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Single-arm dumbbell row
Back · Dumbbells
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 Enarms hantelroing
- Swedish Enarmig hantelrodd
- Danish Enarms håndvægtroning
- German Einarmiges Kurzhantelrudern
- Spanish Remo a una mano con mancuerna
- Italian Rematore con manubrio a un braccio
- Portuguese Remada serrote (halteres)
- Russian Тяга гантели одной рукой
- French Rowing haltère à un bras
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