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Banded face pulls
Shoulders · Band
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets2 to 4
Reps12 to 20
RIR0 to 2
Bands give the least resistance where you are strongest, so chase reps and control, not load.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Rear delts.
Secondary: Upper back, Rotator cuff.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Face pulls med strikk
- Svenska Face pulls med gummiband
- Dansk Face pulls med elastik
- Deutsch Face Pulls mit Widerstandsband
- Español Face pull con banda elástica
- Italiano Face pull con elastico
- Português Face pull com elástico
- Русский Тяга резинки к лицу
- Français Face pull avec élastique
Related shoulders exercises
- Overhead press (barbell)
- Seated overhead press (barbell)
- Push press
- Upright row (barbell)
- Landmine shoulder press
- Overhead press (dumbbells)
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