Which works better in terms of helping to lose weight: Cardio or resistance training? The answer: Neither ... and both. If you can stop scratching your head for a moment and scroll down, I'll explain what I mean.

A study published in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine reports that performing a workout that incorporates cardiovascular training and resistance training not only works best to drop pounds, but it also decrease appetite (which also clearly plays into the whole dropping pounds thing).

Women's Health cites this study in their October issue, stating that for 16 weeks, study participants did cardio, lifted weights, or did both while reporting everything they ate. Those who doubled-up their efforts reported eating 517 fewer calories per day by the end of the study. This workout combo may cause a shift in hormones that control appetite, say researchers. Whatever it is that makes it work, the point is that it does, and that's reason enough to give the two-course workout a try.