“I’m pushing limits that I wouldn’t be able to…without it.”

— Devon Larratt

Devon approaches longevity and performance with a clear philosophy: anything that has the potential to improve life, health, or lifespan is worth serious consideration. A lifelong performance athlete and former soldier, he received Follistatin roughly six weeks before defending a world arm-wrestling title at age 50. At the time, he was recovering from a torn intercostal and unsure how he would show up for the match. Instead, his strength and performance exceeded his expectations by a wide margin. He describes that period as the strongest he had ever been up to that point, with a level of readiness that surprised even him, given how long he’s been competing at the highest level.

What stands out most to Devon is the cumulative effect: increased strength, muscle mass, recovery, and an overall sense of well-being. Over the past year, he’s added significant weight and believes he may be performing better now than at any other point in his career — even moving more fluidly at 50 than he did in his mid-twenties. In a sport that relentlessly stresses joints and connective tissue, that resilience feels especially meaningful. Devon sees gene therapy, and Follistatin in particular, as a way to extend not just lifespan but the ability to fully pursue what you’re here to do — allowing people to go farther in their discipline, with more health, capacity, and time than biology alone might otherwise allow.