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I am curious as to how many LWers attempt to work out and eat healthy to lengthen life span. Especially among those who have signed up for cryogenics.
I work out and eat healthily to make right now better.
Of course, I hope that the body will last longer as well, but I wouldn't undertake a regimen that guaranteed I'd see at least 120, at the cost of never having the energy to get much done with the time. Not least because I'd take such a cost as casting doubt on the promise.
I stopped smoking after I learned about the Singularity and Aubrey de Grey. I don't have any really good data on what healthy food is but I think I am doing alright. I have also singed up to a Gym recently. However I don't think I can sign up to cryogenics in Germany.
You can sign up from anywhere, in principle (CI and Alcor list a number of non-US members). The major issue is that it will obviously cost more to transport you to suspension facilities in the US, while avoiding damage to your brain cells in transit.
One disturbing thing about cryonics is that it forces you to allocate probabilities to a wide range of end-of-life scenarios. Am I more likely to die hit by a truck (in which case I wouldn't make much of my chances for successful suspension and revival), or a fatal disease diagnosed early enough, yet not overly aggressive, such that I can relocate to Michigan or Arizona for my final weeks ? And who know how many other likely scenarios.
I'd guess that getting your local hospitals and government to allow your body to be treated correctly would be the biggest non-financial problem.
I live in Israel, and even if I had unlimited money and could sign up, I'm not at all sure I could solve this problem except by leaving the country.
I'm signed up for cryonics and I exercise regularly. I usually run 3-4 miles a day and do some random stretching, push-ups, and sit-ups. I slack if I'm on vacation or if the weather is bad. I never eat properly. Some days I forget most meals. Other days I'll have bacon and ice cream.
I work out regularly, eat healthy, and I am signed up for Cryonics. One data point for you :-)
Well, I'm certainly one, having found OB/LW through the Immortality Institute forums, where I've been researching health topics obsessively for several months. My vague personal impression is that life extension enthusiasts are not especially prevalent here.
Are either of you two signed up for cryogenics?
As a 19 year old student living in Hungary cryonics is way back on my list of life extension related things to do. Nevertheless I think cryonics is a great option and I'll sign up as soon as I figure out how I could do it in my country (Russia being the closest place with cryo service) and have the money for it.
As a side note, I think cryonics has the best payoffs when you've got some potentially lethal relatively slowly advancing disease like cancer or ALS, and have the option of moving very closely to a cryonics facility.