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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Cable Crunch

Loadable ab work for real progression.

StrengthCableControlledAll core exercises All cable exercises

What it works

Core

How to do it

1Kneel facing a high pulley with a rope beside your head.
2Crunch down by curling the spine and bringing the elbows toward the thighs, then return under control.
3The hips stay still — if you're hinging at the hip it's become a pulldown.

Cues that matter

›Round the spine down
›Crunch with the abs, not the arms
›Squeeze at the bottom

Watch a form guide for the cable crunch ↗

Train the same thing

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Bicycle CrunchBodyweight · Core
CrunchesBodyweight · Core

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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