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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31 exercises

Legs

8 exercises that train your legs.

Lateral Lunge

A side-to-side lunge that builds strength in the frontal plane and opens up the hips, inner thighs, and glutes.

Intermediate no equipment

Jump Squat

An explosive plyometric squat that builds lower-body power, elevates the heart rate, and develops fast-twitch strength.

Advanced no equipment

Single-Leg Glute Bridge

A unilateral bridge that doubles the load on one glute, exposing side-to-side imbalances and boosting hip stability.

Intermediate no equipment

Curtsy Lunge

A crossover lunge that targets the outer glutes and inner thighs while training hip stability and control.

Intermediate no equipment

Cossack Squat

A deep lateral squat that shifts weight side to side to build mobility, single-leg strength, and inner-thigh control.

Intermediate no equipment

Pulse Squat

A squat held low with small pulsing reps that maximizes time under tension to burn out the quads and glutes.

Intermediate no equipment

Goblet Squat

A front-loaded squat holding a weight at the chest that reinforces upright posture and builds quad and core strength.

Intermediate kettlebell dumbbells

Pistol Squat

A single-leg squat to full depth that demands elite quad strength, balance, and mobility on one leg.

Advanced no equipment

Upper body

7 exercises that train your upper body.

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

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

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

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

15 exercises that train your full body.

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

Squat Thrust

A burpee without the push-up or jump, blending a squat and plank to train the legs, core, and shoulders.

Intermediate no equipment

Skater Jump

A lateral bounding move that builds single-leg power, balance, and glute strength like a speed skater.

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

Broad Jump

A forward horizontal jump that develops explosive hip and leg power and teaches soft, controlled landings.

Intermediate no equipment

Sprawl

A faster burpee variation without the push-up, snapping between a wide squat and plank to train conditioning.

Intermediate no equipment

Half Burpee

A lower-impact burpee that keeps the plank-to-squat flow but drops the push-up and stand-up jump.

Intermediate no equipment

Jumping Lunge

An explosive plyometric lunge that switches legs mid-air to build single-leg power, balance, and cardio.

Advanced no equipment

Tuck Jump

A high-intensity vertical jump that pulls both knees to the chest, building explosive power and core control.

Advanced no equipment

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

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