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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Push Jerk

Teaches you to drop under a bar rather than press it, which is where the extra weight over a push press comes from.

PowerBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1Dip and drive as for a push press, but as the bar leaves the shoulders, drop back under it by re-bending the knees and catch it locked out overhead in a partial squat.
2Then stand up.
3The skill is receiving the bar with straight arms rather than pressing it out.

Cues that matter

›Dip and drive, then re-bend the knees
›Receive it with the arms straight
›Stand up once it is locked out

Watch a form guide for the push jerk ↗

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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.