Figure 1. Change in forearm muscle force at rest (Pre), at task failure (Post), and during recovery from intermittent exercise (5-45 min) between women (•) and men (o). a) Men generated greater forearm muscle force than women across time. Both genders returned to resting maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) force within 10 min following task failure. b) No gender difference was found in the percent of resting MVC force across time. * significant gender difference (p < 0.05). # significantly different from Pre (p < 0.05).