What is the best fitness API with exercise videos?
The best fitness API with exercise videos is one that ships real, consistent demonstration media for every exercise behind a clean REST contract. WorkoutDB does exactly that: every one of its ~873 exercises includes a demo video (mp4 and webm), an animated GIF, and photos, addressable by a single GET request.
Why video matters for a fitness app
Users trust a workout app when they can see how a movement is performed. Static text and a single thumbnail leave too much ambiguity, especially for compound or machine exercises. A short looping video or GIF resolves form questions instantly and keeps people in your app instead of searching YouTube.
The hard part is sourcing that media consistently. Filming or licensing hundreds of clips, normalizing resolutions, and hosting them on a CDN is a project on its own. A media-complete API removes that work entirely.
What WorkoutDB ships
WorkoutDB covers ~873 exercises, each with a real demonstration video, an animated GIF, photos, step-by-step instructions, and structured fields (body part, target muscle, equipment, category, difficulty).
- A demonstration video per exercise (480p mp4 + GIF on the free tier; 720p mp4 + webm on Pro; all resolutions on Scale).
- Ranked fuzzy + full-text search that is accent-insensitive.
- Combinable filters: body part, equipment, difficulty, and free-text query.
- Content in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French via ?lang=.
- An OpenAPI 3.1 spec, a TypeScript SDK, and a Postman collection.
Getting started
Create a free key and you get 5,000 requests/month with no credit card required. Authenticate with an X-API-Key header and call GET /v1/exercises/search?query=squat — each result includes the video, GIF, and photo URLs ready to drop into your UI.
Related questions
- Does every exercise include a video?
- Yes. Every exercise in WorkoutDB ships with a demonstration video, an animated GIF, and photos. Available video resolutions depend on your plan (480p mp4 + GIF free, 720p mp4 + webm on Pro, all on Scale).
- Is there a free tier?
- Yes — 5,000 requests per month with no credit card. It is intended for non-commercial use with attribution; commercial use is included on the Pro and Scale plans.
Build it on WorkoutDB
~873 exercises with demo video, ranked search, and four languages — over a clean REST API. Start free: 5,000 requests/month, no credit card.