muscle-bound

mus·cle·bound also mus·cle-bound  (msl-bound)

adj.

1. Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles, usually as the result of excessive exercise.

2.

a. Hindered by or as if by overdeveloped muscles.

b. Characterized by inflexibility; rigid.

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muscle-bound

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) having overdeveloped and inelastic muscles

2. lacking flexibility

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

muscle-bound - having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise; "he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards" inflexible - resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";