Risto sport's Leidy Solis- PAN AM Champion 2009

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Leidy in winning form, wearing her Risto's. Congratulations Leidy!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Risto Weightlifting Academy and CrossFit Portsmouth




Finally, an easy way to tap into Ivan's Knowledge. Your lifting schedule is now our lifting schedule. Together, we will all lift more.
I am glad to announce that Coach Ivan Rojas and myself have opened the Risto Weightlifting Academy. Coach Ivan will now be offering full time Olympic weightlifting and Sports Performance services. The Risto Sports Academy is located, convenientl,y at CrossFit Portsmouth in Portsmouth, NH.

We firmly believe that CrossFit and Olympic lifting have a mutualistic relationship. We are glad to have a full service gym from which to share Ivan's knowledge.

Coach Ivan Rojas's services :
- Program design and training for Olympic Weightlifting
- Includes local and distance/telecommuting athletes
- Enhanced sports performance via Program design and training
- Technical tune-ups for anyone -CrossFitter's, weightlifters, strength sports athletes
- Weekend training get aways
- Drop-in sessions
- Full training clinics and seminars
- Access to other experts in the weightlifting world
2008 Olympic Silver Medalist Diego Salazar will be in for a demonstration with his Coach on JAN 30-31 2009. Event admission includes one on one technical analysis of event attendees by Diego's Coach and Coach Rojas, in depth Q&A, and demonstration by Diego.

Location, Location, Location!

For those of you asking "Why would I want to go to Portsmouth?" Here's why:
- Portsmouth is an artsy, hidden gem located right on the Gulf of Maine. Good dining, shopping, cafe's, breweries, Lobster and lots of lighthouses (see this month's GQ )
-Less than 1 hour North of downtown Boston, and Boston Logan Airport
- Less than 5 minutes from the Maine border
- Less than 5 minutes from the Kittery trading Post
- Less than 5 minutes from the Portsmouth naval Shipyard-- catch a glimpse of some subs, one of 4 submarine depots in the country
- Less than an hour from Portland, Maine
- Equidistant to 3 airports : BOS, PWM, and MHT
- Five minutes from PSM airport (if you have a private jet or Cessna or can charter a plane)
- Try on some Risto's after visiting Bean town

What Weight Class should Gwen lift in?

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Introducing our own brand: Risto Sports & Equipment, hand made in the Americas.
-ALL Leather Upper Shoes, custom colors and heels available
-Singlets, custom designs available, sleeveless and sleeves
-Leather Belts
-Wrist Wraps
-Knee Wraps

On the shoes:
As always, we seek to continuously improve our product offerings. So, we are bringing you a product that is designed with input from National Coaches in the America's, 100% Leather upper, solid wood heel, double-stitched, lots of hand work, and more green manufacturing footprint (less transport, manufacturing uses even more local materials, less synthetic material in the shoe).

The design is a very sturdy fit. High quality finished leather upper, with suede leather accents. Wood heel either laquered or natural finish. Rubber sole.