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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Side Leg Raise

Trains the muscles that hold the hip steady on one leg, which is most of what running actually asks of them.

StrengthBodyweightControlledAll bodyweight exercises All legs exercises

What it works

Legs

How to do it

1Lie on your side, body in a straight line.
2Raise the top leg as high as it will go without the hips rolling back, then lower under control.
3Rolling backward to get more height is the standard fault — keep the hips stacked.

Cues that matter

›Body in a straight line on your side
›Raise the top leg as high as it goes
›Keep the hips stacked, do not roll back

Watch a form guide for the side leg raise ↗

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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.