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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Clean and Jerk

Takes a bar from the floor to overhead in two lifts, and demands power, timing and a solid overhead position.

PowerBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1Clean the bar to the shoulders and stand.
2Then dip, drive, and split or push under the bar to receive it locked out overhead, before recovering to standing.
3Two lifts in one, and both are technical — get coaching rather than learning it from a video.

Cues that matter

›Stand fully before you start the jerk
›Dip and drive, do not press it up
›Punch under and lock it out

Watch a form guide for the clean and jerk ↗

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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.