Sergey Young on Thriving at 200 Years Old

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Self-improvement, Crossfit, Holistic Health, Mindset, Selfimprovement, Education, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Goalsetting, Health, Attainability, Fitness

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Sergey Young is an author and investor working to radically extend human health and lifespans. He joins us to talk about the definition of aging, the technology of the near future, creating lives worth extending, and more.

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👉🏼 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain.

👉🏼 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, podcaster, and creator of Functional Branding.

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0:00.0	If you look at evolution of humans as a species, we've never, you know,
0:04.7	has been born to die or sorry to fly or to drive cars, but nevertheless, you know,
0:10.1	I can travel with a speed of 100 miles per hour or I can fly, you know, if I'm on a plane.
0:16.9	So it doesn't really mean that we shouldn't fight that. And the problem of aging is that
0:22.0	after we turn 50, our chances to get age-related diseases and I can mention like four of them,
0:31.9	they're responsible for 90% of deaths after age of 50, cancer, heart disease, diabetes,
0:38.8	and neurodegenerative diseases will increase exponentially. And this is exactly what I want to
0:44.4	fight because the quality of our lives, specifically in the last 10 or 20 years of the average lifespan
0:50.3	today is decreasing. And that's that's the whole point of my work to improve not only the
0:56.9	quantity of our years, but the quality of these years. We are here because we know the outcomes in
1:04.0	our lives are within our control. That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep,
1:09.6	train, think, and connect with each other is how we'll optimize our health and happiness.
1:14.8	That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. Our mission is to live on the run.
1:21.6	Always chasing. Never stop. Hello and welcome back to another episode of Chasing Excellence,
1:28.8	a special episode we are joined today by Sergei Jung. Sergei, you are the author of the new book,
1:36.9	The Science and Technology of Growing Young. And you are excited to talk to you about it.
1:41.5	A little bit of context about you, you are the founder of the longevity vision fund,
1:45.2	which invests in companies doing work in artificial intelligence, organ regeneration, genetic editing,
1:50.1	pharmaceutical drug discovery, precision medicine, personal diagnostics, and other field central
1:55.8	to the mission of living longer and healthier than ever before. Thank you so much for giving us
2:02.0	some time today. Hey guys, I'm so excited to be here with you today. We are excited to have you.
2:08.8	Congratulations on the book right before recording. You told us it was the best seller, Wall Street Journal,
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