Arlindo de Souza lost his life at the age of just 55 and the real-life Popeye was known for once injecting his muscles with ...

Bodybuilders and others who want to take a shortcut to bigger muscles may be tempted to inject a compound called synthol directly into their muscles. While the effects are almost immediate, and ...

IFBB Pro League coach Milos Sarcev has worked with a number of notable athletes, including bodybuilders Flex Wheeler, Bob Paris, and Lee Labrada. Coach Milos Sarcev, Dennis James, and Chris Cormier ...

Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos propped up on his pecs. It took years of sweat, pain and ...

Many bodybuilders look to injections of a synthetic oil for massive muscles. May 16, 2007 — -- As a personal trainer and a judge for National Physique Committee bodybuilding events, Dr. Bruce ...

Kirill Tereshin, 29, has been injecting synthol into his arms for many years and is now facing the possibility of losing both. The MMA fighter is reportedly suffering from a severe infection that ...

Synthol has been used by bodybuilders in the past to bulk up quickly. Romario dos Santos Alves, a bodybuilding enthusiast, works out his muscles in the gym, April 4, 2015, in Caldas Novas, Goias, ...

If you're looking to get those biceps and triceps popping, here's exactly what not to do. As you can see, Kirill Tereshin's arms look a little off—and studies indicate this could actually irreversibly ...

18:01, Mon, May 4, 2015 Updated: 18:20, Mon, May 4, 2015 Brazilian gym-goer Romario Dos Santos Alves injected a cocktail of oil, alcohol and painkillers – known as synthol – into his biceps in a bid ...

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Getting ripped takes effort. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson didn’t get to look the way he does by sitting on the sofa with a packet of Doritos propped up on his pecs. It took years of sweat, pain and ...