John Damrow

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

You are not too old to build muscle. The people who told you otherwise have never read the study that settles it.

In 1990, researchers took ten frail nursing-home residents with an average age of 90 and put them on heavy resistance training three times a week. Real load, taken close to what they could manage. No chair aerobics, no resistance bands the colour of a boiled sweet. Actual weight.

Eight weeks later, among the nine who finished, strength had climbed by an average of 174 percent. Their thigh muscle had grown. Their walking speed improved by nearly half. Two of them put their walking sticks away. One resident who could not stand from a chair without using their arms got up unaided.

Average age in the room: 90. Oldest: 96.

If you think ten people is a thin reed to lean on, the same researcher ran it again four years later as a proper randomised trial, a hundred nursing-home residents this time, and the strength gains held at 113 percent. The frail and the ancient kept building muscle every time anyone bothered to test it.

Now sit with what you have been told instead. Take it easy. Mind your back. You don't want to overdo it at your age. Stick to walking. A nice gentle swim. Don't lift anything heavier than the kettle.

Every one of those instructions was handed to people more capable than the nonagenarians in that study, and it made them weaker.

Muscle responds to load. It does not ask your age before it grows. The 70-year-old who picks up something heavy twice a week is building tissue the same way the 25-year-old is, just from a different starting line. Slower, smaller numbers, but the machinery still works, and it keeps working into your nineties whether anyone gave you permission or not.

Old age was never the thing that made you weak on its own. A lifetime of being told to sit down and protect a body that was begging to be used did far more of the damage.

Pick something up. Put it down. Do it again next week with a bit more. You have decades of evidence and a nursing home full of nonagenarians on your side.

[Danny O’Grady @DannyOGrady18]

After a great call with @Coach_Schoening I am blessed to receive an offer from the University of Oshkosh!
@cometfootballDD

[Kaden Garbe 2027 @KadenGarbe]

Excited to compete the next few days in Fargo!!
@FBCoachLarson @CoachCrutchley @NDSUfootball @CoachTimNDSU @DavidWienke15 @cometfootballDD

[Kaden Garbe 2027 @KadenGarbe]

Had a great time today competing at UND and talking to coaches!! Excited to stay in contact!
@kjmaye_4 @ghaugii7 @UNDfootball @Coach_SchmidtE @cometfootballDD

[Brendan Wiese (2027 OT) @brendanwiese77]

I had an amazing time at UW-Lacrosse for my OV. Thank you to @TYaeggi_UWL and the entire coaching staff for making me feel at home. Grateful for the opportunity and excited for what’s next. #AGTG
@cometfootballDD
@AndrewMcGlenn
@CoachMZweifel
@Trench77camp
@OLMafia

[Quintin Arizola 2027 @qarizola3]

I had a great time at UW-Lacrosse for an OV. Thank you @TYaeggi_UWL for having me! Looking forward to what’s ahead.

@cometfootballDD

[Kaden Garbe 2027 @KadenGarbe]

Excited to be competing at the UND Flagship camp tomorrow!!
@ghaugii7 @dfreund7 @kjmaye_4 @UNDfootball @Coach_SchmidtE @cometfootballDD

[David Woodland @davidsven]

Two different bball tournaments this weekend. Adults cost $10, kids $5 at each tournament each day.

Would cost me $70 Friday, $70 Saturday, and $70 Sunday to have the family there to cheer for each other.

$210 in a weekend.

That’s maybe just fine and dandy if it’s a couple times per year, but the problem is it’s 40 times per year.

This is on top of paying some $15,000 per year to get 4 kids on teams year round.

Youth sports are broken.

[Quintin Arizola 2027 @qarizola3]

After a great camp and conversation with @PeteyBananas I am blessed to receive an offer to play for @UWOFootball!

@cometfootballDD

[Russell Wilson @DangeRussWilson]

Thank You, Football.

Love, #3

[Delavan-Darien Comet Baseball @DDCometBaseball]

ROCK VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

The Delavan-Darien Comets defeat Monroe 5-2 to clinch the outright conference championship, the program’s FIRST conference title in 25 years!

Huge performances from Jacob Huff, Joel Janssen and the entire Comets squad in a total team victory!

[Gavin Green @gavin_green03]

Thank you @CoachMerrittCUW for the Junior Day invite!! Was great seeing what @CUWFB had to offer!
@jfederico8 @coachcwhite @cometfootballDD

[Gavin Green @gavin_green03]

Thank you @CoachBorgerding for the camp invite!

[Gavin Green @gavin_green03]

‼️Junior Season Highlights‼️

Offense:
16 REC 239 YDS 14.9 YPC 1 TD

Defense:
36 TOT 2 INT 2 FUM REC

@ddcometfootball @PrepRedzoneWI @MJ_NFLDraft @CoachMerrittCUW @coachmaerob @CoachWoodUWRF @CoachNSchroeder @Shoeij05 @FootballWiac

[Brendan Wiese (2027 OT) @brendanwiese77]

Camp Season is here! Here are the camps I’ll be at!
6/31- Lake Forest Mega Camp Lake Forest, IL
6/7- @UWOFootball Mega Camp Oshkosh, WI
6/9- @UWECFootball Big Man Camp Eau Claire, WI
6/11- @WarhawkFootball Mega Camp Whitewater, WI

If you aren’t attending these camps and you need to see me work. I’m in school until June 5th. We can set up a time for you to visit, or if that doesn’t work i’m available at home for a conversation or workout.
Please call or text me
[phone]

Brendan Wiese #77
2027 OT Delavan Darien (WI)
3.2 GPA
6’2 255lbs
All Conference Selection
2 Offers
Thank you!

@cometfootballDD
@MJ_NFLDraft
@PrepRedzoneWI

[Braedyn McKean @Braedyn_McKean]

After a great talk with @coachmaerob I am blessed to receive an offer to UW-Oshkosh
@cometfootballDD

[Brendan Wiese (2027 OT) @brendanwiese77]

Thank you @CoachTShields for the Offer Graphic!!

@cometfootballDD

[Kaden Garbe 2027 @KadenGarbe]

Thank you @FBCoachLarson for coming out and watching me work out today!!
@NDSUfootball @cometfootballDD @PrepRedzoneWI @MJ_NFLDraft @sixstarfootball

[Brendan Wiese (2027 OT) @brendanwiese77]

After a great conversation with @CoachTShields I am blessed to receive an offer to play for the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh!!!
@PeteyBananas
@cometfootballDD
@Trench77camp

[Quintin Arizola 2027 @qarizola3]

After talking with @coach_Wiss and a great combine at WFCA, I’m blessed to receive an offer from UW-River Falls!

@cometfootballDD