Stairs.....
brownskingoddess
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So I have 13 stairs in my house, and I have tried to convert this mathematically, but the way my math skills are set up...yeaaaahhh lol
So....does anyone know how many times I would need to go up and down my stairs to equal a mile. And how many times a day would you recommend i do it? I ran up and down 7 times today and then did some strength training afterwards. I've been working out for 2 months and really want to tone up my body and increase my muscle to body fat ratio. I've noticed my lower half of my body is shaping up, but my midsection is just hanging around like we're best friends. Ugh!
Not really concerned with a number on the scale, just working out to get my body to look the way I want it to look.
Positive comments only please...
So....does anyone know how many times I would need to go up and down my stairs to equal a mile. And how many times a day would you recommend i do it? I ran up and down 7 times today and then did some strength training afterwards. I've been working out for 2 months and really want to tone up my body and increase my muscle to body fat ratio. I've noticed my lower half of my body is shaping up, but my midsection is just hanging around like we're best friends. Ugh!
Not really concerned with a number on the scale, just working out to get my body to look the way I want it to look.
Positive comments only please...
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According to a chart that used to be posted at the bottom of the flight of stairs in the building where I used to work ...
5 flights of stairs = 30 calories burnt.
Each of the 5 flights of stairs in that building contained 20 steps.
I started with 3 flights a day (60 steps / 18 cal) and worked my way up to 25 flights a day (500 steps / 150 cal).
And then we moved into a new building with more stairs and I gradually worked my way up to 40 flights a day (800 steps / 240 cal).
More recently I've had to cut way back for a couple reasons, but I'm planning to start ramping up again very soon.
I know, that didn't tell you how many steps would equal a mile ... I can't say I've ever thought of it in those terms.3 -
Stairs are not going to help with that. Eating at a deficit and a progressive strength training program will help.1
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »Stairs are not going to help with that. Eating at a deficit and a progressive strength training program will help.
Everybody says this, but there was another thread on here that said otherwise...so when people try to give me diet/nutritional advice I don't really take it into consideration because everyone has their own opinions but honestly everyone is different because there are people who eat whatever they want and still lose weight and there are people who eat healthy and still can't seem to get the scale to budge. But thank you for your insight. And I do eat within a good calorie deficit, I've lost 15lbs so far.3 -
According to a chart that used to be posted at the bottom of the flight of stairs in the building where I used to work ...
5 flights of stairs = 30 calories burnt.
Each of the 5 flights of stairs in that building contained 20 steps.
I started with 3 flights a day (60 steps / 18 cal) and worked my way up to 25 flights a day (500 steps / 150 cal).
And then we moved into a new building with more stairs and I gradually worked my way up to 40 flights a day (800 steps / 240 cal).
More recently I've had to cut way back for a couple reasons, but I'm planning to start ramping up again very soon.
I know, that didn't tell you how many steps would equal a mile ... I can't say I've ever thought of it in those terms.
Thank you! Your math lost me somewhere in the middle lol but I think I understand it1 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Stairs are not going to help with that. Eating at a deficit and a progressive strength training program will help.
Everybody says this, but there was another thread on here that said otherwise...so when people try to give me diet/nutritional advice I don't really take it into consideration because everyone has their own opinions but honestly everyone is different because there are people who eat whatever they want and still lose weight and there are people who eat healthy and still can't seem to get the scale to budge. But thank you for your insight. And I do eat within a good calorie deficit, I've lost 15lbs so far.
Eating at a deficit is not diet or nutritional advice, it's fact. You won't lose body fat unless you are in a deficit. That's science. Calories in/calories out is science.4 -
This is a good thread on midsection:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p10 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Stairs are not going to help with that. Eating at a deficit and a progressive strength training program will help.
Everybody says this, but there was another thread on here that said otherwise...so when people try to give me diet/nutritional advice I don't really take it into consideration because everyone has their own opinions but honestly everyone is different because there are people who eat whatever they want and still lose weight and there are people who eat healthy and still can't seem to get the scale to budge. But thank you for your insight. And I do eat within a good calorie deficit, I've lost 15lbs so far.
