What does PocketAthlete actually do?

You log each morning: sleep, soreness and fatigue. It scores your readiness, adjusts that day's session, and builds four-week training blocks around your sport, your position and the equipment you have.

Is it only for footballers?

No. It covers football, rugby, basketball, running, weightlifting and general gym training, with position-specific work for the team sports.

No. Tell it what you have and it programs around it. Many of the technical drills need nothing but a ball and a wall.

Can it work around an injury?

It works around soreness you log and avoids body parts you tell it to leave alone. It is general training information, not medical advice — see a physiotherapist for a diagnosis.

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Barbell Calf Raise

Loaded across the back so you can add real weight, which is what the calves need and rarely get.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All legs exercises

What it works

Legs

How to do it

1Bar on the upper back, balls of the feet on a block or plate.
2Rise as high as possible, pause, then lower slowly to a full stretch.
3Balance is the limiting factor — use a rack or hold a support.

Cues that matter

›Balls of the feet on a block
›Rise as high as you can, pause
›Lower slowly to a full stretch

Watch a form guide for the barbell calf raise ↗

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Get a training block built around you

PocketAthlete builds your program from your sport, your position and how recovered you actually are that morning — then adapts it as you log sessions.