training table

noun

: a table where athletes under a training regimen eat meals planned to help in their conditioning

Examples of training table in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The football stadium’s $100 million Garry Weber End Zone Complex is loud and dusty, but its locker rooms, weight room, meeting rooms, and full kitchen and training table will be ready for S.M.U.’s 484 student-athletes come August. Joe Drape, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024 Williams was sitting on a training table, his left leg encased in a big brace, shooting baskets. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2023 Nor is there a training table or athletic cafeteria, as there are at bigger schools; instead, some players visit a food pantry once a week to help stretch their financial aid. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023 And Elijah Saunders was on the training table treating a gash over his eye after 6-foot-9, 240-pound Jaedon LeDee fell on him. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023 Those student-athletes who don’t really want to study or go to class but will have no problem finding time between practice and film study and the training table to stand in front of the local taco shop promoting the new crunch-a-lupas for a couple of hours. Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 1 July 2021 After practice, while many of the Cincinnati players filed into the locker room and made their way to the shower, cold tub or training table, Mardner stayed on the field, catching balls from the JUGS machine or putting in extra time with Brown or quarterbacks Evan Prater and Ben Bryant. Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022 Kleber started by laying on his stomach on the training table and curling his right leg up. Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023 At one point during the Mississippi State game, after a timeout, Friend sat down behind the training table on Auburn’s sideline and pored over the play-sheet to try to get up to better understand the calls and where everything was on the laminated sheet of paper. Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 9 Nov. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of training table was in 1866

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“Training table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/training%20table. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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