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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Crunches

Targets the upper abs.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All core exercises

What it works

Core

How to do it

1Lie on your back, knees bent, hands by the ears without pulling on the neck.
2Curl the shoulders off the floor by shortening the abs, hold for a beat, then lower under control.
3It's a short movement — dragging your head up with your hands is the fault.

Cues that matter

›Curl the ribs to the hips
›Don't yank the neck
›Slow and controlled

Watch a form guide for the crunches ↗

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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.

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