0 Exercise Chalenge: Mountain Climbers

Challenge: 400 Mountain Climbers a day

Duration of exercise: ?? (As fast as you can manage)

Duration of Challenge: 60 Days

Exercise is as much a mental workout as it is a physical one. The physical side of exercise is hard to get through, but without the right mental attitude you won't be able to get through it. Anyone who has made great results with exercise is down to having the mentality to push through the hardships of the temporal physical challenge.

This challenge will have you wanting to stop, it's not the kindest routine but without effort how are you supposed to get results? Once you start - don't stop. It doesn't matter how long you take to complete this little routine, whether it's 2 minutes or 20 minutes...but try to do it as fast as you can without a break. This will have a bigger impact on your body. Once you get into the routine of doing it, it will become slightly easier and you'll notice your time spent doing it decrease. 

It is a quick effective micro-workout that can have great results. I find early morning to be a good time to do it when I get up but that's just my preference. 

Mountain climbers work on your abdominal muscles and does cardio at the same time. This is a tough exercise and can gain results, but if your diet is rubbish and you don't at least eat a little healthier - the results won't be nearly as good. I'm not saying that this quick routine will turn your body into the peak of physical appearance but it will give results in weight loss and an improvement to core muscles - as long as you don't ruin the work done with bad food choices.

Instructions

First of all you need to position yourself into the standard pushup position. Once there you will then bring one leg up to your chest. Next that same leg will return to it's previous position and whilst it does your other leg then comes up to your chest - it will be like running but having your arms stationary in a fixed position on the floor. Each time one of your legs comes up to your chest and returns backwards counts as 1 rep. You will need to do this until you reach 400 reps! 

If 400 reps is too easy then feel free to do more and make it that more challenging for you, maybe five or six-hundred? maybe even more? Or maybe you could do this routine twice a day instead? It's up to you and how ambitious you are feeling.