After a humiliating first attempt, I was hesitant to ever try yoga again.
Years ago, I was needled and prodded by my girlfriend to join her at the local gym for a yoga session led by a buff young fitness instructor. When he expressed mortification (In front of the class! In a loud voice!) at my wildly uncoordinated pose attempts, I turned purple and prayed for class to end quickly.
But after my son was born via c-section almost a year ago, I was left with little to no feeling around my midsection. Previously proud of my core strength from years of sit ups, I couldn't even manage a single crunch. Six months postpartum, I couldn't pull myself into a sitting position from lying down. It was time to revisit yoga, which I'd heard could help with core strength in a gentle, gradual manner.
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These days, we have access to an overwhelming amount of fitness gadgets and gizmos, not to mention snazzy programs and classes that incorporate everything from martial arts to hula hoops to modern dances and the like. But, like many things in life, we are often exposed to so many flashy and new ways of doing things that we eventually come back to the inevitable truth: that the old way of doing things is sometimes the best way. Another way of putting it? Simple is best. 
For some people 
Are sit-ups a total waste of time? If you enjoy doing them then the answer is 'no,' although if you're doing them just to build core strength you might be wasting your time. Why? Sit-ups and crunches have been around since the very beginnings of exercise, and it's not that they don't build strength and tone but in truth there may be better more effective ways to get the same results. Sit-ups and crunches are essentially isolation exercises, and doing comprehensive moves that involve your whole body where the abs and core can develop in coordination with the rest of the muscles can provide a strong core along with strong arms and legs and everything else. 
If you are having trouble balancing during certain exercises using a spotter is a good idea until you build up body muscles that will hold you for that particular exercise. Spotters are not just for weight lifting.
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