Women are typically less active than men. Tend to not meet physical activity recommendations. This study describes the possible connection between a woman’s current physical activity level and her past experiences with gender norms and benevolent sexism. Benevolent sexism refers to the concept that women are fragile, need assistance, and require protection. Exposure to benevolent sexism has not been researched as a possible influencing factor in women’s physical activity but it may provide insight into understanding physical activity gender disparities. Cross Education is a neurophysiological phenomenon in which unilateral motor activity enhances function in the untrained, contralateral limb. CE has great clinical implications, such as minimizing strength deficits resulting from unilateral immobilization or contraindication of exercise following an orthopedic injury. Beyond orthopedic injury, CE training protocols could be created and implemented for poststroke patients experiencing hemiparesis. Despite the widely affirmed outcomes of CE, the robustness of directionality of CE is not uniformly agreed upon. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to explore the magnitude of CE effects in the untrained limb after a five-week, eccentric, unilateral resistance program of the weaker rectus femoris muscle. A convenience sample of four healthy, untrained, undergraduate females participated in a five-week, eccentric, unilateral resistance training program of the weaker limb. Peak torque, time to peak torque, and power were measured using an isokinetic dynamometer prior to and after the training intervention.
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