Jan. 18th-20th NYC Bootcamp Personal Review
It’s been a couple days since I’ve been back in Ottawa and I’ve had a lot of time to think about the bootcamp and catch up on sleep.
I arrived in NYC on Thursday and spend the night hanging out with Jordan from Pickup Podcast. I’ve had mixed impressions of him in the past but after spending a night and then a weekend with him I must say my first impression was most certainly skewed and completely inaccurate. Meeting him at the LA Summit just wasn’t the right place to meet him. He’s a super cool guy and his coaching staff seems top notch, not to mention the fact that he’s got one hell of an apartment in the best apartment building in all of Manhattan.
Let me start on the bootcamp by saying it was one for the ages. Things went super smooth for the most part and everyone had a super positive experience.
The new Drills program aka. Drills 2.0 is head and shoulders above the old program, not because the old one was bad… but because this new program is just THAT good. The Drills make a lot more sense and are a lot more powerful. The students have an easier time understanding the concept and seeing value in the material and it focuses more on essential and foundational building blocks that no one else covers.
Friday we started with foundational Dominance and opening drills. Things went smooth and we hit the club at night. I don’t think we could have brought the students to a more difficult venue to pick up in. The place was super packed, loud, crazy and overall just intimidating for them. It was a good measuring stick for the rest of the bootcamp. Some students thrived and some had a hard time.
About halfway through the night a student approaches me and asks me to “kick my ass” for the rest of the night. I appretiate initiative and oblige his request while bringing along other students to push as well. Shortly this student finds himself dancing with a cute asian girl. After about a half hour I realize he’s kind of hit a plateau so I get up behind him and shout in his ear “It’s time to kiss her! Fucking make out!” Said student listens and goes for the kiss and he begins to heavily make out with the girl. I smile and leave him alone for another 45 minutes. After that I get up behind him again and say “It’s time to start going for logistics and think about pulling her… make it happen.” He nods and tells me that he’ll start working it. Within 15 minutes he’s gone with his girl. The next afternoon he saddles up next to us at the lunch table and says to me “the Escalation Ramp works like a charm”.
This bootcamp me and Heartwork opted to do something a little different then usual. We offered, to anyone who wanted, a day game timeslot. So for the beginning of Saturday we did some day game work and got some more experience under our student’s belts. Good times. Saturday drills go over conversationalism and physical escalation. Things get a little tense but overall guys are really getting why the physical escalation is essential. My good friend Rewok also joins us for the day. It’s always a pleasure to have him around and I miss the son of a bitch.
Saturday night was awesome for everyone involved. It’s nice to see when the students get more comfortable in an environment and are able to function more effectively. Everything goes more smoothly.
Sunday we offered day game again. We ran into an instructor from another company (who will remain anonymous) at Barnes and Noble who was running a personal coaching session. After he staled out of set with this super cute girl in the bookstore Emilio aka Pickup Professor went in and got the digits inside 10 minutes. This coming from the guy who before couldn’t even wrap his head around cold approaching a girl off the street. Apparently on the last day of bootcamps our students are better than other companies instructors… sweet.
We wrapped up Drills with leadership and logistical drills in addition to the compliance work. At the end of the day we had a contest for a bottle of Money Shot Pills.
All in all everyone had a great experience this weekend and I hope that every single one of them stick with it. Trust me guys, waking up next to someone you love is so worth the effort of getting good at pickup. It may seem tough but keep your eye on the prize and enjoy the journey. Stay in touch guys… we’re friends now.
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