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Where the illusion of your off-season fitness gets violently corrected.

means An intensive period of focused, structured preparation—physical or otherwise—where participants are drilled into shape ahead of a season, mission, or challenge.

from A straightforward compound: 'training,' from Middle French 'traîner' (to drag, draw along), via the notion of pulling a body or mind into a disciplined shape, plus 'camp,' from Latin 'campus' (a field, especially a field for action or battle) through French and Italian military usage. Together the phrase emerged in its modern sense as organized sport and military drilling professionalized in the 19th and 20th centuries, when athletes and soldiers alike were sent to literal fields and encampments to be hardened before the real thing began.

origin
Boxers popularized the term, isolating from distraction before fights
real purpose
Building team chemistry matters more than building muscle
cruel irony
Most injuries happen before the season even starts
nfl quirk
Fans pay to watch practice, somehow
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