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Reebok's New, Massive CrossFit Gym Is On Another Level
The CrossFit craze is in full swing. Favored by Jack Osbourne and SoulCycle fiend Max Greenfield, new studios catering to the high-intensity workout have been popping up all over town. The latest is Reebok CrossFit LAB, which just opened on Melrose.

Located one block east of La Cienega, the whopping 5,000-square-foot space features both a private training studio and a group class studio equipped with EFx endurance classes and yoga. In addition to boasting owners with a combined 60+ years of training experience, Reebok's gym is the only CrossFit box in Southern California with a treadmill training studio.

We're just moments away from the first @fit zumba and @fit curves.

Cave Canem wrote:

Reebok's New, Massive CrossFit Gym Is On Another Level
The CrossFit craze is in full swing. Favored by Jack Osbourne and SoulCycle fiend Max Greenfield, new studios catering to the high-intensity workout have been popping up all over town. The latest is Reebok CrossFit LAB, which just opened on Melrose.

Located one block east of La Cienega, the whopping 5,000-square-foot space features both a private training studio and a group class studio equipped with EFx endurance classes and yoga. In addition to boasting owners with a combined 60+ years of training experience, Reebok's gym is the only CrossFit box in Southern California with a treadmill training studio.

We're just moments away from the first @fit zumba and @fit curves.

WildGorillaMan wrote:

Cave Canem wrote:

Reebok's New, Massive CrossFit Gym Is On Another Level
The CrossFit craze is in full swing. Favored by Jack Osbourne and SoulCycle fiend Max Greenfield, new studios catering to the high-intensity workout have been popping up all over town. The latest is Reebok CrossFit LAB, which just opened on Melrose.

Located one block east of La Cienega, the whopping 5,000-square-foot space features both a private training studio and a group class studio equipped with EFx endurance classes and yoga. In addition to boasting owners with a combined 60+ years of training experience, Reebok's gym is the only CrossFit box in Southern California with a treadmill training studio.

We're just moments away from the first @fit zumba and @fit curves.

Pardon me for butting in, but wasn't the whole point of @fit boxes in the first place, to NOT have weight machines and stationary cardio equipment.

Cutting through the water, 2012 Olympics hopeful Hannah Caldas covers the 100-yard freestyle in just 51.7 seconds. Later that day at the 2012 Arizona Short Course State Championships, Caldas came close to the Arizona state record on the 50-yard breaststroke by covering two lengths of the pool in just 29.06 seconds.

Four years ago, Caldas was teaching neurosurgery at Wake Forest University. Like many academics, she had given up her childhood and college sport in her mid-20s to focus on her graduate studies. As an assistant professor at 30 years old, Caldas was on track for a promising career. That is, until some unusual symptoms set her out of her clearly marked lane.

In 2008, Caldas was diagnosed with a benign pituitary adenoma brain tumor. Although not life threatening, the diagnosis set in motion an earnest reflection of her goals, what is important to her and what was missing from her life.

The tumor started her questioning, and a herniated disk in 2009 brought her the answer.

Her doctor recommended pool therapy. Returning to the water for the first time in five years, Caldas soon found herself racing against the clock. She still had the love and skill at swimming in her body, and she entered swim competitions in the Masters division, won races and out performed many seasoned competitors.

A year later, in 2010, Caldas quit her job at the university, sold her car and moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., to train at the Scottsdale Aquatic Swim Club and pursue her dream of competing on Portugal’s Olympic Swim Team.

As she started her Olympic training in earnest, Caldas got a text from her friend Cliff Davidson. The text spelled out her first CrossFit WOD. She thought she could handle it easily. She was, after all, putting in hours at the pool.

To her dismay, it took her two sessions to complete the workout. Yet she trudged through the reps and continued to ask Davidson for a new workout every day for two weeks. She wasn’t willing to give up on the challenge or let Davidson know she couldn’t handle it. By the end of the two weeks, she couldn’t stop CrossFitting.

Determined to improve, Caldas got into CrossFit the ‘old fashioned way’ (a la 2000’s). She watched CrossFit movement demos on YouTube and practiced alone in front of a mirror. She got a handle on the basics, but soon left her globo gym to train alongside other CrossFitters at Urban WarFit CrossFit in Scottsdale.

