You can draw all kinds of analogies from sports into real life that you want.  I do it all the time.  Sports teaches leadership, team building,  pride, motivation, and a sense of how to fit into a community.  But another thing sports teaches us, is how important it is for us to keep moving.  Our bodies are a machine that needs to be put into motion.  I’m sure you’ve all heard the old expression, “use it or lose it”.  Well that’s true about our bodies, but allow me to take that one step further.  Our bodies are incredibly unique machines have a feature no other man made machine has.  All man made machines generally fall apart faster the more we use them.  Sure we can extend their use with good maintenance, but generally the more they get used the faster they fall apart.  Our human machine is entirely different.  The more we use it, the better it gets.  The more weights we lift, the stronger we get.  The more running we do, the faster we get.  The more aerobics classes we do, the longer our endurance becomes.  While every machine (man made or not) eventually dies or ends up in the scrap yard, out human bodies will actually last (live) longer the more we do with them.  Kinda cool huh?

One of my favorite movies this past year was “Up In The Air”  with George Clooney.  There’s a line Georges character says in the move, which goes something like this “moving is life, the minute we stop moving were dead”.  I’m paraphrasing somewhat here, but I think you get the gist of it.   So, if you haven’t already today, it’s time to get the old machine in motion.  Even if it’s only walking for half an hour after dinner.  Even that can be made a little more fun with a gadget.  Go shopping for some pedometers online today, and strap one on before your walk.  See how far you can go, and start setting some goals.  Trust me, you’ll be glad you did.