Earliest Synthol post I can find on Misc.Fitness.Weights (one of the earliest bodybuilding groups still online) is from Nov 1996 -
"I must admit that when I first heard about Synthol I was a little sceptical to say the least, but now I have seen the results. A friend has recently taken his arms from 20" to 21"'s in a period of 10 days.
The stuff needs to be injected daily directly into the muscle using a 22 gauge 1 and a half inch pin. He started using only 1ml a day per arm but increased the amount by another ml each day. He says his arms still feel 'normal' and he has observed no lack of fuctionality. He also says his bi's feel harder than ever and the sudden increase in size and subsequent skin tightness makes them look awsome.
The cost of this product is high and the potential problems are unknown for this reason I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else who has any experience with using this product."
It was met with discussions on whether it would be better to go Ferrigno style with Silicon.
By 1997 the genie was out of the bottle. Here's Dante "Dogg Crap" Trudel offering the low down on sources in Feb of 1997 -
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Just wanted to let the group know the answer to the question I get Emailed all the time--about Synthol (injectable oil-which has the effect of 2-3 inches on a bodypart in only 3 weeks or so) and it is supposed to andapparently does last from 3-5 years. Be careful if you get your hands on this stuff--many in Europe are using or have used it with no health hazards but you never know!!! this stuff works and it is going to revolutionize bodybuilding (I dont beleive in a good sense either)
Alot of pros and amateurs are just now getting their hands on the stuff--and just think how these daredevil and freaks are going to look with 3 inches or so on --bi's, tri's delts, calves. It can only be used in the USA as posing oil(wink, wink)-but I have heard from 5 guys who have used it and all are fanatic about it. Manfred Hoerbl--how come when your arm is straight the bicep still looks SO FULL AND FLEXED, and the Tricep is just enormous?!?!?!
ive seen the before shots and there is just no way!!! hmmmmmmmmm--could it be synthrol?LOL. Ask the guys from England from Chemical Warfare what they think about synthol (web page) Pauls up from 19 and a half inches to 21 and a half in 3 weeks, and Kerry went from 17 1/2 to 19 1/2 in 3 also. There should be 2-3 guys in the U.S. carrying the Synthol in the next couple months-but the only guy that I know now who has it is James from Labtec--1800-368-0729.
Synthol comes 100ml for 600 bucks-(ouch) but I guess 2-3 inches on your arms ina couple weeks sure beats the 5 years it would take otherwise. Like I said this stuff is sketchy-I would think you would have to be very careful-and though I heard it is starting to run rampant in Europe and there are no horror stories or problems-I would think asphyxiating so you dont go into a vein is very important. Like I said-it can only be used as a posing oil over here in the U.S.--James said anyone who calls him and says-Hardcore Muscle sent themgets a hundred bucks off-so it would only be 500 dollars.
Im not so sure if this product is completely problem free but Chris Clark-the manufacturer has told me he hasnt seen a problem yet. Be careful--this stuff is hitting the U.S. this year and the pros will no doubt go overboard with it. Jesus what happened to the Weider Principles for gains?!?!?!?!?!?!
Dante-HARDCORE MUSCLE MAGAZINE-619-414-1025 "the no bullshit bodybuilding mag" for the advanced bodybuilder that knows better-"I'll take a bullet for a friend and live with the schrapnel"
So right around the time period 2001 or so a local personal trainer who, rumor had it (I live in his hometown and used to watch him training some local competitors Chris cook being the biggest name at the time he was working with publicly) and dude changed the game as far as synthol goes. He developed some training protocol based around synthol and insulin and from what I heard was real anal about his guys he would drop them if he caught them smoking cigarettes or taking stimulants as his whole protocol was based around maximizing volume in the muscle and max vasodilation etc.
So this time period top pros were all trying to figure out what to do with synthol. I think most were shooting with a harpoon and hoping it would look right. So he came along and figured out synthol could be used in more than just arms and delts he if I recall took Chris cook pro and before working with him his back was pancake flat and was holding him back. Prior to his win I think at nationals I'm too busy to look it up but anyway allegedly the bathroom at golds on meridian (before it closed) they'd go in there (the bathroom was mirrored it was dope the gym was bay area mecca until it closed) and dude was shooting synthol in all the little muscles in chris's back and it worked, his back looked decent and much improved he turned pro and launched dudes career.
So nowadays the concept behind a bodybuilder hiring a coach was never about nutrition it was drug stacks and expertise with site enhancement protocols. I guess it's complicated and very technical. Today you have fucks like Nick Walker who I'm 100% sure is mostly built with SEO. the science of SEO has advanced and we have today guys like Andrew jacked who literally injected their way to a pro card after 2-3 years after starting to train. Andrew jacked also Samson duda and many many other top pros went from skinny nothing to winning a pro card in just 2-3 years total.
The status quo for decades has been 5-10 years of hard consistent training and gear use minimum just to turn pro. Bodybuilding is now dying and guys are just injecting their way to big bloofy muscles it's all fake and we fans are losing Interest.
Now the question is how can we fix this crap???
