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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Military Press

A strict standing press that builds honest overhead strength.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All shoulders exercises

What it works

Shoulders

How to do it

1A strict standing press, feet together or hip width.
2No leg drive at all — brace hard, press the bar past your face, and lock out overhead with the ribs down.
3Leaning back to get the bar up is the universal fault and it loads the lower back instead of the shoulders.

Cues that matter

›Strict — no leg drive
›Ribs down, don't lean back
›Bar over the mid-foot at lockout

Watch a form guide for the military 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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