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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Plate pinch hold

Trains the thumb against the fingers, which is the half of a grip that a bar never asks for.

StrengthPlatesHold for timeAll grip exercises All forearms exercises

What it works

Grip, Forearms

How to do it

1Take two plates and put them together with the smooth sides facing out, then pinch them between the thumb and fingers and lift.
2Keep the fingers straight and the thumb opposite them, and stand tall.
3Hold for time and set it down deliberately rather than letting it fall.
4This trains the thumb working against the fingers, which is a job a bar never gives the hand because the fingers wrap all the way round it.

Cues that matter

›Pinch two plates smooth sides out
›Fingers straight, thumb opposite
›Drop it before the form goes

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