Outdoor Health and Wellness Forum (ongoing discussion)

THIS IS NOT AN EVENT for now but rather a forum that we can ask questions and discuss topics concerning fitness and wellness as they relate to our physical and mental health. I also include in here wilderness medicine as safety is part of our physical health.

*Meet up format asks that I have a start and end date so just disregard that. I will be updating the end date regularly.*

Some of you may or may not know that I am a preventive medicine physician with training and interests in lifestyle medicine and longevity medicine. Hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering, trail running, any outdoor activity has benefits for our mental, physical and spiritual health.

My goals for this forum

• Provide suggestions for nutrition and fitness to bolster group members ability to be faster, stronger hikers and healthier in general.
• Suggest ways to destress in the outdoors
• Safety, e.g., altitude sickness, heat safety, skin cancer prevention, and other wilderness medicine topics.

Ideas:
- Recipes
- Work out routines
- On-line lectures (future)
- First aid courses (future)

Rules:
- Anyone is free to post suggestions/advice/things that worked for them
- Be non judgmental
- We will figure out some more rules as we go. This is kind of an experiment

Disclaimer: anything posted is not to be taken as medical advice as everyone has a unique medical situation. Consult your physician before implementing any suggestion.