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Cable Romanian deadlift
Legs · Cable
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps8 to 12
RIR1 to 2
Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.
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: Hamstrings, Glutes.
Secondary: Lower back.
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 Rumensk markløft (kabel)
- Svenska Rumänsk marklyft (kabel)
- Dansk Rumænsk dødløft (kabel)
- Deutsch Rumänisches Kreuzheben (Kabelzug)
- Español Peso muerto rumano (polea)
- Italiano Stacco rumeno ai cavi
- Português Levantamento terra romeno (polia)
- Русский Румынская тяга на блоке
- Français Soulevé de terre roumain (poulie)
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