“Monday warriors”
This is somewhat of a follow-up to my last post about pet peeves. Of all of the pet peeves I have in the gym, this one probably chaps my derriere the most.
Basically, what I call "Monday warriors" are the people who swarm to the gym on Mondays to undo the damage they did to themselves over the last 2 - 4 days. You’ll see them in there on Monday, hogging every machine or bench or rack that you need (and no doubt, at the moment you need them), as they wander aimlessly from one spot to the next. They don’t have a routine. They don’t log their results. They probably talk as much as they lift.
Now I want to be totally clear on one point: I am not better than anyone, and that includes the Monday warriors! While I have made fantastic gains with my fitness goals, the fact is that there are countless people in my own gym (much less across the country) who look better than I do, work harder than I do, and are more disciplined than I am. So I’m not criticizing the "Monday warriors" out of some sense of superiority or any delusions of grandeur.
No, the reason they get on my nerves is that there are people in there (and I know I’m not alone here) who really, truly are trying to reach their fitness goals and are willing to put in a lot of hard work and sacrifice to get it…but these guys get in the way. I don’t begrudge anyone who wants to take their health into their own hands…heck, that’s what I’m doing, right? But I honestly don’t believe that’s what these folks are doing! It seems to me that they’re in the gym to socialize, ogle women, and overall just "see and be seen"! After all, you’ll see these guys on Monday through Wednesday (sometimes they’ll make it to Thursday), but you won’t see them on Friday through Sunday. they’re too busy getting drunk, pigging out on pizza or wings, or both. Then, they stagger in there on Monday to repeat the cycle.
(Sidebar: I give myself one day a week to eat and drink whatever I want, including pizza and beer, so I’m not knocking "Monday warriors" for that. But I don’t make a whole three-day weekend out of it. Plus, I have great results to show for my efforts, while a lot of these folks are the same size now as they were at the beginning of the year: no progress.)
Anyway, I hate to bellyache about it, but I feel like venting. I hate working out on Monday worse than any day of the week, almost entirely because of the "Monday warriors"! Am I alone in my sentiments and totally overreacting, or do others here feel the same way or close to it? Your input is welcome. 
