stairs calories???

dancer4275
dancer4275 Posts: 149 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I like to climb stairs at my house but want to make sure I'm figuring in the correct amount of calories. I run up and down. My question is, do burn the same amount of cals. running down? Do you burn more cals running up? Are the numbers fairly close?

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  • anacsitham5
    anacsitham5 Posts: 796 Member
    I stairs walk every night at work. I count them as the same as you are using different muscles going up than down. It's listed in the exercise tab so I just time myself and log it in. It really is a great workout! I can't believe I sweat more doing that than running!
  • deathstarclock
    deathstarclock Posts: 512 Member
    WHAT DOES YOUR HEART TELL YOU
  • deathstarclock
    deathstarclock Posts: 512 Member
    I stairs walk every night at work. I count them as the same as you are using different muscles going up than down. It's listed in the exercise tab so I just time myself and log it in. It really is a great workout! I can't believe I sweat more doing that than running!

    You sweat more because believe it or not stairs are a power exercise! :drinker:
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    I run up and down 40 flights everyday and I don't even bother logging the calories burned because the amount it says you burn in MFP seems excessively high and I am not about to wear my HRM to work.
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