Caldas was a great swimmer before, but she found that adding CrossFit brought her to a whole new level.

"CrossFit has changed my swimming altogether. I went from dreaming of a spot on the Portugal Olympic Swim Team to believing it is actually possible,” Caldas says. “My power and strength are unlike they've ever been and it has translated into my fastest ever times in the sprint distances.”

Caldas has dedicated herself full time to swimming and CrossFit training. It has been a daring gamble for the former assistant professor, and hasn’t been without its challenges.

“Training full time has been a journey. The daily struggle (physical, psychological and financial) reminds me of why I'm doing this and why it's so important for me to keep on. It's what keeps me focused and committed, it's what reminds me why I've compromised so much to do what I do."

Two weeks ago, Caldas completed Open Workout 12.3 while competing at the 2012 Western Zone Speedo Champions Series in Federal Way, Wash. Juggling two competitions, Caldas still managed to get 8th in the South West on 12.3 (406 reps) and 2nd on the 50-meter freestyle behind Olympian Kara-Lynn Joyce (26.58 seconds).

After four weeks of the Open, Caldas holds 16th place in the South West. And she doesn’t just have a big engine and no skill—in 12.2 she managed two 120-pound snatches and in 12.4 she got 8 muscle-ups. Watch out, South West, this swimmer is good out of the water too.

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.
[...]
In addition to her impressive athletic background, Hannah served as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Wake Forest University from 2006 to 2010.

US Masters Swimming Sports Medicine and Science Committee
Conference Call November 8, 2010

Hannah Caldas: full-time swimmer; previously assistant professor neurosurgery Wake Forest University - cancer research; originally from Portugal; Arizona

Hannah Caldas (2007) Assistant Professor, Surgical Sciences (Neurosurgery)
BSc, University of Manchester (UK);
PhD, University of Glasgow (Scotland)

INVESTIGATOR BIOGRAPHIES

Hugo Caldas, Ph.D.
Hugo Caldas, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University after obtaining his Ph.D. in Molecular Virology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. His laboratory, within the Brain Tumor Center of Excellence of Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, focuses on the exploration of the tumor-tropic properties of certain adult stem cell populations in both the identification as well as the delivery of therapeutic agents to malignant brain tumors. The laboratory currently dedicates most of its research to the development of novel MRI imaging modalities and the delivery of oncolytic viruses to hard-to-reach brain tumor areas.

Ohio team makes a splash at world swim championships
by Anthony Glassman

Palo Alto, Calif.--Ohio Splash placed fourth out of fifteen teams in the mid-sized team category at the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics championships, held August 21 to 24 at Stanford University.

The Columbus team came in behind Salt Lake City, Atlanta and Seattle, but beat Philadelphia, Denver, New York City, Sacramento, Paris, Boston, Vancouver and Detroit. The Medium Team division consists of teams with 12 to 35 swimmers, and Splash has 15 swimmers.

Julie Applegate placed first for the 200-meter breaststroke, while Hugo Caldas took first in 400-meter individual medley, Monic Cunningham won for 400-meter freestyle and Todd Radel won in both the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke.

Team members Sophie Dryer, Cindy Harris, Heidi Madsen and Grant Wilson also placed in the top three in several events. The Splash also won two silver medals for relays and took third in three other relays.

Splash was missing swimmer John Beetar, who is in England preparing to swim the English Channel.

Hugo Caldas, a swimmer and coach, recently won the United States Masters Swimming title for 200 meter breaststroke at the national championships in New Jersey.

T200 wrote:LOL I know Hannah. She's trained out of my gym for the past year until recently getting kicked out.

Fat Cat wrote:why did hannah get kicked out

Mountebank wrote:What's up, fuckers? Quack, quack. I've heard the couch thread has become quite boring since I was last here.

I was gifted some info that was too awesomely awful not to share. I came out of retirement for this one post. As if @FHQ's PED testing wasn't enough of a joke already...this will be worth reading, and it will be long.

Meet Hannah Caldas. Fairly high level @Fitter. Featured a couple times on the Gaymes site:
Faster On Land and Water: Hannah Caldas



Maybe you see the Adam's Apple too. Huh. Weird.

