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According to The University of New Mexicoâs Health Sciences Center research you burn 15 calories per 3 flights of stairs (average flight of stairs being 12 steps). That means for every stair you climb you burn 0.42 calories on average (based on 150 [68 kg] to 160 [72.5 kg] pound person. The more you weight the more calories you burn). As a comparison, walking only burns 0.2 calories per step, which means you need to make twice as many steps to burn the same amount of calories.
Assuming it takes two minutes to run up nine flights of stairs, that person burns approximately 29.5 calories to reach the top, according to NutriStrategy website. A 180-lb. person burns 40.8 calories running up nine floors of stairs in two minutes. A 130-lb. person walking up the stairs and carrying 16 to 24 lbs. burns 23.6 calories in four minutes, lists NutriStrategy.