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Triceps kickbacks
Arms · Dumbbells
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps10 to 15
RIR0 to 2
Single-joint work responds to reps and time under tension more than to heavy load.
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: Triceps.
Secondary: 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 Triceps kickbacks
- Swedish Triceps kickbacks
- Danish Triceps kickbacks
- German Trizeps Kickbacks
- Spanish Patada de tríceps
- Italian Kickback per tricipiti
- Portuguese Tríceps coice
- Russian Разгибание рук в наклоне
- French Kickback triceps
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