For those of you trying to lose weight...an interesting fact.
By Jshean20
@Jshean20 (14348)
Canada
14 responses
@blubbla (193)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Wow, that's interesting. That raises the question though: Would walking on loose dirt burn even more, since one is not on a solid surface? I would think it might.
@clever06 (191)
• United States
2 Dec 06
To get ready for soccer season in high school some of us diehards would go to the beach and run in the sand. Anyone ever tried to play beach soccer. If you're not in shape you'll pass out.
@happygal68 (3275)
• United States
6 Dec 06
I never knew that. I am not sure why the hard dirt would help you to burn more, did it say why???? I would think the hard dirt and the pavement would be about the same to walk on.
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
2 Dec 06
Well i wonder where you got all this facts , it looks kinda of werid to me yea ^_^
@dropkickkennedy (2122)
• Australia
2 Dec 06
must try that, i guess you use more effort walking on dirt the the pavement
@Zhanec (1651)
• Malaysia
13 Apr 07
wow..interesting fact..but is there any article to proof this fact?not that i don't believe,i'm just curious to know more.why would walking on hard dirt burns 7% calories..interesting..haha..thanks for sharing thou.^^
@angel_manders (912)
• Canada
6 Dec 06
wow thats pretty cool to knoe. i would have never thought that it would matter on what you walked on i thought it just mattered that you walk adn exercise and how much you do so
@himanshujdr86 (64)
• India
2 Dec 06
there's a scientific explanation to this fact.
On pavement we get the required push to walk easily as the surface is hard,but on dirt it is not so.