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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Preacher Curl

Strict biceps isolation with no cheating.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All biceps exercises

What it works

Biceps

How to do it

1Set the pad under your armpits so the upper arms lie flat on it.
2Curl from a full stretch to the top, then lower slowly all the way down.
3The pad makes cheating impossible.
4Never let the weight drop fast at the bottom — that's how biceps tendons get strained.

Cues that matter

›Armpits on the pad
›Don't fully lock out at the bottom
›Full squeeze at the top

Watch a form guide for the preacher curl ↗

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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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