[Lambdanaut]

This isn't applicable to people that are exercising just for health, rather than to also lose weight.

For naturally skinny "dicks" like me, I find I get the best workout and feel the healthiest when I do a mix of the tread mill with intermittent breaks of lifting and power push-ups when my legs can't take it anymore.

[pvnick]

> exercising just for health

If you aren't making progress, than you aren't exercising "for health." This article is very enlightening: http://startingstrength.com/articles/barbell_medicine_sulliv...

[dicktalens]

This is exactly my point. :) Progress and adherence are both prerequisites in order to exercise "for health." The mere act of engaging in healthy activities alone do not make them healthy.

[ekm2]

If you are naturally skinny, I think you ought to take the strength-training only approach until you bulk up.Then you can switch to cardio+strength-training to balance.Unless of course,you want to just stay lean.