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Better Than the Elevator. The website HealthStatus notes a person who weighs 160 pounds burns about nine calories during a minute of walking up a set of stairs. During the same activity, a 210-pound person burns about 12 calories. If climbing a flight of stairs takes you about 30 seconds, expect to burn half the above calories. While this calorie burn might seem low, standing in the elevator for a minute burns about one and two calories, respectively, for the two people.
Stair climbing does not require a rec center enrollment or costly practice gear, and stairs can offer a workout either inside or out. Impacts. A man weighing 160 lbs. will consume 102 calories strolling and down stairs for 10 minutes. By running, the calories smoldered will increment to 191. For a man who weighs 200 lbs., strolling here and there stairs blazes 127 calories in 10 minutes, while running the stairs smolders 239 calories.