Anavar (Oxandrolone) Steroid – Uses, Side Effects, and More

Anavar is one of those oral steroids that I knew I’d be fairly comfortable taking back when I began all this. It didn’t come with any of the horror stories that we’re now so familiar with for other much more powerful steroids like Trenbolone; oh, and the fact that Anavar is an oral steroid makes it so much more accessible for the needle-phobic among us.

Anavar is the original brand name of the androgen and anabolic steroid Oxandrolone¹. This is one of the most well-known steroids in existence, and Anavar has been a favorite amongst bodybuilders and athletes for decades. There are many reasons for the popularity of Anavar:

• Anavar is an oral steroid, so it’s easy to administer
• It can be used by both males and females
• It has minimal side effects² compared with many other steroids

Anavar might be described as the perfect anabolic steroid: Exceptional benefits and a mild side effect profile. What’s not to love about Anavar? I indeed find Oxandrolone to be a steroid I consistently go back to. If you want to avoid the worst AAS side effects while seeing excellent cutting and recomp cycles results, Anavar is a steroid worth keeping near the top of your list – whether you’re a man or woman. Most importantly, Anavar has exceptional benefits for people who know exactly what they’re using it for, and almost all of the time, this is to improve the physique through fat loss³ while retaining muscle mass and enhancing performance.

But there is no getting around the fact that Anavar is still a steroid. No steroid can truly be considered a mild substance when used at doses for bodybuilding; it’s just that Anavar is considered “pretty mild” compared to the really heavy stuff. I knew that didn’t mean it came with no risks! Anavar has many benefits, and it’s a compound that worked well for me in the past. It may or may not be right for you, and you’ll find out more about that in the guide below. Let’s dig deep into what Anavar can (and can’t) do for you.

Medical disclaimer: The following guide is based on personal experience and does NOT promote the illegal use of steroids (PEDs). Consult a healthcare professional before using PEDs.

What is Anavar?

Anavar would have to be one of the two most well-known oral steroids – the other being the famous Dianabol. When we compare Anavar to other steroids, it’s considered mild, but in reality, it can still have substantial effects (both positive and negative) at higher doses (more on that below).

Anavar is a fast-acting steroid derived from DHT (dihydrotestosterone)⁴ with a half-life of 8 to 10 hours. It has been a widely used, respected, and very popular steroid for a long time and is one of the few that females can also use because of its mild androgenic effects.

While Anavar is toxic to the liver⁵, as we would expect with an oral steroid, its hepatotoxicity level is minimal compared with many other steroids, making this an ideal choice for beginners.

Anavar has a powerful anabolic rating, yet at the same time, it is not a steroid that is as effective for bulking for men as other steroids are. While it can contribute to bulking with high-quality weight gain⁶ without water retention, Anavar is most powerful for cutting and enhancing athletic performance. Women who use Anavar will, however, find that it can add impressive lean muscle gains to the physique, and this is the main anabolic steroid that is suitable for women to use for this purpose.

A Quick Look at Anavar

• Other Names: Oxandrolone (generic), Oxandrin, Var, others.
• Primary Use: Treatment of muscle wasting conditions, weight loss after surgery or chronic illness, and osteoporosis. Popular off-label for cutting, fat loss, and lean muscle preservation for physique- and performance-enhancing purposes (bodybuilders and athletes).
• Administration: Oral form (tablets). Typical dosage ranges from 20-100 mg/day (men) to 5-20 mg/day (women).
• Cycle Length: Typically run for 6-8 weeks. Often stacked with other steroids like testosterone or Winstrol for enhanced results.
• Benefits: Perfect for cutting cycles, promotes fat loss while preserving lean muscle, increases strength and vascularity, low risk of estrogenic side effects (does not aromatize), well-tolerated by women due to low virilization risk.
• Side Effects: Suppression of natural testosterone production (milder compared to other steroids), hair loss, acne, kidney damage, liver toxicity (less hepatotoxic than other oral steroids but still a risk), negative cholesterol changes, virilization in women (e.g., deepening voice, facial hair growth) at high doses.

Note: Anavar is considered one of the safest steroids, but it still carries risks, especially with long-term use or high doses. Proper dosing, cycle length, and PCT are essential to minimize side effects.

Anavar History and Overview

Anavar was a valued medical prescription drug back in the 1960s as a steroid prescribed not only to males but also to women and even children for treating disorders causing muscle wasting⁷, as well as for burns treatment⁸ and osteoporosis⁹. Oxandrolone was no doubt determined to be a mild anabolic steroid way back then, which made it possible to be tolerated by female and child patients¹⁰.

