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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Stiff Leg Deadlift

A hinge with the legs nearly locked, which puts a long stretch on the hamstrings and teaches the hips to drive.

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What it works

Whole Body

How to do it

1From the floor with legs almost straight, hinge at the hips with a flat back and lift the bar by driving the hips forward.
2Legs stay nearly locked throughout, which puts a huge stretch on the hamstrings — go significantly lighter than a conventional deadlift.

Cues that matter

›Hinge at the hips, keep the back flat
›Legs stay nearly straight throughout
›Go lighter than a conventional deadlift

Watch a form guide for the stiff leg 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.