Controversy over the 2025 Women’s Physique Olympia results is still boiling. On Nov. 27, 2025, Chris Cormier and Terrick El Guindy discussed whether Natalia Abraham Coelho used site enhancement oils like synthol to improve her physique for the 2025 Mr. Olympia.
Natalia Coelho was a top favorite heading into the 2025 Olympia. Having won the contest back in 2022, she’s proven she has the muscle density, conditioning, and stage presence needed for the crown. Her arch-rival, Sarah Villegas, was on track to make history, as a fifth victory had historic implications. Villegas’ plans were eventually spoiled by Coelho, who impressed the judges with her signature conditioning plus some added size.
In the aftermath, Villegas didn’t take the loss lightly. She accused Coelho of using site enhancement oils, going as far as to call her the ‘Oil’ Olympia champion. With the bodybuilding community discussing the drama, Cormier and El Guindy chimed in to set the record straight.
Chris Cormier Calls Coelho’s Hamstrings ‘Questionable’ at 2025 Olympia, Debates If She Used Synthol
When asked about Coelho’s physique, Cormier thought her hamstring development was questionable. He explained that, typically, there isn’t leg development just on the outside and not on the inside, which appears to be the case for Coelho at Olympia.
“Do you see anything here illegal? Do you think Natalia Coelho used synthol?” asks El Guindy.
“What I have to say is, if I had to be very, very honest about it… I’d say it’s not normal. When you do a squat, you’re not normally going to get a lot of development just on the outside and not on the inside. It could be questionable.”
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Another tell-tale sign of possible synthol use is when a muscle line smooths out when someone is in shape.
“If you have a cut, a line that disappears and smoothes out when you’re clearly in great shape… that could tell you that something has been done there. Some people, you got to put something somewhere because obviously, people are taking something to get bigger and harder.”
But some are trying to shape their body in a way to sway the judges because the judges don’t know a lot, sometimes,” said Cormier.
El Guindy completely disagreed. Having judged the event, he saw nothing suspicious about Coelho’s physique.
“A lot of people would give me money if I clocked you right now,” said El Guindy. “I judged the event, and I did not see anything on Natalia Coelho’s physique that called to be suspicion.
I have a very good eye, a very good eye. Yeah, I have a very good eye. I’ve noticed a lot of things that other judges go, Terrick, hold on, you’re right.”
“I did not see anything suspicious on Natalia Coelho’s physique. If I had seen it, I would have marked it down, and I would have called it an imbalance,” said El Guindy.
Cormier reiterated that judges are swayed by roundness even though muscles are not naturally round.
“You know what sways the judges? Roundness. Oh, he had roundness; there’s nothing on a physique that’s super round unless you inject it,” said Cormier.
“I said it looks like something is done there is because you’ll see blurry or cuts that’s not there. You see a lot of Open bodybuilders with that going on all the time.”
Cormier and El Guindy aren’t the first bodybuilders to call attention to synthol in the sport. Recently, Shawn Ray shared that site enhancement oils were ruining the lines on Men’s Open competitors. He said athletes today are starting to look like ‘balloon animals.’
While some believe Coelho might have used site enhancements on her physique, the judges still awarded her the victory at the 2025 Olympia. Do you think athletes should be allowed to use synthol at bodybuilding contests? Let us know in the comments.
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