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 Curl

Lets you load the biceps heavier than dumbbells.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All biceps exercises

What it works

Biceps

How to do it

1Stand tall, bar at arm's length with an underhand shoulder-width grip.
2Curl by bending the elbows only, keeping them pinned at your sides, then lower all the way to straight.
3Swinging the hips to launch the bar is the universal fault — if you need it, the weight is too heavy.

Cues that matter

›Elbows fixed, no swinging
›Curl to a full contraction
›Control the negative

Watch a form guide for the barbell curl ↗

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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.

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