ABSTRACT
Recent exercise-related studies have highlighted a number of physiological and biochemical differences between genders. Some of these differences, particularly as they relate to muscular responses to exercise and training, have been associated with the relatively large divergences in circulating steroid hormone concentrations Some Potential Effects of Estrogen on Skeletal Muscle https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> References 1. Decreased postexercise membrane disruption 41, 42, 43 2. Decreased postexercise structural damage 46 3. Increased maximum voluntary force 82, 83, 84 4. Increased resistance to fatigue 84 5. Increased resistance to oxidative stress 2, 37 266between the sexes. Considerable research has been performed examining the effects of the primary male steroid hormone, testosterone, on skeletal muscle responses to exercise and training. 1 However, until recently relatively little was known about the potential effects of the primary female steroid hormone, estrogen, on exercising skeletal muscle. It is possible that estrogen affects skeletal muscle function in females by alternate, but complementary, mechanisms to testosterone, such that female muscle function and protection is optimized.
