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chin′-up`

an act or instance of chinning a horizontal bar or the like.

[1880–85]

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Noun	1.	pull-up - a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers pull-in cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse - a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	pull-up - an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar chin-up arm exercise - exercise designed to strengthen the arm muscles

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But, in that same year, being in the top quartile of the foot march was not a predictor at all of how a candidate would perform on the pull-up event as only 52.7 percent of the candidates in the top quartile of foot march completed more than the average number of pull-ups.

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Members of the Evolution Fitness Academy, in Fletchamstead Highway, Coventry, took part in World Pull-up Day, which saw them taking on the challenge of testing out their strength and endurance for eight hours.

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Two years ago, Red Gilliland couldn't do one pull-up. He never lifted weights.

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Phil lowered out, and relaxing a little, found a space in his fear and did a pull-up, then another.

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The kipping pull-up will aid you in all of these efforts.

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According to a 1985 study sponsored by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 40 percent of school-age boys under 12 and 70 percent of all school-age girls could do no more than one pull-up.

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Hop on the assisted pull-up machines or use a resistance band to support full bodyweight pull-ups.