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  • When the baby is older they can be hold only at the waist and have their upperbody free to move and grab things.

    RBO Motherhood, etc. ScienceWoman 2007

  • Her father, Al, taught her to hunt and fish and fix up old cars and split wood for the stove -- a skill she credits with developing the upperbody strength that is the secret to her successful jumping.

    Living On The Edges 2008

  • He said, "It's an upperbody night!" and flexed his bicep at us.

    Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995

  • If they had anything in common at Six, it was huge chests and big arms developed after long sessions on the weight pile to achieve the immense upperbody strength we needed to climb ropes for clandestine seaborne assaults.

    Rogue Warrior Marcinko, Richard 1992

  • Three sustained bumps, bruises and cuts, and another woman received an upperbody injury.

    EMSResponder.com: Top EMS News Jessica Miller 2010

  • Show finished Gallows quickly with a flapjack out of a powerbomb and then a tapout to an upperbody chinlock.

    PWTorch.com 2010

  • You can add considerable upperbody strength simply by using the stomach crunch machine, the back extention machine, and the torso twisting machines that strengthen your obliques ..

    East Side Boxing 2009

  • LAS VEGAS -- Cornerman Phil Nurse says he didn't intend to cheat when he rubbed his hands on Georges St. Pierre's upperbody after putting petroleum jelly on the UFC fighter's face.

    SacBee -- Latest News 2009

  • Since i had pretty good upperbody strength I had no problem when i first used it.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Anyway i am wondering some good exercises to increase my upperbody strength, now i can figure out some things to do with weights but what im asking is some creative and challenging bodyweight excersises that will improve my upperbody strength, my lower body i can handle but upperbody is a big one.

    BoxingScene.com 2009

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