No matter how motivating the bodybuilding industry appears, it does have a highly discouraging dark side too. While most bodybuilders are driven by building muscles organically, many have used disapproved steroids to gain bulky biceps. Many legendary bodybuilders in the past have called out people who are using substances with no medical value. Recently, retired bodybuilder Victor Martinez criticized the use of Synthol in a video.

On 2 March, Victor Martinez appeared in an interview with Generation Iron on YouTube talking about the use of Synthol and how many bodybuilders in the industry have used it. Moreover, he also explained how the substance works in the body.

Victor Martinez talks about people who take Synthol

49-year-old Victor Martinez won the Arnold Classic in 2007. He also became a runner-up in the 2004 Mr.Olympia. Post-retirement, he continues to work on his physique coaching many aspiring bodybuilders. Nevertheless, Martinez also shares many insights about the bodybuilding world.

Recently, in an interview with Generation Iron, he expressed his views on people using Synthol. Martinez stated, “ When you just become a lazy bas***d and just can’t take the time to really build the muscle and you just put it in the muscle and it just inflates it. “

For those unaware, Synthol is a temporary implant injected deeply into the muscle for immediate muscle enlargement. It concentrates on small groups of muscles like the triceps, biceps, deltoids, and calf muscles. However, the voluminous increase of the muscles has negative effects on the body. Scientific research argues that Synthol deforms the muscles in the long run. It also causes damage to nerves, cerebral stroke, infectious complications, and many life-threatening problems.

While talking about Synthol, Martinez stated, “ It is the worst kind of thing you can do to yourself”

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Nevertheless, many retired bodybuilders who used Synthol in their primetime have accepted their mistakes. One of them is the legendary bodybuilder Milos Sarcev.

Milos Sarcev expresses his guilt of using Snythol

Using harmful chemicals to enjoy short-term fame can always backfire on a person. Legendary bodybuilder Milos Sarcev who trained the recent Arnold Classic champion Samson Dauda once accepted his mistake of using Synthol to win the bodybuilding championship.

In an interview with The Menace Podcast, Sarcev revealed that he was fascinated by Synthol when he first used it. He went from no arms to 22 inches of biceps. However, soon he had to pay its price as he suffered from congestive heart failure. That made him feel guilt about using it. However, afterward, Milos Sarcev completely ditched Synthol giving himself a new life to live.

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Synthol has no medical value. Hence, bodybuilders must never use it to ruin their careers.