Straight-arm cable pulldown

Sets, reps and RIR

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: Lats.

Secondary: Triceps, Abs.

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.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Kabel pullover (rett arm)
• Svenska Kabelpullover (rak arm)
• Dansk Kabel pullover (strakt arm)
• Deutsch Überzüge am Kabelzug
• Español Pullover en polea (brazo recto)
• Italiano Pullover ai cavi a braccia tese
• Português Pullover na polia alta
• Русский Пуловер на верхнем блоке
• Français Pullover à la poulie haute

Related back exercises

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

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.