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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Hang Power Clean

Less mobility than a full clean and easier to learn, which is why it is the usual entry point for team-sport athletes.

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What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1As a hang clean, but catch the bar with the hips above parallel rather than dropping into a full squat.
2Less mobility required and easier to learn, which is why it's the usual entry point for team-sport athletes.

Cues that matter

›Start with the bar at mid-thigh
›Extend hard, then pull under
›Catch it with the hips above parallel

Watch a form guide for the hang power clean ↗

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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.