Hi Uruxboy-

I don't see how your adaptation of the exercise puts you at risk of bad habits. It sounds to me like you've come up with a smart adaptation for your particular skill level.

Just keep in mind that as your adaptation gets easier for you, you'll eventually want to try to up the ante by moving towards playing each fret sequentially, without that open string spacer in between. And then increase the speed, introduce alternate picking, random patterns, etc.

The idea of Spider Legs is that you ramp it up gradually, as your skills improve. You decide when and how to ramp it up, given the variations presented in the tutorial.

There are many may ways to ramp it up (feel free to ask me for suggestions as you get to that point). But before you do so, make sure you are holding yourself accountable for getting good results (tone, rhythm, etc.) out of whatever level you are currently working on. It is not a great idea to move on to more advanced challenges before the more basic challenges are under your belt.

-Lisa