Women Focus on Cardio, Men on Strength

I read many health magazines and there seems to be a bias. Men's magazines emphasize strength training over cardio; women's magazine emphasize cardio over strength (until very recently). Why not do like Deion Sanders and have both! Don't substitute one for the other but incorporate both into your workouts. An ideal routine would be to have 3-4 cardio workouts (varied duration and intensity) with 2-3 strength-training sessions per week. You can fit these in on the same day or alternate strength and cardio sessions throughout the week, depending on your time constraints. This strategy helps keep weight off by burning calories during the activity (cardio) and after the activity (strength training builds muscle = higher metabolism).