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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Standing Cable Crunch

Loads a crunch progressively, which is something almost no bodyweight core work manages.

StrengthCableControlledAll core exercises All cable exercises

What it works

Core

How to do it

1Stand facing away from a high pulley with the rope behind your head.
2Crunch forward by curling the ribs toward the hips, then return.
3Keep the hips fixed and bend the spine, not the waist.

Cues that matter

›Rope behind the head, face away
›Curl the ribs toward the hips
›Keep the hips fixed, bend the spine

Watch a form guide for the standing cable crunch ↗

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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.