Resistance and weight training and the associated prejudice against women's engagement in these activities is an underdefined topic, and future research in this field will allow us to create a community where both resistance trainers and non-resistance trainers can understand and appreciate individualized health goals.KEY MESSAGESAcknowledging prejudice toward women in resistance and weight training is essential for addressing the elements that limit women's full participation in strength training activity.Prejudice surrounding women's resistance and weight training participation is not an isolated bias but a multifaceted societal problem rooted in longstanding gender norms, cultural expectations, among others.
Hong et al. (Sun,) studied this question.