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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Burpees

Floor to overhead and back in one rep, which raises the heart rate faster than almost anything else with no kit.

PowerBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1From standing, drop to the floor, chest down, kick the legs back, then push up, jump the feet in and jump up with the hands overhead.
2Keep the trunk braced so the hips don't sag when the legs go back — that's where the lower back complains.

Cues that matter

›Brace so the hips do not sag
›Kick the legs back in one move
›Jump the feet in, then jump up

Watch a form guide for the burpees ↗

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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.