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Inverted row

Back · Bodyweight

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

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.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Invertert roing
  • Swedish Omvänd rodd
  • Danish Omvendt roning
  • German Australische Klimmzüge
  • Spanish Remo invertido
  • Italian Trazioni australiane
  • Portuguese Remada invertida
  • Russian Австралийские подтягивания
  • French Rowing inversé

Related back exercises

  • Deadlift (barbell)
  • Romanian deadlift (barbell)
  • Barbell row
  • Pendlay row
  • T-bar row
  • Shrugs (barbell)

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