# Burning calories by climbing steps

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-calories-by-climbing-steps/157151 "2003-02-24T13:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-calories-by-climbing-steps/157151/1 "2003-02-24T13:52:44Z")

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Let say there is this 12-storey building, each storey being about 6 to 8 metres apart. If I climb up the building by stairs, how much calories will I burn?

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-calories-by-climbing-steps/157151/2 "2003-02-24T14:37:14Z")

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[http://www.personalhealthzone.com/caloriesburned.html](http://www.personalhealthzone.com/caloriesburned.html)  
Look it up.

You have to figure out how long it’ll take, but it sounds like 5 mins. Also, how much do you weigh? That’s a factor.

Roughly between 75-100 cals.  
Do that 35-45 times, and you’ll lose a pound of body fat.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-calories-by-climbing-steps/157151/3 "2003-02-24T15:23:35Z")

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Thanks, I time myself next time

But hmm…there is no “climbing stairs” execrise. Does it comes under aerobics?

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-calories-by-climbing-steps/157151/4 "2003-02-24T15:36:58Z")

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Oops, sorry, please disregard my last post. I found the entry “Stairs climbing”.

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-calories-by-climbing-steps/157151/5 "2003-02-24T15:42:52Z")

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look under 'stair climbing"  
It’s in there.