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Straight-arm cable pulldown
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: 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.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Kabel pullover (rett arm)
- Swedish Kabelpullover (rak arm)
- Danish Kabel pullover (strakt arm)
- German Überzüge am Kabelzug
- Spanish Pullover en polea (brazo recto)
- Italian Pullover ai cavi a braccia tese
- Portuguese Pullover na polia alta
- Russian Пуловер на верхнем блоке
- French Pullover à la poulie haute
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