Get Free Checker

chin-up

NOUN
  1. an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar

How To Use chin-up In A Sentence

  • The 19-year-old farm boy gave up the school gym's chin-up bar for the ballet barre in Nancy Hoggins's basement studio.
  • At 4 am on the 10th, I got up, reached up to the Milky Way and did a few chin-ups among the dazzling brilliance of the stars.
  • ‘You have to do a minimum of 12 chin-ups, at least 34 push-ups, and run a mile in less than 6: 48,’ Cummings explains.
  • We start off each day doing chin-ups in zero gravity.
  • In the fitness studio behind his home, Tony Horton grabbed a chin-up bar and lifted himself, attempting to execute a routine called the gyrating lever. Playing Mix-and-Match With Muscle Moves
  • When he wanted to hit the lower lats, he always used a narrow grip for chin-ups, pulldowns and any type of row.
  • The last conversation I had with alpinist Alex Lowe, in August 1999 in Salt Lake City over a tumbler of single-malt, was about how many chin-ups a climber needed to do to stay fit for the mountains.
  • Add variety to your workout with other great back exercises including pull-ups, chin-ups, machine rows, lat pull-downs and pullovers.
  • Step both feet forward, and then pull yourself completely off the ground with your feet in front of you; or do conventional chin-ups with your palms toward you, working shoulders and lats.
  • For biceps and back, progress from modified chin-ups (bar at chest height, with feet on ground and body in piked position, underhand grip) to regular chin-ups. Big Buck Boot Camp: Your Complete Guide to Better Whitetail Deer Hunting Skills
View all