Do men experience more muscle fatigue than women during bench press to failure?

Muscle Fatigue by Gender1 min readUpdated June 3, 2026

What the Evidence Shows

We analyzed the available evidence and found that men who regularly lift weights show 29% more short-term muscle fatigue than women when performing bench presses to failure [1]. This difference was only observed when participants pushed until they could no longer complete a repetition. When both...

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Influence of Resistance Training Proximity-to-Failure, Determined by Repetitions-in-Reserve, on Neuromuscular Fatigue in Resistance-Trained Males and Females

DOI: 10.1186/s40798-023-00554-y

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June 3, 2026·Last updated June 3, 2026
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