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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Clap Pull Up

A pull-up explosive enough to leave the bar, which trains the top-end speed a strict pull-up never asks for.

PowerBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1From a dead hang, pull explosively enough that your chest reaches the bar and your hands can leave it.
2Clap, then catch the bar and absorb the drop with slightly bent arms.
3Only attempt with a solid base of strict pull-ups; catching with locked arms is how elbows get hurt.

Cues that matter

›Pull until the chest reaches the bar
›Catch with slightly bent arms
›Never catch with the arms locked

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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.