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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: Abs.
Secondary: Obliques, Front delts, Hip flexors.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Mountain climbers
- Svenska Mountain climbers
- Dansk Mountain climbers
- Deutsch Mountain Climbers
- Español Escaladores
- Italiano Mountain climber
- Português Escalador
- Русский Скалолаз
- Français Mountain climbers
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