Cutting through the water, 2012 Olympics hopeful Hannah Caldas covers the 100-yard freestyle in just 51.7 seconds. Later that day at the 2012 Arizona Short Course State Championships, Caldas came close to the Arizona state record on the 50-yard breaststroke by covering two lengths of the pool in just 29.06 seconds.

Four years ago, Caldas was teaching neurosurgery at Wake Forest University. Like many academics, she had given up her childhood and college sport in her mid-20s to focus on her graduate studies. As an assistant professor at 30 years old, Caldas was on track for a promising career. That is, until some unusual symptoms set her out of her clearly marked lane.

In 2008, Caldas was diagnosed with a benign pituitary adenoma brain tumor. Although not life threatening, the diagnosis set in motion an earnest reflection of her goals, what is important to her and what was missing from her life.

The tumor started her questioning, and a herniated disk in 2009 brought her the answer.

Her doctor recommended pool therapy. Returning to the water for the first time in five years, Caldas soon found herself racing against the clock. She still had the love and skill at swimming in her body, and she entered swim competitions in the Masters division, won races and out performed many seasoned competitors.

A year later, in 2010, Caldas quit her job at the university, sold her car and moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., to train at the Scottsdale Aquatic Swim Club and pursue her dream of competing on Portugal’s Olympic Swim Team.

As she started her Olympic training in earnest, Caldas got a text from her friend Cliff Davidson. The text spelled out her first CrossFit WOD. She thought she could handle it easily. She was, after all, putting in hours at the pool.

To her dismay, it took her two sessions to complete the workout. Yet she trudged through the reps and continued to ask Davidson for a new workout every day for two weeks. She wasn’t willing to give up on the challenge or let Davidson know she couldn’t handle it. By the end of the two weeks, she couldn’t stop CrossFitting.

Determined to improve, Caldas got into CrossFit the ‘old fashioned way’ (a la 2000’s). She watched CrossFit movement demos on YouTube and practiced alone in front of a mirror. She got a handle on the basics, but soon left her globo gym to train alongside other CrossFitters at Urban WarFit CrossFit in Scottsdale.

Caldas was a great swimmer before, but she found that adding CrossFit brought her to a whole new level.

"CrossFit has changed my swimming altogether. I went from dreaming of a spot on the Portugal Olympic Swim Team to believing it is actually possible,” Caldas says. “My power and strength are unlike they've ever been and it has translated into my fastest ever times in the sprint distances.”

Caldas has dedicated herself full time to swimming and CrossFit training. It has been a daring gamble for the former assistant professor, and hasn’t been without its challenges.

“Training full time has been a journey. The daily struggle (physical, psychological and financial) reminds me of why I'm doing this and why it's so important for me to keep on. It's what keeps me focused and committed, it's what reminds me why I've compromised so much to do what I do."

Two weeks ago, Caldas completed Open Workout 12.3 while competing at the 2012 Western Zone Speedo Champions Series in Federal Way, Wash. Juggling two competitions, Caldas still managed to get 8th in the South West on 12.3 (406 reps) and 2nd on the 50-meter freestyle behind Olympian Kara-Lynn Joyce (26.58 seconds).

After four weeks of the Open, Caldas holds 16th place in the South West. And she doesn’t just have a big engine and no skill—in 12.2 she managed two 120-pound snatches and in 12.4 she got 8 muscle-ups. Watch out, South West, this swimmer is good out of the water too.

Assistant professor of neurosurgery at Wake Forest. Swimming for Portugal. You will see them again later.

Another article:
http://games.crossfit.com/article/compe ... nah-caldas



That darn Adam's Apple keeps showing up. Pretty thick waist for a chick too, I'd say. Although, Iceland Annie has a pretty thick waist, so let's give her the benefit of the doubt on that one.

Video from the event described in the above article.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMQU4o8hysc[/youtube]

As a contributor on Breaking Muscle, from her author bio:
http://breakingmuscle.com/author/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.
[...]
In addition to her impressive athletic background, Hannah served as Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Wake Forest University from 2006 to 2010.

Pretty good swimmer, right? Note dates at Wake Forest.

