Reverse Mountain Climber

REVERSE MOUNTAIN CLIMBER

The reverse mountain climber exercise is used to strengthen the hip flexors. Start by placing both of your feet on an exercise bench or stable couch. Place your hands on the floor at roughly shoulder distance apart and raise the hips off of the ground so that you are holding a tall plank position. Raise one leg off of the bench by tucking the knee under your chest. Maintain a neutral spine and begin to lower the pelvis towards the ground by going into hip extension. Engage the hip flexors to raise the hips back up to neutral position to complete a repetition.

Muscles involved:

• Iliopsoas

  • psoas major

  • iliacus

• pectinus

• rectus femoris

Related conditions:

• rectus femoris calcific tendonitis

• hip flexor tendonitis

• internal snapping hip syndrome

• functional hip impingement

• acetabulofemoral labral tear (hip labral tear)

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