Stair climbing is a quite effective exercise for weight loss. During stair climbing, the blood is circulated when climbing and the enhances metabolism and production of cells. In turn, this helps consume excessive energy and fat. When climbing to a certain height, you will start sweating. That's a good thing!

How many calories can you consume for climbing up one story? Climbing up to the sixth story with normal speed will consume 1,000 kilo-calories Doing the exercise 30 minutes per day can consume around 270 kilo-calories If your office is on the fifth and sixth story, you can just try to climb the stairs everyday. The calories consumed by climbing up 1 meter equal to walking 28 meters on the flat ground. Climbing to the sixth story then climbing down again for two to three rounds equals to the exercises of jogging 800 - 1500 m on flat ground. A woman that weighs 40 kg consumes 200 calories climbing up stairs for 10 minutes and consumes 1/3 of calories needed in climbing down. The calories consumed in climbing up stairs are 4 times more than walking and 29% more than morning exercises. Assuming that a fairly obese woman lives on the third story, if she persists in climbing the stairs for 5 to 6 rounds per day, she will lose 3 kg in one year.