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Person performing a muscle-up.

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

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