chin-up
noun
plural chin-ups
: an exercise in which one hangs by the hands from a support (such as a horizontal bar) and pulls oneself up until the chin is level with the support
specifically
: such an exercise done with the palms facing inward compare pull-up
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Derrick Henry’s shoulders seem wide as a chin-up bar, his torso like the door of a bank vault, his muscles like risen bread.
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Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
There are countless chin-up holiday dramas, but there’s only one featuring haunted organs.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
That structure could take the form of something like a third-party weight bench or chin-up bar, although Jayflex does offer two gadgets of its own that should do the job nicely.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Under current Secret Service qualification tests, male and female candidates are held under different fitness standards for push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and the mile run.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
Morris’s description of Stewart absolutely smoking her fiancée at chin-ups is the lesbian love story of the year, in my humble opinion.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
Then comes the moment Stewart had warned me about: the chin-up competition on a free-standing contraption set up on the deck.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
The heels help, of course, along with the shoulders-back, chin-up posture.
—Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
In the video — which features middle son LiAngelo Ball, who plays for the NBA G League, doing an impressive number of chin-ups on the set’s pull-up bar in the background — LaVar Ball provides a testimonial sure to tug on the heartstrings (and purse strings) of parents everywhere.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
There are countless chin-up holiday dramas, but there’s only one featuring haunted organs.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
That structure could take the form of something like a third-party weight bench or chin-up bar, although Jayflex does offer two gadgets of its own that should do the job nicely.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Under current Secret Service qualification tests, male and female candidates are held under different fitness standards for push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and the mile run.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
Morris’s description of Stewart absolutely smoking her fiancée at chin-ups is the lesbian love story of the year, in my humble opinion.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
Then comes the moment Stewart had warned me about: the chin-up competition on a free-standing contraption set up on the deck.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2024
The heels help, of course, along with the shoulders-back, chin-up posture.
—Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
In the video — which features middle son LiAngelo Ball, who plays for the NBA G League, doing an impressive number of chin-ups on the set’s pull-up bar in the background — LaVar Ball provides a testimonial sure to tug on the heartstrings (and purse strings) of parents everywhere.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
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