Fist Bootcamp is a four-hour programme in three phases for men who want to learn properly instead of working it out the hard way. 100 recruits, eight instructors. You are taught first, shown second, and then — if you want to — you join in.
Phase one runs sober and runs to a syllabus. Phase two is Max Wide live on the main stage. Phase three is the room. It happens in that order for a reason: nobody gets to the third phase without sitting through the first.
It starts as a classroom and ends as a party. Each phase has its own rules, and its own rules on filming — read them before you enlist, because we enforce them at the door of each phase.
Anatomy, kit and hygiene, communication and consent, preparation and pacing, aftercare and recovery. Taught properly, in the order that matters, by two drill sergeants with models and diagrams.
Everything taught in Phase 01, executed live by the man the whole tour is built around. Max Wide takes the stage as The Objective, working with a small section of contracted, experienced tops — briefed, consented and rehearsed, because a demonstration is choreographed, not a queue.
Our crew films it properly for the release. Recruits film from the marked camera zone, and whatever you shoot from there is yours to post. Sponsor product is in his hands and on the stage. ROXOFF scores the whole hour.
Recruits join in, supervised, with eight instructors working the floor. Entirely optional — plenty stay and watch, and learn just as much. All phones go back in the box before this phase opens, without exception.
Every deployment on the tour is built around one man on one stage for one hour. He is the reason the room sells out, the reason the film is worth shooting, and the reason sponsors want their product in Phase 02.
Fist Bootcamp is run by the team behind Heavyhanded Manchester — the longest-running event of its kind in the north of England.
Bio to follow. Twelve years running events, and the reason the syllabus is in the order it is in.
Bio to follow. Handles kit, hygiene and the parts of the session people are too embarrassed to ask about.
100 places per session. They go fast at the big events, so enlist early.
Break one and you are out of the room. We will not argue about it on the day.
Photo ID on the door, every session, no exceptions and no arguments.
No drink, no drugs, before or during. Anyone who turns up under the influence is turned away and does not get a refund.
Negotiated before, checked throughout, and revocable by anyone at any second without explanation.
Phones in the box for Phases 01 and 03. In Phase 02 you may film from the marked camera zone only. Film outside it and you are out, with no refund.
An orange band means do not film me — ever, anywhere, including Phase 02. If there is an orange band in your shot, do not take the shot.
If an instructor stops something, it stops. You can ask why afterwards. You do not debate it in the room.
100 places per session. Tell us which deployment you want and we will confirm by email.
Fist Bootcamp is independently run. Our sponsors cover the room, the kit and the crew so the training stays free at the point of entry.
Interested in sponsoring a deployment? enlist@fistbootcamp.com