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- You burn about 100 calories when you run a mile. So, you're not burning much going up a flight of stairs.
- Cardio exercise such as brisk walking, running, and jogging, etc., when done correctly, is far more effective for fat burning than walking up a flight of stairs. For information about how to do cardio correctly, see the relevant page, further down this page, listed underRelated Questions.
- The above answer is true for "a" flight of stairs but if you're using that as a measurement point don't be discouraged; climbing stairs is in fact a great workout. According to one website, a 70-kg person (about 154 lbs) burns 10 calories per minute when ascending, and 7 calories per minute when descending, a flight of stairs. Therefore, if you climb up 10 sets of stairs (which will take an average of 5 minutes), you will burn 50 calories. That's more or less the equivalent of one slice of bread for a 5-minute workout. Pretty impressive.
- Well, I am not sure if I agree. According to physics Potential energy mass * gravity * height ascended. In this knowledge if a person is 75kg, one flight of stairs is 2m and gravity is 10 m/(s^2) then the energy you use up in climbing one flight of stairs is:75 * 10 * 2 1500 j = 636 calories. [ls this logic flawed..? Is there something this logic is missing?]
- The "flaw" in the above logic is simply that the "calories" that we talk about for nutritional purposes is actually a kilocalorie (kcal). So, your math on one flight of stairs is about .636 "calories" (nutritional). This is a pretty good approximation and consistent with your other numbers.
- In addition, when using physics to answer these questions, we treat the person as if he were just a particle (which is not the case), and in fact, you burn many more calories in the real world (the traditional introduction to this concept is how much one would have to climb to burn off 2500 kcal, which approximates to the height of Mt. Everest, although in the real world, we know you would burn many more kilocalories than that).
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∙ 15y agoroughly 12 to 13 stairs are in a regular American home...just by going up them once, possibly 5 to 10 calories are burned based on weight, metabolism, etc. (go to sleep!)you can burn up to 100 an hour by just sleeping!)
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∙ 14y agoAbout 100 calories, assuming the stairs are an average flight (about 20 to 25 steps).
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∙ 10y agoWalking up one flight of stairs burn about 3-5 calories for the average person. Continued stair exercise is a great form of cardio workout and strengthens leg muscles.
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∙ 8y agolight intesidy
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∙ 11y agoone hundred calories
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How many calories are burned walking up a flight of stairs?
about 550 per minute
Calories burned walking down 24 flights of stairs?
How many calories will u burn if u run up a flight of stairs? Answer: close to 300 calories u will burn
How many calories burned running a flight of stairs 10 times 12 steps on the stairs i do this every morning just curious?
225 cal
How many calories you lose on climbing up stairs for a minute?
2Another Q&A on this site says:Calories burned walking down 24 flights of stairs? 240That answer means 10 cal walking down 1 flight, which is 5 times this one. And both assume that we know how many steps and/or feet in a "flight", which is by no means standard!
Is a fleet of stairs correct?
NO. Use "flight of stairs"
Which action uses more energy walking up a flight of stairs or watching tv?
watching tv
What is a good exercise a girl can do when shes overweight?
Instead of...Do this...An afternoon CokeDrink a glass of water. (calories saved: 97)An Egg MuffinEat a small whole wheat bagel +1 Tbsp of peanut butter (calories saved: 185)Using your break eat sweetsWalk up and down a flight of stairs for 10 minutes (calories burned: 100)Hitting the snooze buttonGet up 10 minutes early and go for a brisk walk (calories burned: 100)Watching TV after workDo 10 minutes of yoga (calories burned: 50)Total Calories Saved: 532 (based on a 140-pound person)
Do you lose weight from walking from the third floor to the first floor at school between classes?
When you walk, even when going downhill or down the stairs, you are burning calories. Any calories you burn come from the glycogen stored in your body in the form of adipose (fat) tissue. So, even if you are not losing weight, you are doing what you can not to gain more. Walking up the stairs burns more calories than walking down, so avoid the elevator.
How do you make an exercise machine fast out of household materials?
The best household exercise device is a flight of stairs. Next is walking.
What is the record for most times walking up and down a flight of stairs?
This link has some thing of wha you are looking for.
How many steps make a flight of stairs?
A flight of stairs is an uninterrupted set of steps. The answer could be the same or different for any given flight of stairs! A flight of stairs is an uninterrupted set of steps. The answer could be the same or different for any given flight of stairs!
A group of stairs?
A group of stairs is referred to as a flight. Example in a sentence- I followed him up a flight of stairs.
