Yes, it is a strange phenomenon that can be witnessed at your local fitness center. Go there on a Monday and observe how many people are milling around; running on that treadmill, stepping on the stair climber, and pumping those weights. However, continue your observation each day and you'll soon notice that you won't be bumping into people and asking, "Are you done with those weights?" By Friday, there's only a handful of people and on Saturday even you'll give up going to the gym.
So what causes people from working out? Well, as the Monday effect diminishes, the Weekend effect takes hold of people. This other effect's strength is inversely proportional to the Monday Effect. Signs of the weekend effect are laziness, staying up late, drinking, and eating too much. I haven't been able to pinpoint when the Weekend effect stops; I hypothesize that it's sometime during Sunday evening and you're resting comfortably. People succumb to the Guilt Function. It takes the Weekend Effect and transforms it back into the Monday Effect. Thus starting the cycle once more.
Okay...then.
Well, here's what I've spent my money on. Yes, meet the newest tec
hnological goodies in my apartment. That is a beautiful GE Harmony high efficiency washer and dryer set. I can't compare them to the high efficiency front load washers and dryers from other manufacturers, but let's say they're much better than the sketchy appliances I used at Speedee Laundromat. Okay, there's a bazillion settings on the washer. However, the menu interface is rather intuitive so I don't see what other people were complaining about. One caveat is trying to find the setting for blankets, sheets or comforters. Those all fall under the special settings catergory. Drying is a cinch because you just tell the dryer to use the proper setting as told by the washer. It has been rather accurate. The only issue I had with that was my comforter because it got all balled up inside that heating cavern and didn't completely dry. All my clothes, on the other hand, have come out nice and dry; they were even cooled to minimized wrinkles. The average cycle that I've encountered for drying is 19-24 minutes. The 24 minutes were for a load of jeans. That's it. Yeah, long live West Virginia - Wild, Wonderful. I think the new state slogan is now "Open for Business." I'm not sure what this means.
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Finally a new blog... I had almost given up on you. Luckily I have a childhood friend who keeps me entertained on her blog at: http://laurasplog.blogspot.com/
As for the Monday Effect, I don't know that it occurs at my gym. The number of people changes each week, since it's a company gym so depends on work projects. Other more noticable Effects include: The Post-Holiday Effect and The Pre-Summer Effect. My gym is swimming with people in January, then dwindales until another peak in April/May.
I am proud to say I make it to the gym 4-5 times a week (or run at home).
Nice. Well, the YMCA follows the Monday effect all the time.
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