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training table

training table

1 6.6
A set of meals planned for athletes and served together to help them train
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : mesa de entrenamiento
  • The college installed a training table to help the football team maintain a healthy diet.

All we had to do was prepare for that game, you know, training table, workout, watch film, whatever.

Examples

  • The athletes gathered around the training table for dinner.

  • Athletes on the training table enjoy nutritious meals designed by sports dietitians.

  • Many coaches believe that a well-managed training table enhances player performance.

  • I love the food at the training table during camp.

  • The coach prepared a nutritious meal plan for the athletes, placing everything on the training table before their practice.

  • After their workout, the team gathered around the training table to enjoy a healthy post-exercise meal.

  • The training table included a variety of fruits, salads, and protein shakes to fuel the athletes during their regimen.

Antonyms

junk food
43 1.0

Food that tastes good but is unhealthy and not good for your body

indulgence
24 6.0

A small pleasure you allow yourself, often without much self-control

How Strict

training table
  • US
1 6.6

Surface Forms

training table singular
training tables plural

Morphology

train + table

The components 'training' and 'table' clearly signal a relation to training and to 'table' in the broad sense, so a learner will guess some association between training and a table or provision. However, the specific sports-technical sense — a regimen of specially planned meals served to athletes — is specialized and not directly derivable from the common meanings (many learners will think of a physical table), and the 'table' = 'meals/board' sense is less transparent and somewhat regional. For these reasons the expression is partially predictable but requires domain knowledge or exposure.

Etymology

Training table comes from sports teams that kept players at a special table to eat planned meals while they trained. Because players ate there as part of their practice, 'training table' now means the 'special meals' or the 'dining area' provided for athletes.