Dan Lively on Formation for the Body: Lifelong Functional Fitness

HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive · Nov 12, 2025 · 58m

In our school communities, we talk a great deal about moral and intellectual formation. But physical development, too, has an essential place in the whole-person, long-term vision of what our sons and students can become.

Heights Athletic Director Dan Lively reminds us that the goals of athletic training don't begin and end with high school sports. In fact, lifelong functional fitness is in service to every vocation. It ensures that we and our sons are capable of having a positive impact—on the world and in our families—for as many years as we're on this earth.

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3:22 A long-term…