Sourdough

I have a question that involves why some recipes call for slap & fold on the table, while other recipes allow you to essentially pull and fold the dough after autolyse in the bucket. When I have made the sour dough 70% boule recipe, or especially the great brown bread recipe on your website, it can be a real physical work out for me to do the slap & fold routine on my cutting board. I'm rather short, so its stressful on my shoulders, and takes me longer to get a good gluten network going than most videos seem to indicate.