Exercise library / Shoulders
Upright row (cable)
Shoulders · Cable
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: Side delts, Traps.
Secondary: Biceps.
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 Stående roing (kabel)
- Swedish Stående rodd (kabel)
- Danish Upright row (kabel)
- German Aufrechtes Rudern (Kabelzug)
- Spanish Remo al mentón (polea)
- Italian Tirate al mento ai cavi
- Portuguese Remada alta (polia)
- Russian Тяга блока к подбородку
- French Rowing menton (poulie)
Related shoulders exercises
- Overhead press (barbell)
- Seated overhead press (barbell)
- Push press
- Upright row (barbell)
- Landmine shoulder press
- Overhead press (dumbbells)
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