STEP JOCKEY

I recently discovered STEP JOCKEY.  This is the mission statement of STEP JOCKEY taken directly from their website.

Labelling the world for calorie burn
Foods are labelled with calorie information so we know what we’re consuming. StepJockey is about the other side of the equation; labelling the physical world for calorie burn to promote health and wellness.
We aim to label and 'gamify' the world for health - starting with stairs.
StepJockey's evaluation and initial launch was seed-funded by UK Department of Health. We are private company with a social mission. 

I found this Step Jockey list of the benefits of stair climbing interesting.... NOT SURE HOW USEFULL #13 IS GOING TO BE FOR ME..

Is this a real photograph or some crazy PHOTOSHOPPED concoction?  (See below for your answer)

1. Stair climbing is officially classed as a ‘vigorous exercise’ and burns more calories per minute than jogging.
2. Stair climbing requires 8-9 times more energy expenditure than sitting and burns about 7 times more calories than taking a lift.
3. You burn about 0.17 calories for every step you climb, so you burn roughly a calorie and a half for every 10 upward steps.
4. You also burn calories going down. Every stair descended burns about 0.05 calories, so you burn 1 calorie for every 20 steps down.
5. For buildings with five floors or less, it’s nearly always quicker to take the stairs. Studies show office workers save up to 15 minutes a day by taking the stairs.
6. As well as guarding against heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some cancers, stair climbing releases endorphins that produce feelings of wellbeing.
7. Just 7 minutes stair climbing a day has been estimated to more than half the risk of a heart attack over 10 years.
8. Stair climbing cuts carbon emissions. By ditching the lift in a typical office you will save between 0.3 and 0.6 Kg of Co2 a day.
9. Professional skiers often climb stairs to keep competition-fit. Many models do the same to keep their legs toned for the catwalk.
10. Climbing stairs is a classic ‘short burst’ exercise and ideal for the time-poor.
11. The biggest variable in stair climbing is your weight. The heavier you are, the more calories you burn.
12. Other variables affecting calorie burn while stair climbing include the angle of the stairs, your sex, climbing speed, age and general fitness.
13. You burn more calories climbing stairs in high heels.
14. It’s a myth that climbing stairs two at a time burns more calories. More energy is expended over time by taking things slowly.
15. The greatest height reached climbing stairs in 12 hours was 33,000 feet by Chris Solarz of Philadelphia, USA. Solarz climbed 58,080 stairs.
16. The 19th century is regarded by many as the golden era of stair construction. In the 20th century architects gave prominence to lifts. Now, with the emergence of ‘active design’, architects are once again making stairs more prominent.
17. Many scientific studies show that simple stair prompts significantly increase stair usage. One trick is simply to point-out ‘hidden’ stairs
18. The longest stairway listed by the Guiness Book of Records is the service stairway for the Niesenbahn funicular railway near Spiez, Switzerland. It has 11,674 steps and a round trip would burn over 3,000 calories.
19. Going down stairs burns fewer calories but works and tones different muscles and joints. It’s also good for balance and coordination.
20. The Roman architect Vitruvius established the first guidelines for the stair in the first century B.C, suggesting a 37 degree pitch. Most stairs are not dramatically different today.

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 SUNDAY MENU
breakfast   oatmeal w/raisins, turkey bacon              375 calories
lunch         spinach salad, almonds, ground lamb      919 calories
dinner        spinach salad, ground lamb meatballs    329 calories
SNACK    apples, rice cake minis                             924 calories
total caloric consumption 2547 calories
  

calories burned
STAIR CLIMBING (ground floor to 25th floor)  65 calories
elliptical 32 minutes                                                 587 calories
STAIR DESCENDING (25th floor to ground floor) 15 calories
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED  667 CALORIES

Friday net calories  calories 1880 calories

This steel sculpture is designed by Olafur Eliasson.  It is 9 (nine) meter-high walk-double spiral of steel in the entrance of the KPMG office building in Munich, Germany. The stair is called Umschreibung (Rewriting)  Umschreibung was completed in 2004. 

ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THESE STEPS WOULD MAKE A CLIMB UP 25 STORIES SEEM LIKE A WALK IN THE PARK...if I ever found myself in Duisburg, Germany...I would surely check this out...

The city of Duisburg is now home to Crouching Tiger and Turtle, which could easily be described as a roller coaster without a roller coaster!  It stands about eleven meters in height and is part of the city’s Capital of Culture project. Crouching Tiger and Turtle, Magic Mountain (to give it its full name) is a work by sculptors Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter. Visitors are encouraged to follow the twists and turns of the roller coaster and enjoy the surrounding Ruhr landscape from slightly different perspectives than usual!