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Mountain climbers will train your arms, shoulders, legs, abs and core all at once - they're pretty awesome!
The basic mountain climber
Start in push up position and bring one knee to your chest. Now place your foot back next to your other foot and bring your other knee to your chest. Bingo - you're done!
Mountain climbers: advanced variations
Instead of placing your one foot back before bringing your other knee to your chest, you can make it a simultaneous two-way motion - bringing one knee up while placing the other foot back to starting position. This way you're basically running or skipping in place while supporting your upper body with your arms.
A second variation is to bring your knees to the outsides of your elbows instead of your chest. And yes, you can do this one by one (placing your one foot back before bringing your other knee to your elbow), or skipping style - your choice.
Taking your mountain climber to the top
The ultimate mountain climber requires a little more flexibility as well as body coordination, as it doesn't bring your knees to your chest or elbows - it places your feet next to your hands instead. And again, your options are "one by one" and "skipping style". This is sort of like a
jumping lunge - with your hands on the floor.