cardio my arch nemesus

Today was a killer!!! Not only am I realizing more and more that my bird legs need a ton of work not only on shape but balance but now I have to up my workouts to 6 times a week with cardio 3 times a week. ARGH!!!! I was really enjoying this week of lifting heavy stuff and feeling strong now to add the monster. Today was not too bad I found myself playing a little game to keep my mind off of the cardio. Bonnie has me doing 2 minutes up to my maximum heart rate. If you are not sure what that is think of it as sprinting as hard as you can and staying at the level where you feel you are about to collapse without actually doing so. I had to resume at 80% of my maximum heart rate, (which is around 195 beats per minute) for 2 minutes then bring my heart rate back down for 1 minute. I had my stop watch set and counted just the 2 minutes then 1 minute instead of going for 30 minutes. I then pictured it as reps and sets. 2 minute reps equals one set then 1 minute of resting time. That means I completed 10 sets with 5 minutes of resting time. I found that 30 minutes to fly by much better then reading the clock and thinking IT'S ONLY BEEN 4 MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!! :D