Mountain Climbers Exercise and Its Benefits

If you want to achieve maximum results with simple workouts then go for mountain climbing. Mountain Climbers Exercise requires no special equipment’s but can help us in achieving maximum results. They can be performed anytime and anywhere. Mountain climbing is a full body workout which helps in burning calories and helps you to lose weight.

How To Do Mountain Climbers Exercise

Maintaining a proper technique while performing mountain Climbers is more important. Keep your hands wide enough on the floor and position them wider than shoulders. Keep your right legs forward in a folded position while keeping the left leg in a straight position. Take the support of your arms to keep the body in place and helps in pushing off the floor. Now keep alternating the legs position so that left leg and right leg match simultaneously.  Keep repeating the repetitions until the desired workout is completed.

Calories Burned During Mountain Climbers

• Fat burn in mountain climbing depends primarily upon the intensity with which we perform the workout.
• If the intensity level is maintained at a higher level then the amount of calories burned are also much higher.
• According to the website Statistics, Brain a person weighing around 68 kgs will burn approximately 560 k.calories in one hour.
• The more heavier is the person the more calories we can burn and the more lighter is the person less calories are likely to burn.

Duration Of Workout

If we perform single set of mountain climbing around 8 or 10 in number then we cannot achieve the weight loss results. Mountain climbing has to be done continuously in order to burn fat. If we want to achieve maximum calorie burning results then more time should be involved in workout. According to National Strength And Conditioning Association which is the system responsible for fat burn states that exercise time needs to exceed three minutes.

Why Mountain Climbing Should Be Opted

There are many reasons to make mountain climbing as a part of our routine.

• Mountain climbing are a part of HIIT training workout. It do not have any impact on joints and knees.
• Mountain climbing works simultaneously for both cardio and muscle strength exercises at the same time.
• Multiple parts of the body are involved such as arms, back, shoulders, core, glutes, legs and belly too.
• Mountain climbing also improves the stamina and performance of the workout.
• According to a study published in the Iranian Journal Of Public Health when we hold the body in mountain climbing position then the strength of upper body is quite increased.
• Mountain climbing also works excellent for blasting belly fat and to achieve ripped abs.

 Other Benefits Of Mountain Climbers

• Mountain climbing is incredibly efficient workout as different muscles groups and joints are involved at the same time.
• Mountain climbing helps in increasing the overall mobility by improving the range of motion. The risk of injury is also decreased.
• When we constantly switch our legs while mountain climbing then our heart rate is also boosted enough.
• They are a type of functional training in which we train our muscles to do every day activities.