chin-up

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chinning; pull-up

An excellent exercise for developing and strengthening muscles in the back, shoulders and upper arms, and for improving upper body posture.▪Grasp a horizontal bar with the palms of your hands towards your face. From a hanging position, pull yourself up until your chin is raised above the bar. Hold the position for a few seconds then gradually lower your body to the starting position.

If you wish to use chin-ups to test your muscular endurance, record the maximum number of chin-ups you can do. Rating: >9, good; 3-8, average; 0-2, poor.

To chin-up successfully, you need to use the muscles of the middle and lower back, as well as the biceps. Failure or poor performances often result from using only the biceps.

1.  Stop or cause to stop, as in He pulled up his horse, or They pulled up in front of the door. [Early 1600s]
2.  Catch up, advance in relation to others, as in a race. For example, She was behind at the start, but she quickly pulled up. [Late 1800s] Also see pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.

v

Definition: stop, halt
Antonyms: continue, go

IN BRIEF: n. - An arm exercise performed by lifting yourself level to a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar; A roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers.

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See words rhyming with "pull-up."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - hurtigt, kort optræk

Nederlands (Dutch)
optrekken

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) traction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klimmzug, Platz zum Anhalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλξη (σε μονόζυγο), στάση

Italiano (Italian)
pull-up

Português (Portuguese)
n. - parada (f), flexão (f)

Русский (Russian)
подтягивание

Español (Spanish)
n. - tracción, parada, restaurante de carretera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rastställe, vägkafé, armhävning, brant stigning (flyg.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拉起动作, 引体向上

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拉起動作, 引體向上

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주차장, 휴식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 引き上げ, 懸垂

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حانه على جانب الطريق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקום עצירה, עקור משורש, העמיד, הפסיק, עצירה, היתלות על מוט מאוזן ומשיכת הגוף כלפי מעלה‬

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