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 Pull

Builds the pulling strength for a clean without the technical demand of catching it.

PowerBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1Set up as for a clean and pull the bar as high as possible with the arms straight, finishing on the toes with the hips fully extended.
2It builds the pulling strength for the clean without the technical demand of receiving it.

Cues that matter

›Pull as high as you can, arms straight
›Finish on the toes, hips fully extended
›No catch — just the pull

Watch a form guide for the clean pull ↗

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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.