POGO: Rock Climbing Readiness

POGO is the free climbing app that tells you when to push and when to rest.

Log your climbs in seconds. Get a daily Readiness Score and Load Ratio calculated from your session history. See when you're primed to send, and when your body needs recovery. No wearable. No subscription. Just smarter climbing.
Built by a climbing coach with over 10 years of experience, POGO brings training-load science from high-performance sports into a simple, beautiful app that any climber can use.
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HOW IT WORKS

Log your climbs fast. Tap grade, wall angle, effort, style, and attempts. Done in seconds.
Your Climb Readiness Score (CRS) updates automatically based on recovery time, training load trends, cumulative fatigue, and volume patterns.
Your Load Ratio tracks acute vs. chronic workload, the same metric elite coaches use to predict overtraining and injury risk.
Overtraining warnings alert you when your body needs rest, before you get hurt.

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WHAT YOU GET

Daily Readiness Score (0–100%) with clear guidance: push, maintain, or rest
Load Ratio with visual overtraining risk indicator
Personalized session recommendations (total climbs and max effort)
Grade distribution and flash rate analytics
Session history with volume charts and trends
Performance records: highest grade, best flash, session records
Groups with leaderboards, session feeds, and fist bumps
Privacy controls: choose what you share and stay anonymous if you want
XP and leveling system to reward consistency
Works at any gym. No hardware, no gym integration required

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CLIMB WITH YOUR CREW
Create or join groups to climb alongside your friends. See their sessions in a real-time feed, compete on leaderboards across XP, grades, and volume, and give fist bumps to hype each other up. You control what's shared. Choose full stats, a summary, or just the basics. Go anonymous if you want. It's your climbing circle, your rules.
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WHY POGO EXISTS
44% of indoor climbers experience overuse injuries. Most have no system for managing training load, often relying on how they feel, climb too hard too often, and end up injured. POGO fixes that.
POGO doesn't tell you what to climb. It tells you how much your body can handle today, with data-backed guidelines to help you find the right dose for steady progression. POGO helps climbers reduce their risk of overtraining so they can climb more and continue progressing in the sport they love.
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THE SCIENCE
POGO uses a proprietary load calculation algorithm to measure the demand of every climb, every session, and your full training history. Your Readiness Score is powered by real math, not AI. It's built on the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR) framework used in professional sports, calibrates to your personal climbing history over your first 10 sessions, and delivers increasingly accurate guidance for progression without overtraining.
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FREE FOREVER
POGO's core functionality is and always will be free for every climber. No paywalls. No ads. Just a tool that helps you climb more and get hurt less.
Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you.