Wide-grip seated cable row

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: Upper back.

Secondary: Lats, Rear delts, 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.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Sittende kabelroing bredt grep
• Svenska Sittande kabelrodd brett grepp
• Dansk Siddende kabelroning bredt greb
• Deutsch Rudern am Kabelzug sitzend breiter Griff
• Español Remo sentado en polea agarre ancho
• Italiano Pulley basso a presa larga
• Português Remada baixa pegada aberta (polia)
• Русский Тяга нижнего блока сидя широким хватом
• Français Tirage horizontal assis prise large

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.