Cardio Power Moves: Mountain Climbers Video

Mountain climber exercises are a great workout for the upper body, lower body, and overall stamina. Learn how to perform cardio mountain climbers properly from a certified personal trainer in this workout video.

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Begin push up position
Bring knees up to chest
Use running motion
Keep core tight

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Mimi Saraiva is a former gymnast for the Brazil national team. Mimi moved to Los Angeles 10 years ago and is now a certified and licensed personal trainer and a trainer for iTRAIN.com. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hello everybody. My name is Mimi, and welcome to Cardio Power Moves. Today we're going to the mountain climbers. You don't need any equipment for this exercise. All you need to do is come down to the floor, put your hands about shoulder width apart, we're going to start the move on a pushup position. All you need to do now is to bring one knee at a time towards your chest. This is what it looks like when you go in slow motion. Now we're going to do about 30 seconds of this, a little bit faster. Take a deep breath in. Make sure your core is really tight, meaning your abs, lower back, butt, and also your shoulders. Alright, let's start [DEMONSTRATION]. Make sure you keep your posture and you keep your butt down, and you bring your knee as close as you can to your chest [DEMONSTRATION], and breathe. Alright, we're going to rest a little bit and then we're going to go into our second set. This exercise is really great into the entire body. It works your core, it works your legs, it works you abs and also your cardiovascular capacity. So make sure you breathe a little bit [BREATHES DEEP AND AUDIBLY], gain your heart rate back to normal, and get ready to start again. So let's do it. Are you ready? Again, hands about shoulder width apart, start on a pushup position, take a deep breath in, make sure your abs are tight, and let's do 30 more seconds [DEMONSTRATION]. Keep it up, almost there [DEMONSTRATION], and that's it. We're done. Excellent job. My name is Mimi and those are your Cardio Power Moves for today. Thank you and I'll see you soon.

Cardio Power Moves: Mountain Climbers Video

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