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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Pistol Squat

Single-leg squatting to full depth, which exposes a side-to-side difference nothing bilateral will show.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All legs exercises

What it works

Legs

How to do it

1Stand on one leg, other leg held straight out in front.
2Lower all the way to the bottom under control, then stand back up without touching down.
3It needs ankle mobility, single-leg strength and balance together — build it with box pistols first.

Cues that matter

›Sit back, do not fall forward
›Free leg straight and off the floor
›Hold a counterweight if you cannot balance

Watch a form guide for the pistol squat ↗

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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.