Mountain Climbers
How to do the Mountain Climbers with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Quads
Chest, Hamstrings, Shoulders
Bodyweight
How to do the Mountain Climbers
- 1
Begin in a pushup position, with your weight supported by your hands and toes. Flexing the knee and hip, bring one leg until the knee is approximately under the hip. This will be your starting position.
- 2
Explosively reverse the positions of your legs, extending the bent leg until the leg is straight and supported by the toe, and bringing the other foot up with the hip and knee flexed. Repeat in an alternating fashion for 20-30 seconds.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Mountain Climbers set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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