Not just for guys: Here's why weight training is important for women too

Women are actually 6% stronger than men at the leg press, seen in this filepic as a two-person version, when strength is expressed relative to lean body mass.

Exercise to the majority of people, means walking, running, swimming, hiking or any other form of cardiovascular activity. They talk about wanting to lose weight, but do not factor in strength or resistance training into their workouts.

While aerobic exercise burns both fat and muscle, weight training burns almost exclusively fat. Any exercise where you move your body against resistance and is hard to perform, can be considered resistance or strength training.