Hips, core and arms strength..

My hips are locking up. I suspect its because I haven't been taking my calcium and magnesium supplements lately..or it could be the whole bunch of other supplements I take ..alpha lipoic acid, b-complex, zinc, salmon oil, glucosamine. Been real lazy lately with the supplements. Will take tomorrow and see if it makes a difference. My knees are complaining in every external rotation. Wish the hips will just loosen up already...

Didn't self practice today. Instead attended a hatha class at the studio. I think I must be very weak somewhere because I can't do any of the arm strength stuff we did today in class...like mayurasana (the one with the body parallel to floor) and this one.. I can do most of the simpler stuff..parsva bakasana, bakasana, astavakrasana, and the other version of koundinyasana with a twist, but I couldn't for the life of me lift into the splits version. Wonder if its a core thing again?

However I DID get back my dropbacks and stand up today! YIPPEE!!! I thought I lost it forever, but I totally stood up like a rocket today. Well it might not be so great cos standing up like that means its totally momentum carrying me up, but hey at least I stood up!;) Also I managed a foot hold on kapotasana today. Couldn eek out any more bend to grab my heels, but can't complain about my backbends.

I wish I was a little more balanced sometimes..I was just thinking that how come some stuff are really easy for me and some stuff are almost impossible. Then it struck me that when I was young I could always do the stuff that I can do now and I couldn't do the stuff that I CAN'T do.
Hmmm...See..I always could backbend and I always could do splits and forward bends, but I could never really sit with my hips totally open to the side when I sat on the floor. I think even when I was a kid I couldn't do it..and my core has always sucked. I hated sit ups and push ups and all the strength stuff when I was in school. So..it seems either I never woke up the muscles when I was young to do this or I'm just genetically not designed for it! Thats not exactly a very comforting thought..

I wonder if I haven't been able to do it most of my life, will I be able to do them with practice? I guess since a lot of people end up being able to do asanas they were never good at by practising, perhaps it really is possible..

Anyway..I'll stop here and do some hip openers before sleeping just to see if it helps..