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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Cheat Curl

Deliberate cheating to overload the lowering, and it only works if the lowering is genuinely slow.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All biceps exercises

What it works

Biceps

How to do it

1Use a controlled hip drive to help the bar past the sticking point, then lower it as slowly as you can.
2Deliberate cheating to overload the eccentric — it only works if the lowering is genuinely slow, otherwise it's just bad form with heavy weight.

Cues that matter

›Controlled hip drive past the sticking point
›Lower as slowly as you can
›No slow lowering, no point

Watch a form guide for the cheat 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.