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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.
But you can get shed many more pounds by increasing your climbing. To calculate your specific weight loss, look at the chart above and find your calorie burn based on your gender and weight. The chart shows calories burned for 60 minutes of climbing stairs, at various difficulties. You will lose one pound for every 3,500 calories that you burn. (So start climbing!) Are Stairs Bad for Your Knees?