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Barbell seal row
Back · Barbell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps4 to 8
RIR1 to 3
A heavy multi-joint lift with free weights. Keep a rep or two in reserve on most sets so technique holds.
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: Upper back, Lats.
Secondary: Biceps, Rear delts, Rotator cuff.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Seal row (stang)
- Svenska Seal row (skivstång)
- Dansk Seal row (vægtstang)
- Deutsch Seal Row (Langhantel)
- Español Remo tumbado en banco (barra)
- Italiano Seal row (bilanciere)
- Português Remada deitada (barra)
- Русский Тяга штанги лёжа на высокой скамье
- Français Seal row (barre)
Related back exercises
- Single-arm dumbbell row
- Chest-supported dumbbell row
- DB pullover
- Shrugs (dumbbells)
- Romanian deadlift (dumbbells)
- Seal row
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