“…Specifically, despite a higher resting HR, females display higher PNS sensitivity compared to males, and parallelly, males seem to be more sensitive to SNS activity despite a lower resting HR (Koenig & Thayer, 2016 ). Particular with exercise, some investigation into sex differences in ANS recovery has been completed (Humm et al, 2021 ; Kappus et al, 2015 ; Mendonca et al, 2010 ; Queiroz et al, 2013 ), although few are specific to resistance exercise (Humm et al, 2021 ) with a paucity of studies including sustained, cyclical resistance exercise (>1‐min).…”