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  • noun 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.

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Examples

  • As the fan videos available on YouTube reveal, the debut album presents a power trio with regard for the muscle-up tradition and the skill to take it in other directions.

    New Power Trio Muscles Through Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Approval of this deal will undoubtedly trigger a merger wave, as the remaining players in both the distribution and content markets seek to muscle-up to match this new behemoth.

    Comcast-NBC Merger: Just Say No; Analysis of Proposed Deal Raises Serious Antitrust Issues 2009

  • Birchfield tend to play a hard, physical game, and the home pack will have to muscle-up to match them in this area.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • Birchfield tend to play a hard, physical game, and the home pack will have to muscle-up to match them in this area.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • Managed to string together 22 double unders, learned how to do Turkish get-ups, did some OHS pratice, and best of all ... got my first muscle-up, then two in a row, then THREE in a row!

    CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness 2010

  • Birchfield tend to play a hard, physical game, and the home pack will have to muscle-up to match them in this area.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • Managed to string together 22 double unders, learned how to do Turkish get-ups, did some OHS pratice, and best of all ... got my first muscle-up, then two in a row, then THREE in a row!

    CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness 2010

  • He'll have to muscle-up quick just to play with Orton. drgnslayr (anonymous) says ... mizzousucks89 (anonymous) says ...

    unknown title 2009

  • At the same time the U.S. is trying to muscle-up Afghanistan's central government, it's also doing kinda the opposite - funding and arming local militias.

    AltWeeklies.com Site Feed 2009

  • I caught the railing with one hand, and performed a muscle-up, and sprinted up.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts 2009

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