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Thursday, March 19. 2020

Home workouts: Mountain Climbers

Many of the toughest calisthenics need no equipment. Why Mountain Climbers? It is a total-body exertion.


They recommend 5 sets of 90 for beginners. (I assume that is counting 1,1, 2,2,...) Never underestimate challenging calisthenics. The US Army transforms bodies with daily calisthenics.




Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Physical Fitness at 16:59 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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From the Army video:

"Try overhead claps: Spread your arms out to your sides so your body forms a T shape. Bring your hands over your head and clap them together, bring them back to the starting position."

Killer.

"Try ski jumpers: With your hands on your head, jump from side to side."

Amazing. How does he do it?

Of course, now the military is finally changing to a somewhat more relevant fitness test that includes a deadlift (albeit with a trap bar) and a sprint-drag-carry test. Just a bit more appropriate than flutter kicks for a soldier, it would seem to me.
#1 RJP on 2020-03-19 23:08 (Reply)
Yes, well, that was not the best illustration.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2020-03-20 10:00 (Reply)
I remember seeing mountain climbers for the first time in 9th grade when we went to a scrimmage/practice with another team.

Such an easy-peasy exercise, didn't help conditioning at all.

You're barely moving any body parts, certainly not moving your center of mass against gravity- that's where the real workouts occur. Work = force x distance.

Better to do burpees, or even jumping jacks.
#2 DrTorch on 2020-03-20 13:24 (Reply)

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