Core · Bodyweight
Elevated Mountain Climber with Hands on a Chair
How to do the elevated mountain climber with hands on a chair, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Place both hands on the seat of a sturdy chair and walk your feet back into a high plank on an incline. Brace your core and drive one knee toward your chest, then switch legs in a steady running rhythm while keeping your hips level.
- 1Core bracing hard to keep hips from sagging
- 2Knees driving in fast and controlled
- 3Shoulders stacked over your hands
Common mistakes
- Letting your hips pike up or drop down
- Bouncing your weight onto the chair
- Rushing so form falls apart
Muscles worked
The elevated mountain climber with hands on a chair mainly works the lower abs and hip flexors, with the upper abs, obliques, mid chest, quads, and front delts assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsMinor
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- GlutesMinor
Kovo programs the elevated mountain climber with hands on a chair for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.