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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Reverse Barbell Curl

An overhand curl that builds the forearm and brachialis, and expect far less weight than a normal curl.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercises All forearms exercises

What it works

Forearms

How to do it

1Take an overhand grip and curl, keeping the elbows at your sides and the wrists straight.
2Expect to use far less weight than a normal curl.
3It builds the forearm and brachialis, and it's the version that fixes weak wrists.

Cues that matter

›Overhand grip, wrists straight
›Keep the elbows at your sides
›Go lighter than you think

Watch a form guide for the reverse barbell curl ↗

Train the same thing

Barbell holdBarbell · Grip, Forearms, Upper back
Reverse Wrist CurlBarbell · Forearms
Thick-bar curlBarbell · Grip, Forearms, Biceps
Wrist CurlBarbell · Forearms
Dead hangBar · Grip, Lats, Forearms
Dumbbell Reverse CurlDumbbell · Forearms

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.