For the vast majority of sane people, the notion of hitting the gym to get into shape is a good idea. After all, even though the American public is literally bursting at the seams with an ever-increasing obesity rate, the U.S. population spends billions each year on health club memberships, home fitness equipment, diet supplements and fitness information products. Devoting yourself to building a lean, muscular physique is supposed to be good for you – and usually it is. However, there are people that take the notion of achieving a muscular body to bewildering extremes.
We’ve all know about anabolic steroid abuse. Bodybuilders and athletes use anabolic steroids as a tool to enhance the muscular gains that they have achieved by working out with heavy weights and training hard. Illegal or not, in order for someone to see desired results from steroids, there has to be at least a certain amount of physical activity taking place.
But some enterprising (read: idiotic) individuals have taken their desire for large muscles and their laziness to achieve them to an entirely new level of ridiculousness. Instead of spending long hours in the gym, eating right, and using proven nutritional supplements, these morons opt instead to inject their muscles with what is known as Synthol, an oily mixture that cosmetically bloats muscles but gives no functional effect. The result to the muscle is often a pathetically ridiculous balloon affect that is easily spotted as fake by anyone not accompanied by a seeing-eye dog.
Synthol is the modern-day evolution of a steroid that has its roots in Italy called Esiclene. Esiclene broke its way into the bodybuilding scene in the 80s as a muscle inflammatory agent used by bodybuilders looking for a pre-contest “boost.” It was injected directly into the muscles to give them a larger appearance and was, for the most part, a very temporary fix. A German bodybuilding fanatic named Chris Clark formulated an evolution of the concoction that he called “Pump N’ Pose” in the early 90s. The “solution” quickly made its way into the dirty underground world of fanatic bodybuilding as a way to fake the muscle gains that were so often incredibly difficult to come by with hard work alone.
Synthol is injected directly into the muscles to be expanded and is made up mostly of triglyceride oils (around 85%), benzyl alcohol (7.5%) and lidocaine (7.5%). When it is injected into the muscles repeatedly, they swell up to often comical sizes due to the 70% retention rate of the liquid. Only 30% of the Synthol is immediately metabolized by the body. Even to this day, Chris Clark claims that Synthol is perfectly safe to use and that it leads to permanent muscle gain. However, there is absolutely no scientific data that backs this assumption.
Repeated Synthol injections can lead to several side effects and, in extreme cases, death. There is the risk of abscess infections that can become so bad that they may need surgery to remove. These are localized areas of infected tissue that can be extremely painful. Additionally, if the Sythol is accidentally introduced into an artery or vein they could travel to major internal organs such as the heart, lungs, and brain – all of which would suffer extremely dangerous effects as a result.
In short, the use of Synthol is nothing short of the absolute most pathetic and lazy way that someone could possibly feign legitimate muscle growth. At best, it will make you a laughing stock because of your ridiculous appearance and at worst, it can kill you. If our words aren’t enough to make you think about using Synthol, then these videos and photos should definitely do the trick.
Gregg Valentine a.k.a. “The Man Whose Arms Exploded” proudly boasts a pair of the largest arms ever seen on a human body. He nearly lost one of them when he tried to drain a hematoma himself that was brought on by infection from steroid abuse. Gregg now freely sells Synthol on his website.
Idiot kids that obviously don’t realize just how idiotic they look. Notice how the bloated bicep meets the puny, untrained forearm - a blatant indicator of Synthol use.
