Touchstone Blog Archive
Thursday, July 1, 2010
BBQ at Berkeley Ironworks
Saturday night, June 26, Outside the Berkeley Ironworks gym, a group of Touchstone staff and members got together for one of the first BBQs of the summer. Hosted by hardman boulderer, Jeremy Ho, the BBQ featured lots of sausages, chicken, and grilled vegetables. In between the bouts of eating, Chuck Fryberger's new climbing video CORE was projected on the side of the building across the street.
Andrew Descalo, another Touchstone staff member, brought a fine delicacy- agave, which was put on the grill. The food was great although Touchstone blogger James Lucas responded to Andrew's addition by saying, "House plants should not be grilled Andrew." Luckily, there was plenty of chicken to feed the dirtbag climber and make him forget about the agave.
There will undoubtedly be more movies and BBQs at Berkeley Ironworks and the rest of the Touchstone Gyms. Check out events on the Calendar's at the front desks.
Andrew Descalo, another Touchstone staff member, brought a fine delicacy- agave, which was put on the grill. The food was great although Touchstone blogger James Lucas responded to Andrew's addition by saying, "House plants should not be grilled Andrew." Luckily, there was plenty of chicken to feed the dirtbag climber and make him forget about the agave.
There will undoubtedly be more movies and BBQs at Berkeley Ironworks and the rest of the Touchstone Gyms. Check out events on the Calendar's at the front desks.
Labels: Andrew Descalo, BBQ, Jeremy Ho
¶ Thursday, July 01, 2010 0 Comments
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
New Diablo Rock Gym Manager
Diablo Rock Gym in Concord just got a new manager. Marie Garringer, a 36 year veteran of the fitness industry, has been working with Touchstone on their fitness programs. A former personal trainer and Health Club Manager at a Fresno Gym, she has been teaching group excercise classes like indoor group cycling, strength training, interval circuit training, pilates, Zumba, Bosu training, stability ball training and step for the entire 36 years and is currently teaching a cycling class and a Zumba class at Diablo Rock.
She spoke a little about herself,"In my spare time, when I do have spare time, I enjoy being with my family (I have a son who is married and expecting their first baby this summer and another son who will be graduating next month from college). My husband and I have a boat and a fifth wheel and we enjoy taking the boat out to the local lakes or traveling with our fifth wheel and mountain bikes."
She plans to continue her work at Diablo stating, " My ultimate goal is to bring in more fitness members to Diablo Rock, so we have just as many fitness members as climbing members."
In other related news, gym manager Andrew Descalo is leaving Diablo Rock. He's escaping work for a little while to head out to climb and spend more time at the crags. Thank you very much for your hard work and commitment Andrew. You will be missed. We wish you well!
She spoke a little about herself,"In my spare time, when I do have spare time, I enjoy being with my family (I have a son who is married and expecting their first baby this summer and another son who will be graduating next month from college). My husband and I have a boat and a fifth wheel and we enjoy taking the boat out to the local lakes or traveling with our fifth wheel and mountain bikes."
She plans to continue her work at Diablo stating, " My ultimate goal is to bring in more fitness members to Diablo Rock, so we have just as many fitness members as climbing members."
In other related news, gym manager Andrew Descalo is leaving Diablo Rock. He's escaping work for a little while to head out to climb and spend more time at the crags. Thank you very much for your hard work and commitment Andrew. You will be missed. We wish you well!
Labels: Andrew Descalo, Diablo Rock Gym, Marie Garringer
¶ Tuesday, April 27, 2010 0 Comments
