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.

Related terms

• chin-up
• push-up
• pull-up, pull up

Translations

exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body

• Russian: выход силой (vyxod siloj)

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