Hero Mode is a bodyweight conditioning workout named for the difficulty setting you pick on purpose - the one where the enemies hit harder, the saves are further apart, and finishing actually means something. Jump squats, squats, push-ups, shoulder taps and climbers: standard-issue movements, arranged so the explosive work brackets the volume work and nothing comes with a checkpoint.

The circuit runs without rest between exercises and mirrors its structure across two tiers. The first tier is legs: 2 jump squats, 10 squats, 2 more jump squats - explosive, volume, explosive - so the jumps happen once on fresh legs and once on legs that just did ten reps of honest work. The second tier hands the same pattern to the upper body: 2 push-ups, 10 shoulder taps, 2 push-ups, with the taps supplying the anti-rotation volume between pressing efforts. Then 10 climbers close the set, dragging the heart rate up one last time while the core holds a moving plank. The symmetry is the difficulty setting: every explosive block returns exactly when its muscles have the least to give, which is precisely the rep that levels a character up.

Sink jump squats to parallel and land soft, flowing straight into the next rep. Keep the 10 squats full depth with chest up - they're the grind between boss fights, not filler. Push-ups go chest to an inch off the floor, body rigid. During shoulder taps and climbers, widen the feet slightly and keep the hips from rocking; a stable pelvis is the whole tell of a well-played run.

Easy mode was always available. You picked this one - and that choice, repeated daily, is the entire character build.

Make it Harder: Double all four explosive blocks - 4 jump squats and 4 push-ups each time they appear.

Make it Easier: Swap jump squats for regular squats and take the push-ups from your knees.