training table

American  

noun

1. a table in a dining hall, as at a college, where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning.

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Etymology

Origin of training table

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Nebraska, with 24 sports programs and an athletic budget of $168 million this year, hopes to work with its beef and chicken vendors to find more cost-effective ways to order food for the training table.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

For about two minutes, Roullier was facedown in front of the training table as training staff members crowded around to help.

From Washington Post • Sep. 18, 2022

In his senior season, Erzinger came off the training table and I.V. drip and led a swarming defense to the brink of an Army victory.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Brink warmed up, but before the game she had her head in her lap on the training table.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2021

In the last few weeks, he’d reinstituted a tradition he’d employed before big races since his 1932 Olympic triumph—the varsity training table.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown