ingestion on maintenance of skill following short duration fatiguing exercise in squash players.  Presented at the 2004 ECSS conference.

I volunteer as a sports scientist to the Junior England fencing team, having been to the Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships with them and also helped out at the UK School games last year.  I volunteer and help out with the GB cadet fencers.   I also volunteer as a sports scientist and as a coach to a group called Indigo which helps young fencers by introducing and educating them on the demands of International fencing.  Finally, I have provided continued sport science support to an elite mountain biker by providing regular  VO2max  tests (SRM cycle ergometer) and giving feedback to the coach.