weekend warriors
Saturday-Sunday soldiers
Weekend warriors are people who pursue intense physical activities only on weekends, despite being sedentary during the week.
The term often carries a note of gentle mockery—suggesting someone who crams a week's worth of exercise into two days, risking injury: The emergency room fills up with weekend warriors every Sunday.
It extends to anyone who reserves a pursuit for weekends: hobbyist musicians, DIY renovators, recreational athletes.
- citizen soldiersArmed civilians in wartime
- recreationalRelated to enjoyment activities
- pickup gamesCasual unorganized athletic contests
- beer leagueAmateur adult sports group
- rec leagueOrganized amateur athletics
amateur · part-time · amateur leagues · hobby · military · army · nine to five · softball · glory days · reservist · dabbler · outdoors · golf outing · sports injuries · sore muscles · enthusiast · overexertion · couch to 5K
- fitness peoplegym rats, fitness buffs, bodybuilders, weightlifters, weight lifters
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, laypeople, non-experts
- Military Reservesreservist, reservists, reserve unit, reserve units, Army Reserve
- National GuardNational Guard, guardsmen, reservist, Air National Guard, Army National Guard
- volunteer forcesvolunteer army, volunteer corps, civilian volunteers, citizen soldiers, auxiliaries
- Air Guardguardsmen, fighter wings, wing commander, annual training
weekend warriorsprofessional athletes
Paid sports competitors
pros · elite athletes · professional players · Olympic athletes · semi-professionals
weekend warriorsOlympic athletes
Competitors in quadrennial international games
weekly, weekend, warrior, weekday, weekends, warriors, midweek, biweekly, workweek