Seated Cable Rows
Performed 1048 times by Overload members
Primary muscles
Also known as: tirage horizontal serré
Other languages: FR
Similar exercises
Same movement pattern or same muscles worked. Useful when the equipment is taken, or to vary without changing the stimulus.
Bent Over Barbell RowHorizontal pulling pattern targeting the same middle back.
Bent Over Two-Dumbbell RowTwo-dumbbell bent-over row with identical muscle recruitment.
Seated One-arm Cable Pulley RowsSeated unilateral cable row, same horizontal pull pattern.
Bodyweight Mid RowBodyweight horizontal row targeting the same middle back muscles.
T-Bar Row with HandleT-bar row targeting middle back with similar bilateral pull.
Guides covering this exercise
What the studies say about this movement, and what Overload members do with it.
- Bent-over row: target muscles, barbell vs two dumbbellsBarbell, two dumbbells, palms in or reverse grip: what four studies and a review measured on the bent-over row, and the seven variants in the Overload library.
- Cables vs free weights: what the cable really changesThe cable changes the resistance profile, not your gains. Three studies, the 74 cable exercises in the Overload library, and the five members use most.
- How to estimate your 1RM, and how far to trust the formulasOn a 100 kg set, four 1RM formulas agree within 4 kg at 8 to 10 reps and end up 61 kg apart at 20. What studies measured, and when to test a real max.
- One-arm row with a dumbbell or kettlebell: what changesDumbbell, kettlebell, landmine or cable: what five studies and a meta-analysis measured on the one-arm row, and the six variants in the Overload library.
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