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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13 exercises

Upper body

8 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

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

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

Beginner dumbbells

Full body

5 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

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

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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