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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Chin Ups

Biceps-and-back bodyweight builder; slightly easier than pull-ups.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All back exercises

What it works

Back

How to do it

1Hang from a bar with an underhand grip about shoulder width, arms fully straight.
2Pull your chest toward the bar, driving the elbows down and back, until your chin clears it.
3Lower all the way to a dead hang.
4The underhand grip brings the biceps in heavily — that's why most people can do more chins than pull-ups.

Cues that matter

›Full dead hang
›Lead with the chest
›Own the lower — no kipping

Train the same thing

Inverted RowBodyweight · Back
Neutral Grip Pull UpsBodyweight · Back
Pull UpsBodyweight · Back
Back ExtensionOther · Back
Barbell PulloverBarbell · Back
Barbell RowBarbell · Back

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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