Weekly Profile of a Specific Exercise: The Mountain Climber

Courtesy Health & Fitness: Zappos blogs  Mon, 08/24/2009 - 07:00

The thought of doing mountain climbers may bring you back to your elementary physical education class, but your P.E. teacher may just have known what he was doing.

Mountain climbers are actually a great strength training and cardiovascular exercise mixed into one. They help increase your endurance, which is were the cardiovascular workout comes in, and they work to increase your core strength and upper body strength.

How to do a mountain climber:
1. Get into a...

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