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Bodybuilder Nearly Loses Arms After Extreme Synthol Abuse

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May 6, 2015

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A Brazilian bodybuilder was injecting himself with a substance that turned him into what some would argue does not look like a bodybuilder, earning the bodybuilder the nickname "The Hulk". Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks show before and after pictures and discuss. Cenk and Ana go on to explain what this injection is and the substances effect on the body. Jayar jumps in to discuss bodybuilding overall. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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"Romario Dos Santos Alves is a Brazilian bodybuilder who became obsessed with the idea of looking like the Incredible Hulk. It went so far that he almost needed to have both arms amputated after his muscles turned into rocks.

The 25-year-old from Brazil, says: ‘I remember the doctor told me that they would need to amputate both arms - they said everything in there, all my muscles, were rock.'"*

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