Research has discovered men find certain types of exercise more challenging than women.
A study published in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism revealed that men struggled with endurance exercise to a greater extent than women.
They discovered the latter were ‘considerably less tired’ after completing endurance exercise.
This includes workouts such as running, jogging and swimming.
However, men were faster and demonstrated more power during the study than women.
Such qualities may mean they are better at short, intense workouts such as HIIT training and lifting weights.
Professor Brian Dalton, study author, said: “We’ve known for some time that women are less fatiguable than men during isometric muscle tests – static exercises where joints don’t move, such as holding a weight – but we wanted to find out if that’s true during more dynamic and practical everyday movements.
“And the answer is pretty definitive: women can outlast men by a wide margin.”
He added that both men and women had ‘valuable physical abilities’.
In the study, men and women were asked to flex their foot as quickly as possible 200 times.
The exercise was similar to calf raises, where calves are used to lift a weight.
Researchers discovered that women had 15 per cent less fatigue-related change in peak power, meaning they tired less.
However, the change in force applied at peak power was 11 per cent less for women than men.
Research has also indicated that men and women should fuel their workouts differently.
A 2016 study by the University of Surrey last year revealed that men who ate after exercising burned 8 per cent more fat.
In contrast, women burned 22 per cent more fat if they had food before a session.