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mountain climbers - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

mountain climbers

dynamic core exercise alternating knee drives toward elbows from plank position

Starting position
prone, quadruped
Joints
hip, knee, shoulder
Muscles
quadriceps, hip flexors, deltoid, rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis
Goal
postural correction, coordination, stability, endurance
Type
isotonic concentric, active

How it is done

Lie on stomach, get on push ups position. Lift one leg off the ground and try to touch the same side elbow and leg back to starting position. Repeat with other leg or alternate.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.