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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Rack Pull

Overloads the top half of the deadlift from the pins, so you handle more than the floor would ever let you lift.

PowerBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All whole body exercises

What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1Set the pins so the bar starts just below or above the knee.
2Take your deadlift stance, brace, and pull to lockout, then lower back to the pins.
3It overloads the top half of the deadlift — resist the urge to add so much weight that the back rounds.

Cues that matter

›Set the pins just below the knee
›Brace before you break it off the pins
›Stop the moment the back wants to round

Watch a form guide for the rack pull ↗

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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.