Examining Cardio

One of the things I'm hearing a lot about is cardio.  How much? How long?  What type?  The list of questions goes on and on.
Let me tell you that I think most people are really doing their cardio wrong and not in the most effective manner.  This leads to frustration because you start thinking "Hey, I'm doing my cardio.  How come I'm not losing?  Let's examine this.
You don't need a ton of cardio to see great results.  You're best body changing results are going to come from lifting hard and eating right.  Please take the time to read that last sentence again. 

In my opinion, for most people 3-4 very intense bike cardio sessions is plenty to lose fat at an acceptable rate.  The key word there is intense and here's the problem: everybody thinks they do their cardio intense.  Put it this way, if I lined up everyone of you doing Dream Team and said "everyone who is doing their cardio hard, please take one step forward."  I bet that almost every single person would step forward.  So you are all working out with the same intensity?  Of course not.  So what you have to ask yourself is are you the hardest working cardio peddler in the gym?  If not, why?  Before you say "Bill, that's insane.  Of course I don't peddle as hard as Blair."  Stop and think.  I said hardest working, not necessarily the person who gets the most miles or goes on the highest level.  There is a big difference. My point here: You get 16 minutes so peddle your ass off!