“They did all these muscle and tendon transfers. I think I had maybe 15 to 18 surgeries. They transferred my quads from the front to the back so I could stand.”

Reiterating how shocked he was at such an unusual occurrence, he added: "I’d say we might have a set of twins a month, twins do happen. But quads? Never."

Training the glutes, hamstrings, quads and core, in particular, can help prevent pain and injuries elsewhere in the body, Johnston adds.

And plans are needed for the fall, when college quads will fill back up just a couple of months before the presidential election — possibly with more protesters.

Objectively, I know that the defeated ones are in almost every other regard already winners: fit gods with ropy quads, admired, adored and no doubt absurdly well compensated.