Could you link to that other thread, because in my 3 years here losing and maintaining I have never seen a thread that focuses on exercise solely to lose weight
The issue with exercise being that it increases appetite
If you are continuing logging to your defecit I would suggest investing in a basic pedometer that measures flights to get a better guide of step count
Otherwise measure from bottom to top and you'll get your rough distance which will be good enough .1 -
A commercial flight of stairs will have no bearing...how high is the rise, how wide is the tread, how many steps, what is the variability on rise
If you Google you'll find 52 flights = a mile, that is not relevant to your specific stairs....they are possibly 3/4 the overall distance, or 1/2 or maybe 1.2x ...who knows?1 -
I would also suggest if you're at home and looking for body composition a full bodyweight programme, not just stair climbing something like http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/
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A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
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A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
Thank you! Obviously you are the,only person here who reads AND answered my question! I will probably run my stairs 3 times a day 7 times each. Add some weights and core exercise and continue eating in the calorie deficit that I am. Hopefully this midsection will go away with everything else lol if not I'll just keep going until it does! But thank you your comment was the only helpful one 0 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
Thank you! Obviously you are the,only person here who reads AND answered my question! I will probably run my stairs 3 times a day 7 times each. Add some weights and core exercise and continue eating in the calorie deficit that I am. Hopefully this midsection will go away with everything else lol if not I'll just keep going until it does! But thank you your comment was the only helpful one
Lol this is exactly what I said, but people read what they want to read. :laugh: Good luck OP you're gonna need it.3 -
I would also suggest if you're at home and looking for body composition a full bodyweight programme, not just stair climbing something like http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/
Did you even read my comment? I said I ran my stairs AND did some STRENGTH TRAINING AFTERWARDS!!!!!0 -
A commercial flight of stairs will have no bearing...how high is the rise, how wide is the tread, how many steps, what is the variability on rise
If you Google you'll find 52 flights = a mile, that is not relevant to your specific stairs....they are possibly 3/4 the overall distance, or 1/2 or maybe 1.2x ...who knows?
My stairs are pretty steep and close together I don't,just run,them straight I'll run,straight up run,straight down run up skipping a step, etc.0 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Stairs are not going to help with that. Eating at a deficit and a progressive strength training program will help.
Everybody says this, but there was another thread on here that said otherwise...so when people try to give me diet/nutritional advice I don't really take it into consideration because everyone has their own opinions but honestly everyone is different because there are people who eat whatever they want and still lose weight and there are people who eat healthy and still can't seem to get the scale to budge. But thank you for your insight. And I do eat within a good calorie deficit, I've lost 15lbs so far.
Could you link to that other thread, because in my 3 years here losing and maintaining I have never seen a thread that focuses on exercise solely to lose weight
The issue with exercise being that it increases appetite
If you are continuing logging to your defecit I would suggest investing in a basic pedometer that measures flights to get a better guide of step count
Otherwise measure from bottom to top and you'll get your rough distance which will be good enough .
It was a post that I posted on doing the 21 day sugar detox and everyone told me that I could eat whatever I want including sugar cookies and ice cream and still lose weight! When I said diet was the best way to lose the midsection everyone flipped out and started telling me "you can't spot reduce" and all that nonsense which is why I put at the bottom of this thread "positive comments only please" because that's so annoying! If I ask a question just answer that question and leave everything else alone lol0 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
Thank you! Obviously you are the,only person here who reads AND answered my question! I will probably run my stairs 3 times a day 7 times each. Add some weights and core exercise and continue eating in the calorie deficit that I am. Hopefully this midsection will go away with everything else lol if not I'll just keep going until it does! But thank you your comment was the only helpful one
Just remember that doing 273 stairs/day (13*7*3) amounts to about 82 calories per day, so unfortunately it isn't that much. Better than nothing, but not a lot.
