muscle-up

See also: muscle up

English
Person performing a muscle-up.

Etymology

See chin-up § Etymology.

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌs.əl.ʌp/

Noun

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.

Translations
exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body

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