Anavar took a little longer to take off in usage among bodybuilders and other performance users, not becoming popular until the 1990s (compared to the 1960s for many other AAS). This was mainly because Anavar is not a bulking AAS, so it was overlooked in favor of those steroids that could help guys pack on pure muscle. But once it became known that Anavar was a superb cutting and muscle-hardening AAS, its use increased drastically, with people (both male and female) wanting a ripped, shredded physique for competitive goals or personal enjoyment.

Mechanism of Action

As a steroid that’s based on DHT, Anavar is in good company. It’s no coincidence that most of the very best cutting steroids are also based on DHT:

• Winstrol
• Primobolan
• Masteron

DHT is produced as a result of conversion from testosterone by the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase – essentially, DHT is a metabolite of testosterone, and Anavar has been created by slightly modifying the original chemical structure of DHT.

One thing to know about DHT is that it is not powerfully anabolic like testosterone is¹¹. It is, however, much more androgenic, as its affinity for binding to the androgen receptor is double that of testosterone¹². Despite this, Anavar has a very low androgenic rating, and anabolic rating three to six times more potent than testosterone.

This should make Anavar excellent for gaining muscle, right? No, the sky-high anabolic rating of Anavar doesn’t translate to it being a powerful muscle builder. It has relatively weak muscle-gaining potential compared to many other steroids, with its anabolic effects being most useful for muscle and strength preservation on cutting cycles¹³.

Effects of Anavar (Benefits)

Anavar is one of the few compounds I can confidently say is suitable for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users. Females love this one; actually, Anavar is the most suited steroid a female could take, and I’ve seen countless numbers of girls get a sleek look while using it.

Most people will want to use Anavar in a cutting cycle, where its benefits are most well-known. It’s known as possibly one of the best steroids for cutting out of all the options we have. And this is for two main reasons:

• Anavar can directly promote fat-burning
• Anavar is a powerful preserver of existing muscle tissue

So, while these are two critical benefits of Anavar, they aren’t the only ones. Even if cutting is your number one reason for using Anavar, you’ll get many other positive effects that will only add to your gains and overall results. Strength, endurance, stamina, and recovery are all enhanced with Anavar.

No matter what type of workouts you’re doing, you will see a noticeable difference in your performance and your capacity to work beyond your normal level, whether that be endurance cardio work or lifting weights (or both). The main active benefits and effects of Anavar include:

Inhibits muscle wasting hormones

This is Anavar’s original medical purpose in preventing and reversing muscle wasting¹⁴. For bodybuilders, Anavar’s ability to inhibit hormones like cortisol reduces the tendency to gain body fat and increases the ability to retain lean muscle gains.

Fat loss

Anavar enhances metabolic rate and lipolysis¹⁵; this makes Anavar an extremely powerful fat-burning steroid where calories and stored body fat are efficiently utilized as energy. Your metabolic rate will increase, and you will find burning fat quicker and more efficient. Naturally, your diet should support fat loss, which will always be the case on a cutting cycle.

How much body fat can be lost depends on your current body composition; Anavar shouldn’t be considered a magic weight loss pill. Anavar’s actual value exists where you’re already lean and where Anavar’s hardening and drying physique can show off those last few percentages of fat you’ve shed.

Muscle and strength preservation

Undertaking a strict calorie-deficit diet puts you at risk of muscle catabolism and losing strength. This is where Anavar comes into its own and is most valued in cutting cycles – strength will be maintained and even increased¹⁶, with Anavar being a must-have anabolic to get you through the toughest dieting and cutting phases.

Anavar also increases nitrogen retention in the muscle¹⁷ – this is a prime function of Anavar and is critical in keeping the body in an optimal anabolic state. The outcome is retaining muscle mass while cutting fat by preventing the body from going into a catabolic state where muscle tissue is lost, as is when nitrogen balance becomes negative¹⁸.

Physique

Many of us choose Anavar because it lacks water retention. It can dry out your body, promote incredible muscle hardening, and allow for a very dry, lean, and shredded body ideal for contests or personal goals. Ideally, you’ll be at a low body fat level before using Anavar to enjoy its maximum physique enhancement effects.

Decreases sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG)

SHBG naturally binds to estrogens and androgens, and with Anavar decreasing this protein¹⁹, it results in more free testosterone being available, which gives a boost not only to your overall anabolic environment but also to any other steroids you’re using. While Anavar has mild natural testosterone suppression effects, it rarely fully suppresses or even suppresses at half the natural levels. Hence, the decrease in SHBG is still highly beneficial regardless of your testosterone levels when using this steroid.

