Walk Facts

Taking a single step involves coordinating around 200 muscle activations across approximately 20-30 major muscle groups in your legs, core, and hips.

Globally, millions of people, predominantly women and girls, dedicate significant portions of their day to fetching water. In many regions, this essential task can take over 30 minutes, and in some extreme cases, particularly in rural areas, individuals may walk for several hours each day.

Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk!

Scientists trained a group of fish to walk on land and, over a period of 8 months, their body shape adapted to the terrestrial lifestyle.

Not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.