why is it harder to skip a stair step going down than it is going up?

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why is it harder to skip a stair step going down than it is going up?

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you are accelerating when going down(that’s just how gravity works) and the general sense your body has to try to keep balance.

you are falling off if you mess up skipping a step down or at the least you are putting a lot of pressure in one leg and instinctively you know this so there is more resistance to doing this action.