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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Mountain Climbers

Core and conditioning at once, and the hips popping up is what turns it into neither.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All core exercises

What it works

Core

How to do it

1From a push-up position with the body straight, drive one knee toward the chest and switch feet rapidly.
2Keep the hips low and level — letting them pop up turns it into a stretch instead of core and conditioning work.

Cues that matter

›Body straight in a push-up position
›Drive one knee toward the chest
›Keep the hips low and level

Watch a form guide for the mountain climbers ↗

Train the same thing

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Decline CrunchBodyweight · Core
Decline Sit UpBodyweight · Core
Flutter KicksBodyweight · Core

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.