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Single-leg kettlebell deadlift
Legs · 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: Hamstrings, Glutes.
Secondary: Lower back, Abductors.
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 Enbeins markløft (kettlebell)
- Svenska Enbens marklyft (kettlebell)
- Dansk Etbens dødløft (kettlebell)
- Deutsch Einbeiniges Kreuzheben (Kettlebell)
- Español Peso muerto a una pierna (kettlebell)
- Italiano Stacco a una gamba con kettlebell
- Português Levantamento terra unilateral (kettlebell)
- Русский Становая тяга на одной ноге с гирей
- Français Soulevé de terre à une jambe (kettlebell)
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