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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Incline Bench Press

Emphasises the upper chest and front delts.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All chest exercises

What it works

Chest

How to do it

1Set the bench to 30–45°; steeper turns it into a shoulder press.
2Same setup as a flat bench — shoulder blades retracted, feet planted — and lower the bar to the upper chest just below the collarbone.
3Press back up over the shoulders.
4Too steep an incline is the usual mistake and takes the chest out of it.

Cues that matter

›Bench at ~30°
›Bar to the upper chest
›Drive the feet into the floor

Watch a form guide for the incline bench press ↗

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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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