If you could add a brisk 30 minute walk in there, you'd get another 100-ish calories.
However, if you're already on a deficit, even 82 cal will eventually help.
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brownskingoddess wrote: »A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
Thank you! Obviously you are the,only person here who reads AND answered my question! I will probably run my stairs 3 times a day 7 times each. Add some weights and core exercise and continue eating in the calorie deficit that I am. Hopefully this midsection will go away with everything else lol if not I'll just keep going until it does! But thank you your comment was the only helpful one
Just remember that doing 273 stairs/day (13*7*3) amounts to about 82 calories per day, so unfortunately it isn't that much. Better than nothing, but not a lot.
If you could add a brisk 30 minute walk in there, you'd get another 100-ish calories.
However, if you're already on a deficit, even 82 cal will eventually help.
I plan on doing more than just running my stairs. I have weights at home and a jump rope. I would love to go walking but all these clowns and psychos running amuck I stay inside lol0 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »brownskingoddess wrote: »A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
Thank you! Obviously you are the,only person here who reads AND answered my question! I will probably run my stairs 3 times a day 7 times each. Add some weights and core exercise and continue eating in the calorie deficit that I am. Hopefully this midsection will go away with everything else lol if not I'll just keep going until it does! But thank you your comment was the only helpful one
Just remember that doing 273 stairs/day (13*7*3) amounts to about 82 calories per day, so unfortunately it isn't that much. Better than nothing, but not a lot.
If you could add a brisk 30 minute walk in there, you'd get another 100-ish calories.
However, if you're already on a deficit, even 82 cal will eventually help.
I plan on doing more than just running my stairs. I have weights at home and a jump rope. I would love to go walking but all these clowns and psychos running amuck I stay inside lol
Also I read an article that said walking upstairs is a harder workout than walking,on a flat surface because you have to lift all your body weight going up and its an incline so its kind of like walking on a treadmill with an incline that's also why I asked.
As I build my endurance I'll probably incorporate exercises in with it but I'm just trying to get my coordination down lol I saw some YouTube videos of people jumping and squatting up and down the stairs but I know if I try that I would more than likely fall and break my neck0 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »brownskingoddess wrote: »brownskingoddess wrote: »A couple comments ...
First ...
Stair climbing went a long way toward giving me the strength to cycle up the hills around here.
I've always been a flatlander, but then moved to hilly Tasmania and struggled to cycle anywhere. I've also always had difficulty climbing stairs even when I was cycling a lot. For some reason, I could cycle 300 km in a week, but by about the 3rd flight of stairs I'd be puffing and wheezing.
So, after moving to Tasmania and starting to work in a building with stairs, I figured I'd tackle my stair-climbing issues head on and started to climb. I hoped it would build some leg strength and improve my cardiovascular system.
And it did!
After gradually building up to 30-40 flights a day, I took on the biggest cycling climb in the area ... Mt Wellington. And I made it with no difficulty at all.
My cardiovascular system is much improved ... I can do all this climbing and carry on a conversation now rather than looking like I needed medical attention.
And I've got great quads.
But it didn't do much for my midsection ... cutting calories and doing core work helped with that.
Second ...
Weight loss all comes down to CI < CO.
You can lose weight by cutting calories, so that you eat less than what you burn.
You can lose weight by increasing your exercise, so that you burn more than you eat.
Or you can lose weight by doing both.
I've done it all three ways ... and you've got to go with whatever works for you.
From my experience, just cutting calories doesn't work particularly well for me, unless it is the middle of winter and I'm not very active. I can sustain that for a few weeks ... I think the longest I've managed is about 13 weeks.
From my experience, exercising lots is great and I've sustained that for years ... but it is time consuming. I've had to do A LOT of exercise. In those days I was cycling 10,000 km/year + walking lots + participating in snow sports + weight lifting. In those days it was actually hard for me to eat enough to keep from losing weight.
This time, however, I opted to use a combination of cutting calories and exercise ... and that seems to work quite well.
