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

The bitter emotions she felt sitting on the training table in UCLA’s locker room in Albany, N.Y., while processing yet another Sweet 16 loss.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

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

Hours before kickoff, Erzinger was on a training table in the bowels of FedEx Field in Maryland, hooked up to an I.V. as fluids coursed through his body.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

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

From Seattle 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