Have rower, will travel.

A busy schedule this week for Charlie. A racers life can be very hectic. Effectively holding down two jobs is not an easy process. Charlie is self employed (although I'm not entirely sure in what capacity) So, between his job, the work he does at Palmersport, his racing and all the various promotional work he does, it can be a stretch to fit in the training.
Fortunately, Charlie appreciates that his fitness is a vital part of the process and does give me his full commitment. He needs it as much for a psychological boost as well as the more obvious fitness benefits.
It's because of these time restraints that I'm prepared to do what is necessary to accommodate his needs.
So, as a result of this, my Concept 2 rower was duly loaded up into my boot and carted off to his house.
Once offloaded, we set up in his garden and I programmed the rower for the same session as before. This was the first time Charlie had rowed fresh and not following a weights session. We wanted to ascertain how much 'quality' we were losing by doing the weights first. Charlie's 'average' on the last session was 200 metres work intervals at a 500 metre pace between 1.43 and 1.50. Today he managed a pace between 1.40 and 1.45 for the 200 metre sessions, quite an improvement.
This raises the question, what should you do first, weights or cardio. Personally, I try whenever possible to separate the two. This is all very well when you can train 6 days a week as I do but simply not practical for the average trainer who doesn't have the time (Charlie) or the motivation to do so.
I believe that if you have no choice, then weights should come first followed by cardio. A high intensity cardio session will leave very little in the tank to enable a good quality weights session. I believe you can still have a quality cardio session following weights as long as you allow for some recovery time between the two.
But, as I've already stated there will be compromises whichever combination you choose. Rowing after a heavy leg or back session with weights will be particularly difficult and is probably best avoided if you plan to do a heavy interval session.

So, back to the training, interval session complete, I pack my rower back into the car and congratulate Charlie on a quality session, and, yes, he looks exhausted.
The rest of the week will just be swimming as before as we have a race coming up at Silverstone this weekend.