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 Front Raise

Loads the front of the shoulder directly, through a range a press never takes it through.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All shoulders exercises

What it works

Shoulders

How to do it

1Hold a barbell at your thighs with an overhand grip.
2Raise it straight out to shoulder height with soft elbows, then lower slowly.
3Leaning back to swing it up is the fault; keep the ribs down and the core braced.

Cues that matter

›Overhand grip at the thighs
›Raise to shoulder height with soft elbows
›Ribs down — do not lean back to swing

Watch a form guide for the barbell front 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.