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pull-ups

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No big deal: some pull-ups, some push-ups, a few squats.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

She also included an audio clip from a “Rocky” movie over a montage of her skiing, doing pull-ups, lifting weights — and vomiting into a bucket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

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

Parents being called into school to change children's pull-ups and nappies is "unfair", one father has said.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

One minute she’d be barking at him for a dozen pull-ups, or shooting her fingers at his face, warning him not to get too close.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker