12-06-21, 08:46 PM | |
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I'm fine with the word. I'm annoyed by those people dialing it in and not really doing their job. How many modifiers have I seen in workouts doing full jumping jacks or other jumps or high-impact moves? If you're going to be the modifier, then BE the modifier and make it worth the effort.
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12-06-21, 10:14 PM | |
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I never really thought about the use of the word "modify" in a negative way, but I see how it could be if it means something "less than."
I also find it annoying that the "modifiers" either don't do much different than the other participants and tend to be the oldest and/or heaviest of the group. And female. If there are any male participants, they aren't doing the lower impact/less intense version. I know Cathe takes some heat for not providing a participant doing alternative moves, but I'd rather not have a "modifier" at all than one who doesn't do it properly. I do see people in the Cathe Live classes doing their own modifications, either higher or lower impact/intensity, and she has been showing some alternatives in the later Lives at least. That's encouraging to me. Maybe she's more in tune with alternatives since she had to use them during her recovery.
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12-07-21, 08:16 AM | |
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I have no problem with the word modify or what the person doing the modifications looks like. As Laura S. said, what IS annoying is when someone who is obviously very fit is playing the modifier role when they clearly would rather not be doing that and they do the higher impact moves instead.
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