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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Power Snatch

The same explosive pull as a snatch with far less mobility needed, which makes it the one most people can train.

PowerBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1As a snatch, but receive the bar overhead with the hips above parallel rather than in a full squat.
2Less mobility needed than a full snatch while still training the same explosive pull.

Cues that matter

›Receive it with the hips above parallel
›Keep the bar close on the way up
›Lock the arms out overhead

Watch a form guide for the power snatch ↗

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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.