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Kettlebell row
Back · Kettlebell
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: Lats, Upper back.
Secondary: Biceps, Rear delts.
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
- Norwegian Kettlebell-roing
- Swedish Kettlebellrodd
- Danish Kettlebell-roning
- German Kettlebell Rudern
- Spanish Remo con kettlebell
- Italian Rematore con kettlebell
- Portuguese Remada com kettlebell
- Russian Тяга гири в наклоне
- French Rowing kettlebell
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