Bodyweight & HIIT Exercise Library

Get inspired by our library of HIIT and bodyweight moves, grouped by the body part they train. Every exercise has a plain-English description, the equipment you need (usually none), the muscles it works, and clear step-by-step form cues. Find your favorites and build them into an interval workout in VERA app.

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28 exercises

Upper body

14 exercises that train your upper body.

Incline Push-Up

A beginner-friendly push-up with hands raised on a surface, reducing load to build pressing strength in the chest and arms.

Beginner chair

Knee Push-Up

A scaled floor push-up performed from the knees, teaching pressing mechanics while easing the load on chest and triceps.

Beginner no equipment

Push-Up

The classic full-body pressing move that builds chest, shoulder and triceps strength while bracing the core as one rigid plank.

Intermediate no equipment

Wide Push-Up

A push-up with hands set wide to bias the chest and shoulders through a broader pressing path.

Intermediate no equipment

Diamond Push-Up

A close-grip push-up with hands forming a diamond, delivering the highest triceps activation of any bodyweight press.

Advanced no equipment

Decline Push-Up

A push-up with feet elevated to shift load onto the upper chest and shoulders for a tougher pressing challenge.

Advanced chair

Pike Push-Up

An inverted-V press that shifts load onto the shoulders, serving as a strength bridge toward the handstand push-up.

Intermediate no equipment

Archer Push-Up

A wide, unilateral push-up that loads one arm at a time, building the single-arm strength that leads to one-arm push-ups.

Advanced no equipment

Tricep Dip

A pressing move off a chair edge that isolates the triceps while the shoulders and chest assist the lockout.

Intermediate chair

Inchworm to Push-Up

A flowing move that walks the hands out to a plank, adds a push-up, and walks back, building shoulders while stretching the hamstrings.

Intermediate no equipment

Hindu Push-Up

A flowing push-up that dives from downward dog to upward dog, working the shoulders and chest through a wide mobility-rich arc.

Advanced no equipment

Band Pull-Apart

A light resistance-band move that strengthens the rear delts and upper back, countering rounded-shoulder posture.

Beginner resistance band

Dumbbell Shoulder Press

An overhead press that builds shoulder and triceps strength, driving dumbbells from the shoulders to full lockout.

Intermediate dumbbells

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

An isolation move that lifts the arms out to the sides, targeting the side delts to build shoulder width.

Beginner dumbbells

Core

1 exercise that trains your core.

Plank Shoulder Tap

A high plank with alternating hand-to-shoulder taps that trains the core to resist rotation.

Intermediate no equipment

Full body

13 exercises that train your full body.

Jumping Jacks

A classic rhythmic cardio move that raises your heart rate while warming up the shoulders, hips, and legs together.

Beginner no equipment

Seal Jack

A jumping-jack variation that claps the arms in front at chest height, adding extra chest and upper-back work.

Beginner no equipment

Shadow Boxing

A punching-and-footwork cardio drill that trains the shoulders, arms, and core while sharpening coordination.

Beginner no equipment

Inchworm Walkout

A dynamic move that stretches the hamstrings then loads the core and shoulders as you walk out to a plank.

Intermediate no equipment

Plank Jack

A plank held while the feet jump in and out, blending core stability with a cardio kick.

Intermediate no equipment

Bear Crawl

A quadrupedal crawl that builds core stability, shoulder strength, and coordination while moving on all fours.

Intermediate no equipment

Crab Walk

A face-up crawl on hands and feet that fires the triceps, glutes, and core while challenging coordination.

Intermediate no equipment

Cross-Body Mountain Climber

A plank-based cardio move that drives each knee toward the opposite elbow to hit the obliques hard.

Intermediate no equipment

Star Jump

An explosive plyometric jump that spreads the limbs into a star shape to build lower-body power and cardio.

Intermediate no equipment

Dumbbell Thruster

A front squat flowing straight into an overhead press, training the legs, shoulders, and core in one powerful move.

Intermediate dumbbells

Burpee

The signature full-body conditioning move, chaining a squat, plank, push-up, and jump to tax every muscle and the lungs.

Advanced no equipment

Burpee Broad Jump

A burpee that replaces the vertical jump with an explosive forward leap, adding power output and travel.

Advanced no equipment

Man Maker

A brutal dumbbell complex chaining a push-up, rows, clean, and overhead press to work nearly every muscle at once.

Advanced dumbbells

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