push ups and pulls ups

Question

Felíz Año Nuevo!! We are talking about things we can do to stay in shape and some of the students are asking me how to say pulls ups and push ups. I have no clue. Ayudame!!!

Answer 1

Pectorales for pushups
I dont know about pull ups -¿ Jalones'

Answer 2

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/sports_fitness_recreation/151107-pull_ups.html

Answer 3

<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index'qid=20080329130437AA8KmCE>

if
abdominales=sit ups
pectorales=push ups
then
pull ups=whats the word for biceps'

Answer 4

gracias

Quentin said:

<http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index'qid=20080329130437AA8KmCE>ifabdominales=sit upspectorales=push upsthenpull ups=whats the word for biceps?

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Answer 5

Quentin said:

pull ups=whats the word for biceps?

Bíceps, hehe. Any word like this, taken from ancient Latin, is most likely to be identical in Modern Latin, i.e. Spanish (among others).

Answer 6

When I hear the word push-up I think about popsicles
[url=http://images.google.com/images'hl=en&q=push+up+popsicles+picture&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title]push ups[/url]

La Podenquera said:

Ha ha ha, push ups is a form of a bra in sweden : ) so i thought that pulls up were for the buttocks when I saw this thread.

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