Thank you! Obviously you are the,only person here who reads AND answered my question! I will probably run my stairs 3 times a day 7 times each. Add some weights and core exercise and continue eating in the calorie deficit that I am. Hopefully this midsection will go away with everything else lol if not I'll just keep going until it does! But thank you your comment was the only helpful one
Just remember that doing 273 stairs/day (13*7*3) amounts to about 82 calories per day, so unfortunately it isn't that much. Better than nothing, but not a lot.
If you could add a brisk 30 minute walk in there, you'd get another 100-ish calories.
However, if you're already on a deficit, even 82 cal will eventually help.
I plan on doing more than just running my stairs. I have weights at home and a jump rope. I would love to go walking but all these clowns and psychos running amuck I stay inside lol
Also I read an article that said walking upstairs is a harder workout than walking,on a flat surface because you have to lift all your body weight going up and its an incline so its kind of like walking on a treadmill with an incline that's also why I asked.
As I build my endurance I'll probably incorporate exercises in with it but I'm just trying to get my coordination down lol I saw some YouTube videos of people jumping and squatting up and down the stairs but I know if I try that I would more than likely fall and break my neck
You want to watch your knees doing stuff like that.1 -
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"The issue with exercise being that it increases appetite" interesting observation. explains a lot (at least in my case)0
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Edited: Nevermind. I'd delete my comment if I could. Watching the others try to help and your responses makes this a big waste of time. I'm out5
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MsRuffBuffNStuff wrote: »Edited: Nevermind. I'd delete my comment if I could. Watching the others try to help and your responses makes this a big waste of time. I'm out
Yeah I just couldn't anymore :laugh:2 -
MsRuffBuffNStuff wrote: »Edited: Nevermind. I'd delete my comment if I could. Watching the others try to help and your responses makes this a big waste of time. I'm out
There was only one person here who actually answered my question...which was how many times should i run my stairs to equal a mile and how many times a day would you suggest I do it.
I didn't ask about diet/eating, calories in. Vs. Calories out that's what this app is for. Lol its rather frustrating when you ask a simple question and everyone wants to jump down your throat about "calorie deficit"2 -
Each stair = 1 step. 1 mile = about 2000-2200 steps for most people. So about 155 flights up & down = 1 mile.1
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Each stair = 1 step. 1 mile = about 2000-2200 steps for most people. So about 155 flights up & down = 1 mile.
Really? Idk how to post links but there was this article I was reading that said walking/running stairs is a more effective workout because you have to use your body weight to move up. So you wouldn't have to walk/run as many steps.0 -
brownskingoddess wrote: »Each stair = 1 step. 1 mile = about 2000-2200 steps for most people. So about 155 flights up & down = 1 mile.
Really? Idk how to post links but there was this article I was reading that said walking/running stairs is a more effective workout because you have to use your body weight to move up. So you wouldn't have to walk/run as many steps.
But a mile is a mile, regardless of how fast or slow you run/walk it.
Yes, running up the stairs may be more effective because you are exerting more effort than running a flat mile on ground.2 -
samanthaluangphixay wrote: »brownskingoddess wrote: »Each stair = 1 step. 1 mile = about 2000-2200 steps for most people. So about 155 flights up & down = 1 mile.
Really? Idk how to post links but there was this article I was reading that said walking/running stairs is a more effective workout because you have to use your body weight to move up. So you wouldn't have to walk/run as many steps.
But a mile is a mile, regardless of how fast or slow you run/walk it.
Yes, running up the stairs may be more effective because you are exerting more effort than running a flat mile on ground.
Oh ok thank you 0 -
But when you run/walk back down the stairs it's less effort. Plus walking/running not always flat, not where I go. I would just take it as bonus burn.0
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I looked this up several months ago because I work on the 5th floor of a building. Climbing stairs burns 2x the calories of walking on level ground for the same length of time. In my house I have a stair-lift chair so I could choose to not even climb those.0
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