Dr Greig Watson

Dr Greig Watson

Position: Lecturer, Sports Science
Location: Joondalup, 19.158
Phone: (61 8) 6304 5573
Fax: (61 8) 6304 5036
E-mail: g.watson@ecu.edu.au
Qualifications: BS Sports Science, Chichester Institute of Higher Education, England
MS Sports Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
MS Exercise Physiology, Ithaca College, USA
PhD Exercise Physiology, University of Connecticut, USA
Research Interests:
  • Regulation of body water and body temperature
  • The effects of manipulating body water and body temperature on body systems and performance
  • Heat acclimation adaptations
  • Effects of nutrition and nutritional supplements on body systems and performance
  • Optimizing cycling performance
Publications:

Peiffer J, Abbiss C, Laursen PB, Watson G, Nosaka K. Effect of cold water immersion on repeated 1 km cycling performance in the heat. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. [ahead of pub]

Peiffer JJ, Abbiss CR, Wall BA, Watson G, Nosaka K, Laursen PB. Effect of a 5 min cold water immersion recovery on exercise performance in the heat. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2008 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Kraemer WJ, Fragala MS, Watson G, Volek JS, Stuempfle KJ, Lehmann DR, Bailey S, Hughs SL, Rubin MR, French DN, Maresh CM, Vingren JL, Hatfield DL, Spiering BA, Ho JY, Evans DS, Case HS. Hormonal responses to a 160 km race across frozen Alaska. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2008 Feb;42(2):116-20

Yeargin SW, Casa DJ, Armstrong LE, Watson G, Judelson D, Psathas E, Sparrow S.  Heat acclimation and hydraion status of American football players during initial summer workouts. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2006, 20(3), 463-470

Maresh CM, Sökmen B, Kraemer WJ, Hoffman JR, Watson G, Judelson DJ, Gabaree-Boulant CL, Deschenes MR, VanHeest JL, Armstrong LE. Pituitary-adrenal responses to arm and leg exercise in untrained men. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2006 Jul; 97(4): 471-7.

Armstrong LE, Casa DJ, Watson G. Exertional Hyponatremia. Current Sports Medicine Reports. 2006; 5(5)

Maresh CM, Sökmen B, Kraemer WJ, Hoffman JR, Watson G, Judelson DJ, Gabaree-Boulant CL, Deschenes MR, VanHeest JL, Armstrong LE. Pituitary-adrenal responses to arm and leg exercise in untrained men. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2006 Ahead of Print.

Watson G, Casa DJ, Fiala K, Hile A, Roti MW, Armstrong LE, and Maresh CM. Influence of creatine use on exercise heat tolerance in dehydrated athletes. Journal of Athletic Training. 2006 Jan-Mar;41(1):18-29

Roti MW, Casa DJ, Pumerantz AC, Watson G, Judelson DA, Dias JC, Ruffin K, Armstrong LE. Thermoregulatory responses to exercise in the heat: chronic caffeine intake has no effect. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2006 Feb;77(2):124-9

Watson G. and Swensen T. Effects of altering pedal cadence on cycling time-trial performance. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 2006 Apr;27(4):296-300

Dias, JC, Roti MW, Pumerantz AC, Watson G, Judelson DA, Larsen M, Sökmen B, Ruffin KT, Casa DJ, and Armstrong LE. Fluid balance following an exercise heat-tolerance test: effects of caffeine intake. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. 2005; 14 (4); 294-300

Watson G, Judelson DA, Armstrong LE, Yeargin SW, Casa DJ, and Maresh CM. Influence of diuretic-induced dehydration on sprint and power performance. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2005 Jul;37(7):1168-74

Armstrong LE, Pumerantz AC, Roti MW, Judelson DA, Watson G, Dias JC, Sökmen B, Casa DJ, Maresh CM. Fluid-Electrolyte and renal indices of hydration during eleven days of controlled caffeine consumption. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. June 2005: 15 (3). p. 252-265

Kraemer WJ, French DN, Spiering BA, Volek JS, Sharman MJ, Ratamess NA, Judelson DA, Silvestre R, Watson G, Gomez A, Maresh CM. Cortitrol supplementation reduced serum cortisol responses to physical stress. Metabolism. 2005 May; 54(5): 657-68.

Volek J, Sharman M, Gomez A, Judelson D, Rubin M, Watson G, Sökmen B, Silvestre R, French D, Kraemer W. Comparison of energy-restricted very low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets on weight loss and body composition in overweight men and women. Nutrition and Metabolism (Lond). 2004 Nov; 08; 1(1):13.

Kraemer WJ, Armstrong LE, Watson G. The effects of exertional heatstroke and exercise-heat acclimation on plasma beta-endorphin concentrations. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2003 Jul; 74(7):758-62.