Her Gaymes profile lists her at 35 years old:
Athlete: Hannah Caldas

Hannah Caldas.png

Blah, blah, Wake Forest neurosurgery, Masters Swimming, cancer research, blah, blah.
http://www.usms.org/admin/minutes/spm-2010-11-8-1.pdf

US Masters Swimming Sports Medicine and Science Committee
Conference Call November 8, 2010

Hannah Caldas: full-time swimmer; previously assistant professor neurosurgery Wake Forest University - cancer research; originally from Portugal; Arizona

Page 168 of this 2010 PDF from Wake Forest lists her education as coming from Universities of Manchester and Glasgow
http://static.wfu.edu/files/pdf/academi ... 0-2011.pdf

Hannah Caldas (2007) Assistant Professor, Surgical Sciences (Neurosurgery)
BSc, University of Manchester (UK);
PhD, University of Glasgow (Scotland)

OK. The background and history for Hannah is all set. Now let us venture onto the other side.

An article. Dated 2007, written by a HUGO Caldas. Pertaining to neurosurgery (injecting cells into rat brains) and cancer.
Dual Use of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in both Detection and Delivery of an Oncolytic Virus to Brain Tumors
Author bio at the end of the article:

INVESTIGATOR BIOGRAPHIES

Hugo Caldas, Ph.D.
Hugo Caldas, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University after obtaining his Ph.D. in Molecular Virology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. His laboratory, within the Brain Tumor Center of Excellence of Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, focuses on the exploration of the tumor-tropic properties of certain adult stem cell populations in both the identification as well as the delivery of therapeutic agents to malignant brain tumors. The laboratory currently dedicates most of its research to the development of novel MRI imaging modalities and the delivery of oncolytic viruses to hard-to-reach brain tumor areas.

These are swim records for HUGO Caldas, date of birth in 1977...making HIM 35 years old as of last year's Gaymes as well:
http://www.swimmingtimes.com/db/swimmer.php?sw=108341
Most recent date of competition was 2004 (doesn't exactly match the 8-year retirement and returning to swimming in 2010, but hey, close only counts in what again?).

Birthdate listed here as 11/09/77.
https://swimmingresults.org/showmeets/i ... etcode=586 .
Wonder what birthdate Hannah puts on her Gaymes entries?

http://www.swimscotland.co.uk/meets01/sc01meet.htm
Note that he was representing Glasgow in this meet.

Pictures of Hugo Caldas:

RealHugoCaldas1.jpeg

RealHugoCaldas2.jpeg

Why would someone want to try to pull this gender bender off? Is it just to win at @F, where the women can often be mistaken for dudes during doggystyle? Possibly. But this angle might explain some of it too (author's name included for a cheap laugh below):
http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories03/03sep5.htm

Ohio team makes a splash at world swim championships
by Anthony Glassman

Palo Alto, Calif.--Ohio Splash placed fourth out of fifteen teams in the mid-sized team category at the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics championships, held August 21 to 24 at Stanford University.

The Columbus team came in behind Salt Lake City, Atlanta and Seattle, but beat Philadelphia, Denver, New York City, Sacramento, Paris, Boston, Vancouver and Detroit. The Medium Team division consists of teams with 12 to 35 swimmers, and Splash has 15 swimmers.

Julie Applegate placed first for the 200-meter breaststroke, while Hugo Caldas took first in 400-meter individual medley, Monic Cunningham won for 400-meter freestyle and Todd Radel won in both the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke.

Team members Sophie Dryer, Cindy Harris, Heidi Madsen and Grant Wilson also placed in the top three in several events. The Splash also won two silver medals for relays and took third in three other relays.

Splash was missing swimmer John Beetar, who is in England preparing to swim the English Channel.

Hugo Caldas, a swimmer and coach, recently won the United States Masters Swimming title for 200 meter breaststroke at the national championships in New Jersey.

NTTAWWT, of coarse!

@FHQ can't even be honest with their PED testing. Wonder what they will do with this? Wonder what US Masters swimming will do when they get ahold of this info? Will the witch-hunt go after Kristan Clever next? Who knows...

Buh bye now!

The Ginger Beard Man wrote:I wonder how EZ is going to feel about this?

Holeyfraggaroley wrote:

The Ginger Beard Man wrote:I wonder how EZ is going to feel about this?

He'd hit it and then he'd hit it.