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Cross-body mountain climbers
Core · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Obliques.
Secondary: Abs, Hip flexors, Front delts.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Mountain climbers på tvers
- Svenska Mountain climbers korsvis
- Dansk Mountain climbers på tværs
- Deutsch Cross-Body Mountain Climbers
- Español Escaladores cruzados
- Italiano Mountain climber incrociato
- Português Escalador cruzado
- Русский Скалолаз наискосок
- Français Mountain climbers croisés
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