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Shrugs (cable)
Back · 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: Traps.
Secondary: Forearms.
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 Shrugs (kabel)
- Swedish Shrugs (kabel)
- Danish Shrugs (kabel)
- German Schulterheben (Kabelzug)
- Spanish Encogimientos (polea)
- Italian Scrollate ai cavi
- Portuguese Encolhimento de ombros (polia)
- Russian Шраги на блоке
- French Shrugs (poulie)
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