walking bleachers...whats the calorie burn?

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funjen1972
funjen1972 Posts: 949 Member
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In addition to my regular workout I walked the bleachers (fast!) at the high school for about 20 minutes today. I'm trying to estimate a calorie burn but have no idea where to start. Does anyone have any input? It was definitely more strenuous than a fast walk or a slow jog, but I think that may be the strength element, not the cardio.

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  • DesertGunR
    DesertGunR Posts: 187 Member
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    Since doing bleachers is basically a stair climbing exercise you can probably be safe in using the "Stair-treadmill ergometer, general" in the MFP exercise database, filling in the time and it will give you an estimate of calories burned.

    Hope that helps. Good Luck.
  • arkowalyshyn
    arkowalyshyn Posts: 132 Member
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    I use stair climbing
  • funjen1972
    funjen1972 Posts: 949 Member
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    Thanks!
  • missh1967
    missh1967 Posts: 661 Member
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    If you go into Exercises, there is "Walking, Upstairs." I use that for when I do the bleachers. You burn A LOT of calories doing that. I wear a Polar heart rate monitor when I do it, and I usually burn more than MFP gives me.

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