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Sports & Fitness vocabulary · Exercises & Technique

Pull-up

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

/ˈpʊlʌp/nounCore term

In sports & fitness, pull-up means: An exercise in which you hang from a bar with your palms facing away and pull your body up until your chin is above the bar.

In Turkish: barfiks

How it is used

A key upper-body exercise for the back and arms, used in gyms, fitness tests and calisthenics. With palms facing you it is usually called a chin-up. Beginners often use bands or an assisted pull-up machine.

Example sentences

  1. She can do fifteen pull-ups in a row.

  2. Use a resistance band until you can do a full pull-up on your own.

Common collocations

  • do pull-ups
  • pull-up bar
  • assisted pull-up
  • weighted pull-up
  • push-upA body-weight exercise in which you face the floor, keep your body straight and push yourself up and down with your arms.
  • resistance bandA stretchy elastic band used to add resistance to exercises or to assist movements, made in different strengths.
  • strength trainingExercise in which muscles work against resistance, such as weights, machines, bands or body weight, in order to become stronger.
  • coreThe muscles around the middle of the body, including the abdominals, lower back, obliques and hips, that keep the trunk stable during movement.

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