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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Pull-up

The best bodyweight builder of back and grip strength.

StrengthBarControlled up · slow downAll bodyweight exercises All core exercises All biceps exercises All lats exercises

What it works

Lats, Biceps, Core

How to do it

1From a dead hang, pull until your chest approaches the bar, lead with the chest rather than the chin, then lower all the way under control.
2It's the best bodyweight builder of back and grip strength.
3Own the lower — no kipping or half-reps.
4Use a band or the lat pulldown to build up if you can't yet.

Cues that matter

›Start from a dead hang
›Lead with the chest to the bar
›No kipping — own the lower

Train the same thing

Chin-upBar · Lats, Biceps
Lat pulldownCable · Lats, Biceps
Seated cable rowCable · Upper back, Lats, Biceps
Single-arm lat pulldownCable · Lats, Biceps
Ab Wheel RolloutBodyweight · Core
Barbell back squatBarbell · Quads, Glutes, 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.

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