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Females are poorly studied due to the complexity of the estrous cycle and this bias has created an exercise sex gap. Here, we evaluated the impact of sexual dimorphism and of the estrous cycle on muscle strength and running power of C57BL\/6 mice. Like men, male mice were stronger and more powerful than females. 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Thermoregulation was also more efficient in males. 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These differences translated into different absolute and relative workloads on the treadmill, even at equal submaximal <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\\dot{{\\bf{V}}}$$<\/jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\">\n                      <mml:mover>\n                        <mml:mi>V<\/mml:mi>\n                        <mml:mo>\u0307<\/mml:mo>\n                      <\/mml:mover>\n                    <\/mml:math><\/jats:alternatives><\/jats:inline-formula>O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> and belt speeds. In summary, our results demonstrate the better muscle strength, running power and economy, and exercise-induced thermoregulation of males compared to females. Proestrus and estrus still undermined the running economy and exercise-induced thermoregulation of females, respectively. 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