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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24 exercises

Upper body

10 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

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

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

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

Resistance Band Row

A seated or standing pulling move that trains the back and biceps using a band anchored in front of you.

Beginner resistance band

Pull-Up

An overhand-grip hanging pull that builds serious back and lat strength, the benchmark of upper-body pulling power.

Advanced pull-up bar

Chin-Up

An underhand-grip hanging pull that recruits the biceps more heavily than the pull-up while still hammering the lats.

Advanced pull-up bar

Core

2 exercises that train your core.

Bird Dog

A tabletop anti-rotation move extending opposite arm and leg to build spinal stability and balance.

Beginner no equipment

Superman

A prone extension lifting arms, chest, and legs off the floor to strengthen the lower-back and posterior core.

Beginner no equipment

Full body

12 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

High Knees

A running-in-place drill that spikes your heart rate while firing the hip flexors, quads, and core.

Beginner no equipment

Butt Kicks

A jog-in-place cardio move that raises the heart rate while dynamically stretching and firing the hamstrings.

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

Jump Rope

A skipping drill that builds cardio endurance, coordination, and calf strength with a light, efficient bounce.

Beginner jump rope

Shadow Boxing

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

Beginner no equipment

Lateral Shuffle

A side-to-side athletic shuffle that builds lateral agility and fires the glutes, outer hips, and legs.

Beginner 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

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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