Posts by Alexander Barbetta

Track spikes are the most essential piece of equipment that a track athlete owns. Without track spikes, the times you run would be uncompetitive and not reflect your true skill. Track spikes are important to have and keep well maintained but the question that all athletes seem to ask is: “Do top of the line…

The ultimate goal of many high school athletes is to get recruited and continue to compete in their sport after high school. The track recruiting process usually is a bit different than for other sports just because of how small the sport’s popularity is. There are really 2 main ways to get recruited for college…

For many people that start on a new task or activity, it is often easy for them to stay committed and consistent in their training early on in their journey. At some point, though, their mentality shifts and they begin to dread the activity that they enjoyed just a month earlier. There are a lot…

The day after a track meet is always a tough one because many athletes think that they should spend the day doing nothing and let their body rest. This is actually not the best way to recover, it is important to get your legs moving so all the lactic and other crap in your legs…

A lot of high school athletes focus on getting to college and being able to compete in college, but what is college like? In this blog post I am going to dive into my experience as a division 3 athlete and what it is like to run college track and field. The first thing that…

People say that a major factor in your race day performance is based on your mentality and overall mental strength. I would agree with them and go further to say that it’s a very close 50-50 on mental strength and physical strength. Being able to block out your mind and all the negative thoughts that…

There are a lot of different types of track workouts that you can do but through my time in track I have found some workouts that I really like depending on what you are trying to accomplish.  If you are looking for some good lactic threshold training then some of my favorite workouts are split…

In hurdling, people often assume that height provides a great advantage. They would definitely be correct, I am 5’7 and not a good 110 hurdler haha, but there is one aspect of hurdling that even tall people need to do. That is the actual lean when going over the hurdle. Most hurdlers assume that they…

Through my experience as a high school and then collegiate hurdler, these are some of the drills that I have found to improve my form and times and take my hurdling to the next level. The first drill is simple hurdle step overs. These may seem mundane but they allow you to feel each movement…

It may seem like a waste of time to many hurdlers but it is imperative that each hurdler masters the different drills that they practice every time they hurdle. The first benefit is that it prepares your body to hurdle. This way when you actually start to hurdle, you don’t injure yourself or just feel…