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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Snatch Deadlift

A wide grip drops the hips and lifts the chest, which builds the snatch position as much as it builds strength.

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What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1Take a very wide, snatch-width grip and deadlift with the hips lower and the chest higher than a conventional pull.
2The wide grip lengthens the range considerably.
3It builds the positions for the snatch as much as it builds strength.

Cues that matter

›Take a very wide, snatch-width grip
›Hips lower and chest higher than usual
›Keep it close through the longer range

Watch a form guide for the snatch deadlift ↗

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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.