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 accelerate going down. When your foot reaches the step, you’re at the fastest speed. Going up, not only are you generally slowing on accent, but your foot isn’t impacting to act against your body’s speed*mass.