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pull-ups

  • plural
    of pull-up.
    pull-up
    noun
    an exercise consisting of chinning oneself, as on a horizontal bar attached at each end to a doorpost.

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Bodyweight training, also known as calisthenics, uses your own body weight for exercises such as push-ups, squats and pull-ups to help build strength.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I’ll admit: I didn’t ask him to do push-ups and pull-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025

It’s in service of crank conspiracy theories, quack wellness influencers and weird dystopian visions of supermen doing pull-ups to demonstrate their patriotism.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2025

In another, he answers questions in military fatigues before performing a series of pull-ups in a gym.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024

We’re both fairly tall, so we could just tiptoe and grab hold of the monkey bars, but I mini-hop and lift myself up, like I’m doing pull-ups.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera