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 ...

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 ...

A 48-year-old Brazilian man has revealed his astounding transformation from a scrawny teen to a massive muscled man — all thanks to potentially fatal injections of synthol. Valdir Segato of Sao Paulo ...

A bodybuilder who suffered body disfigurement after reportedly getting a synthol injection has died. Ronny Rono, whose story was published in the Standard newspaper on September 1, 2019, died on ...

A 23-year-old bodybuilder in Russia, who has been nicknamed “Popeye” due to his abnormally large biceps, has recently undergone the first of at least three surgeries to remove roughly 3 pounds of ...

A bodybuilder dubbed “Russian Popeye” is facing the possibility of a double amputation after years of synthol injections caused one of his muscles to burst. Kirill Tereshin, 29, has been injecting ...

A bodybuilder who suffered body disfigurement after a synthol injection has died. Ronny Rono, whom we highlighted in our September 1, 2019 Sunday Standard publication, died on Tuesday while being ...

A Brazilian bodybuilder who injected himself with oil for bigger muscles died on his 55th birthday. Valdir Segato had been using potentially fatal injections of Synthol for years, risking strokes and ...

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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 ...