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 hold

Holding more than you can pull, which is how a grip catches up with the rest of a deadlift.

StrengthBarbellHold for timeAll barbell exercises All grip exercises All forearms exercises

What it works

Grip, Forearms, Upper back

How to do it

1Load a bar in a rack at about hip height with more than you can deadlift for reps.
2Take an overhand grip, stand up with it, and hold.
3No straps, no hook grip: the point is the hands.
4Set it back on the pins the moment the fingers start to uncurl rather than at the moment they fail.
5Holding more than you can pull is what lets a grip catch up with the rest of a deadlift.

Cues that matter

›Take it out of the rack and stand
›No straps — that defeats the point
›Set it down before the fingers open

Train the same thing

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.