muscle-up

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English

Person performing a muscle-up.

Etymology

See chin-up § Etymology.

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muscle-up (plural muscle-ups)

  1. An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar.
    • 1966, Eric Lester Hughes, Gymnastics for Men, page 269:
      The muscle-up starts from a hang with a high or false grip.

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