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Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol

What is synthol and why are bodybuilders injecting it into their muscles?

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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 sacrifice.

Many men (not all of us, though, it should be noted) would love to be as buff as The Rock. Some, however, aren’t willing to put in the hours at the gym and are looking for a get-hench-quick scheme. And while there are shortcuts, they always come at a cost.

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