Do you prefer cardio or strength training and why?

I like both, but the gym is a big time suck so I usually only lift 2x per week...if I happen to get in 3x per week it's gravy, but that usually means I have to give up a road ride. My program is flexible as my trainer gave me a template that lists different types of movements that can be accomplished with a variety of different lift variations. I also don't live in any one rep range. My programming is centered around all around fitness rather than any specific strength or aesthetic goals.

Cardio is mostly cycling and I like participating in a few endurance cycling events every year. I recently purchased an indoor rower for my house to break up the monotony of being on my indoor bike trainer in the winter and on super windy spring days. I'm also hoping that it will provide some benefit for my back issues I have due to sitting at a desk hunched over a computer all day. I also do a bit of top rope and enjoy hiking in the mountains.

No preference. They are both valuable tools to achieve health and fitness goals. Enjoy them both.

I have become a cardio junky. Lately, it's been spinning. I get such a massive high from it!
Yoga, Zumba, swimming are my other faves and I occasionally lift because I feel like I should but it's not something that I'm super into,.

Personally I don't let preference play a role in my decision to do a given type of exercise. I wish to achieve a goal so I implement the techniques that will help me achieve that goal. If I want to build strength I choose weightlifting, if I want to build endurance I choose cardio. Personal preference enters at the point of deciding the type of cardio or the type of weightlifting I do.

I guess what I am saying is what I like is related to my goals and my goals aren't to exercise, exercise is just what enables my goals to be achieved. They are a means to an end, not the purpose.

I do PHUL 4x/week and I walk 15k steps every day (so steady state cardio)
I don't prefer one over the other but they are both valuable and necessary for my goals (looking good naked)

I lift because I think I should. I run because I'm enjoying it.

I enjoy lifting weights and tolerate (barely) interval training at the end of my workout as well as a 10-15 minute warm-up dreadmill stint. I am following the Strong (Schuler & Cosgrove) program (full body workouts) and go 2-3 times a week. When I am just re-starting the program after a layoff, I can manage 3x a week and as the weights get heavier as stages progress, I often allow this aged body a bit more recovery time and have alternating weeks with 2 x gym stints. I like swimming outdoors, ocean or lake, but am not a big fan of pools either in or out.

I play roller derby, a bit of a mix of strength and cardio, in intervals. When I'm not playing/training I prefer lifting, but run (steady state) for cardio (mostly because my endurance sucks!). Both lifting and cardio are to help improve my roller derbying.

I'm not a fan of cardio but I do a little (mostly because it gives me more calories ).
I enjoy lifting. Right now I'm doing SL 5x5 and adding accessories. I enjoy yoga too. I do yoga 2x a week, SL 3x a week, and a HIIT/strength interval class 2x a week.

Cardio hands down. Way more bang for my buck re: cals burned, and requires minimal equipment. Plus, I’m a distance runner and endurance junkie. I lift too, but I dislike it a lot. I just know it’s good for me.

I enjoy running because it gets me out of the house, gives me energy (and a few extra calories!) for the rest of my day, helps balance my moods, and because I love that zen feeling I get when everything just clicks. After I started running I could go up a flight of stairs without getting winded and jog short distances without breaking a sweat, both handy in day-to-day life. Other forms of cardio haven't really clicked for me, especially stuff that I have to drive to get to or do with other people. Intervals and circuits are fun though.

I've enjoyed body-weight strength training because I enjoy the challenge of doing a range of things, for the increases in strength, balance and endurance, and because it also gives me energy for the rest of my day. My husband says I carry myself more confidently, which I'm cool with. After I started doing regular body-weight workouts I noticed I'm a lot steadier on my feet and don't make groaning and grunting noises when I get up or bend over, plus I can lift heavier things than I could before. I'm a little sad to be putting the body-weight workouts mostly on hold as I transition to a progressive lifting program, but I'm excited about the challenge and benefits of lifting heavy things.

I need a 50/50 balance of both. Too much of one or the other is not healthy for me. About 4 years ago I was ALL cardio though. Now I'd be very unhappy with that. I tend to get more cardio once the winter weather lifts, but I still ensure I take advantage of the good days out there when I can.

I like both, but it depends on the exercise. A bit of background: I've got some motor coordination issues and was never very athletic. When I was in CEGEP (in Quebec, that's an education level with a community college/tech-vocational track or a pre-university track) phys ed was mandatory each semester, but there were a wide range of offerings. I pointedly avoided team sports and other activities where my being a klutz would impact more people than just me.

My main cardio is walking, and I go around 3.3-3.5 mph and shoot for 2 hours a day. If that doesn't work, I've got a GazelleEdge glider and do 70 minutes. I like the machine, but it doesn't elevate heart-rate much.

My strength training is primarily dumbbells and body-weight, with a couple of medicine balls, a stability ball, and some ankle weights in the mix. I don't have a reliable spotter and I am just getting to the point where lifting heavy might be an option. In other words, the heaviest thing I lift right now are a pair of 17.5lb dumbbells on seated lat rows on the stability ball, and on front and side squats. This Sunday, I'm phasing in 20lbs on the lat rows. (Squats a week later).

Honestly, it's hard for me to say whether I find either exercise enjoyable in and of itself, or if it's more of the, "Whoa. I think I just shaved 5 minutes off the time to do this route!" or "Hey, I just picked up a 20lb weight in each hand and I remember when I needed both hands to pick up 15!" or "Hang on a second. There. In the mirror... is that my deltoid?" I definitely love the feeling after the workout when I can stop. And I love seeing the results of both cardio and strength training. As for the actual exercise, some days I'm more into one than the other. Sometimes I have to push myself, because I'm afraid that if I take a (non-rest) day off, one day will become two and then more and I'll just quit doing it. Sometimes I love it. Sometimes I'm meh. But I don't do exercises I hate. And the meh passes.

I prefer strength, but do both. 2-3 days are geared more to strength, there is usually some sort of Crossfit type work in there that gets my heart rate up...AMRAPs and EMOM, I enjoy those, but the majority is more just strength. Then 2-3 days a week I do kickboxing. I count that as my all cardio days. I do enjoy that for cardio. I had to look and try a bunch of different things to find cardio that I really enjoy.