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Hannah’s Holiday Wish List

Hannah Caldas writes our weekly articles on swimming, but she knows her stuff about strength training, too. Here's her list of items she wants to see show up this holiday.

Hannah Caldas

Written by Last updated on Nov 22, 2021

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EDITOR’S NOTE: We know how hard it is to gift shop, so we thought we would help you out with ideas. Coach Hannah, who writes swimming and strength training articles, provided us with her special wish list

EDITOR’S NOTE: We know how hard it is to gift shop, so we thought we would help you out with ideas. Coach Hannah, who writes swimming and strength training articles, provided us with her special wish list

Hannah’s Holiday Wish List

I was always the kid that never fit in and lived in quiet rebellion. So, I am breaking the wish list rules slightly and instead of my ten items, I’m sharing with you you my top seven wishes. Plus, I am not a fan of even numbers anyway! (Truth be told, I just couldn’t come up with any more!)

1. Triggerpoint Performance Therapy – The GRID – $39.99

Body upkeep after workouts is one of the main areas I need to work on the most. It’s hard to believe I don’t even own a foam roller!

2. Adidas Adipower Weighlifting Shoes – $199.00

This is one of those athlete envy kind of things. I see everyone with these cool looking red shoes, and I just want them because I want them (even though my current weightlifting shoes work just fine).

3. Rehband 7953 Knee Support – $27.82

These are one of these things that will end up saving my knees, and I really could use. I keep telling myself I am going to get a pair, but it’s been almost a year and that has yet to happen.

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I really really want to show up to coach a wearing one of these!

5. Trip to CrossFit Lat12 – ?

This one is self-explanatory – I want to visit CrossFit Lat 12 in Australia to see the swim program there for the Aboriginal girls. What an amazing program Rachael runs in the outback. I would love nothing more than to visit and get my hands wet and give my contribution and expertise to such a great program.

6. HiTemp Bumper Plate 45 lb (Pair) – $182.65

A pair of 45lb HI-temp bumper plates to add to my collection. The 25lb plates I won at the CrossFit Games are pretty limiting as to what I could do at home. Something a little heavier would add some spice to my poolside workouts.

7. GoPro Hero3 Silver Edition – $299.99

Enough of using my iPhone for photos and videos. Especially around water. The pool and ocean already claimed three of my devices!

Keep an eye out for our other holiday wish lists:

Hannah Caldas

About Hannah Caldas

Since returning to swimming in 2010 after an 8 year retirement, Hannah Caldas has claimed FINA masters world records in 3 different relays and USMS National Records in the 50m Breaststroke and 50 and 100m Freestyle. She was awarded USMS 2010 and 2011 Pool All Star, earned All-American status in over 20 individual events, and was ranked as the fastest masters female swimmer in the world over 30 by FINA in the 50 and 100m Freestyle in 2011.

In 2012, Hannah was an Olympic hopeful for Portugal in the 50m Freestyle, but fell short of the qualifying time for London by 0.3s. She made a debut in Open Water Swimming in the Maui Channel Crossing Race, as a member of the Mixed Relay team in 2011.

Hannah started CrossFit in the summer of 2011, and in 2012 competed in the CrossFit Open and Southwest Regionals while simultaneously training and competing in swimming. She swims 4,000 meters per day, 2 hours per day, 6 days a week, and CrossFits 5 days a week, with one active rest and one full rest day.

In addition to her impressive athletic background, Hannah served as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Wake Forest University from 2006 to 2010. Since leaving academia, Hannah has lived in Phoenix, AZ, where she devotes her time to being a full time athlete. More recently, she has started applying her knowledge of functional fitness to help other swimmers and triathletes.

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