HIMpower · Grades 3 to 5 boys
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For grades 3 to 5 boys, HIMpower turns movement into practice for discipline, courage, accountability, brotherhood, and emotional regulation. He learns to name pressure, own the miss, reset his body, and carry strength without having to hide what he feels.
- For
- Grades 3-5
- Cohort
- Boys
- Rhythm
- Two 60-minute sessions weekly
- Season
- 12 weeks
- Includes
- Family Fuel
Why this window matters
When boys are asked to perform strength before they are taught what to do with pressure.
Between third and fifth grade a boy starts being read for performance: peer status, athletic identity, and how he handles a miss in front of other kids. Emotional vocabulary tends to thin right when pressure ramps. HIMpower puts steady scaffolding around exactly this window, so strength gets to keep speaking.
- American Psychological AssociationDevelopmental research
- Harvard Graduate School of EducationMaking Caring Common
- Centers for Disease ControlPhysical activity & mental health
- Yale Center for Emotional IntelligenceRULER framework
Strength becomes steadiness
What HIMpower actually practices in class.
Every session uses the same loop: arrive, regulate, move, own, repair, lead. The structure is the same; the inside changes every week so steadiness keeps building into something he can use.
- 01
Pressure gets a name
Before he tries to push through it, the room gives him language for it. Coaches name what is happening, his body learns to feel the difference between pressure and danger, and the work goes from secret weight to shared work.
- 02
Courage gets graduated reps
Bravery is not a personality. It is a rep he gets to do at the right size, with peers who hold the line. Each session adds one challenge that asks for it, with a coach standing close enough to make the rep honest.
- 03
Accountability repairs without shame
Owning the miss is not a punishment loop. He names his part, adjusts the next move, and moves on with the team still next to him. The ritual makes accountability survivable enough to actually use.
- 04
Brotherhood holds the standard
The cohort runs the room together. Standards for effort, language, and respect are practiced out loud, every week, until they belong to the boys, not just the coach.
What he builds
Six small, observable shifts you can name out loud.
- 01
Discipline
Finishes the slow rep when speed would be easier.
- 02
Courage
Tries the challenge with fear still in the room.
- 03
Respect
Resets equipment, tone, and attention without being chased.
- 04
Accountability
Names his part after a miss, then adjusts the next move.
- 05
Teamwork
Helps a teammate before checking his own score.
- 06
Emotional regulation
Uses breath, posture, and pace before the reaction takes over.
The code he earns
Eight code markers he earns through practice, not posturing.
Each marker has a specific behavior behind it. They are recorded in the HIMpower code log and recognized in the closing circle the week he earns them.
Courage
Earned by
Stepping into a challenge that scared him, without backing it down first.
Respect
Earned by
How he speaks after a miss and how he treats the room when nobody is watching.
Resilience
Earned by
Trying after failing in the same session, with the team still next to him.
Brotherhood
Earned by
Picking up a teammate whose day was harder than his own.
Discipline
Earned by
Honest effort on a day he did not feel like showing up.
Leadership
Earned by
Setting the tone for the warm-up: showing up first, going last.
Integrity
Earned by
Calling his own foul, or returning the win he did not actually earn.
Focus
Earned by
Sustained, undistracted minutes on the work in front of him.
The season arc
Twelve weeks, four phases, one shared story.
The full week-by-week program arc is preserved underneath. The phases are how a parent should hold the shape of the season at a glance.
Phase 01
Weeks 1 to 3
Join the brotherhood and name the pressure.
The first three weeks build the cohort. The code is set together, emotional vocabulary is practiced before it is needed, and courage gets its first graduated rep.
- Week 1 · Meet HIMpower
- Week 2 · Name it to tame it
- Week 3 · Courage under pressure
Phase 02
Weeks 4 to 6
Own the miss, help the teammate, train discipline.
Now that the brotherhood is steady, the work gets specific. Accountability gets a ritual, partner reps put brotherhood under load, and the slow technique block trains the discipline reflex.
- Week 4 · Own the miss
- Week 5 · Brotherhood reps
- Week 6 · The discipline move
Phase 03
Weeks 7 to 9
Respect the room, lead by example, hold focus.
The middle weeks turn outward. Respect is practiced, not declared. Each boy leads a warm-up. Focus becomes a measured, undistracted block that the cohort holds together.
- Week 7 · Respect the room
- Week 8 · Lead the warm-up
- Week 9 · The focused rep
Phase 04
Weeks 10 to 12
Have the hard conversation and carry the code forward.
The season ends with hard conversation language, the HIMpower week challenge, and a graduation that hands the code home. Family Fuel keeps the through-line going.
- Week 10 · The hard conversation
- Week 11 · HIMpower week
- Week 12 · Carry forward
What a parent may notice
Quiet shifts that show up at home.
- 01
More words before the reaction
He names what he is feeling before it leaks into the room.
- 02
More recovery after a miss
The miss stops being the day. The reset shows up faster, with less commentary.
- 03
More respect for shared space
He puts things back, holds the door, and notices when the room needs him.
- 04
More courage to ask for help
Asking is no longer a last resort. It becomes one of the moves he knows.
It does not stop at the bell
Family Fuel keeps the code alive at the kitchen table.
Every HIMpower week comes with a recipe card and a reflection prompt the coach also runs in the room. Energy, focus, repair, and the code he is practicing come home with him, so the work keeps building between sessions.
Ready for a season where strength has a language?
Open HIMpower launch-season cohorts. Twelve weeks, two 60-minute sessions weekly, with Family Fuel built in.