Muscle gains

Anavar isn’t going to be a steroid you use in bulking cycles, but it can support some lean gains²⁰ (much more so in females than males). Any gains made will lack water retention, and you will find the muscle easy to maintain. One benefit of using Anavar for minor to moderate lean gains is that it will help you avoid gaining fat.

Increases red blood cells

As a treatment for anemia, Anavar has a very useful effect on red blood cell count²¹, bringing about heightened endurance by transporting more oxygen and nutrients to the muscles during exercise. This has a performance-enhancing and physically appealing effect, with more oxygen and blood being carried through the veins, resulting in enhanced vascularity.

Performance and recovery

Anavar will boost your endurance to an extent, with a noticeable ability to work out for longer and at a higher intensity²². This is invaluable while cutting, where you’ll want to push yourself with cardio workouts to burn fat. Like all AAS, Anavar will positively affect your recovery, speeding up tissue healing. With its known benefits on collagen synthesis (after all, Anavar was initially developed to promote healing), it can reduce soreness and pain post-workout.

With Anavar’s ability to enhance recovery²³, you will notice an increase in the frequency of your workouts. At the same time, the intensity and duration of your training substantially improve because your body recovers more efficiently. In the end, all this means better, faster results thanks to the wide-ranging effects of Anavar.

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Let’s sum up the most important and attractive benefits of Anavar, especially when you want to compare it to other steroids:

• Anavar won’t produce estrogenic side effects when used on its own.
• Anavar is superb for retaining muscle while on a cutting cycle and eating a calorie-deficient diet.
• It promotes muscle hardness and dryness with no water retention.
• It improves pumps and vascularity, especially if you’re nice and lean already.
• It boosts endurance and stamina and speeds up your recovery time. Your muscles should feel less tired during workouts.
• Anavar poses less risk to your liver health than many other oral compounds, so you can usually comfortably use it for an eight or 12-week cycle with a reduced risk of liver toxicity.
• It’s an oral steroid, but you can easily and effectively stack it with injectable steroids.

At the most basic level, you can expect to see some nice fat loss and some moderate muscle gains when you use Anavar. The type of your workouts will steer the direction of your results, so whether that includes mostly cardio or only moderate resistance training, this will be the biggest factor in how much fat you’ll be able to burn.

The hardness and dryness of Anavar gains and fat loss are among its strongest and most desirable benefits. Not having to deal with water retention is a relief for anyone wanting to achieve a shredded, hard, and vascular physique.

One of the less spoken-about benefits of Anavar is a possible boost to your overall mood. Not everyone will notice this, but some guys notice a positive change in mood and mental energy²⁴, translating into a more positive mindset and even better sleep – all of this will contribute to better workouts and recovery. The same can’t be said for a lot of other steroids, which can potentially cause anxiety and increased anger instead.

This makes it a versatile steroid and one that I have certainly felt more confident using than a host of other compounds that might have much stronger effects but way too many side effect risks that require constant monitoring and mitigation throughout your cycle – for the most part, Anavar doesn’t have you focused on side effect prevention and allows us to focus on our results fully.

Anavar Dosing and Administration

It’s tempting for newer users to assume that a “weak” steroid like Anavar should be taken at a maximum dose to get any benefit. But this is far from the truth with Anavar – not least, being that as an oral steroid, there’s an upper limit that you won’t want to exceed.

Doses

As with any medical usage of anabolic steroids, prescribed doses of Anavar are always at the low end²⁵ and are determined by medical professionals according to the individual needs of the patient, their gender, and their age.

Because Anavar is unique, it has seen a lot of use in females and children²⁶. Extremely low doses are known to result in very positive effects, and experts soon discovered that Anavar is very well tolerated by these groups – making it possibly the safest anabolic steroid ever used in medicine:

• Daily doses in clinical use in adults can range anywhere from 2.5mg per day to 20mg per day²⁷.
• Depending on a child’s weight, doses as low as 1 to 2mg have been prescribed (typically set at 0.1mg/kg of body weight).

But that’s just one side of the story… Performance doses take things to a new level because we want to benefit from Anavar’s anabolic effects beyond what’s required in medical treatments.

Here’s the kicker:

High-purity Anavar will always be more potent at lower doses. Top-quality Anavar at 30mg will outperform bad gear at 60 or more. Always keep this in mind when deciding on your own Oxandrolone dosage.

The other critical factor when dosing Anavar is whether you’re stacking it with other AAS at performance doses and just how strong of a role you want Anavar to play in the cycle. Most men won’t use Anavar as a sole compound due to its weaker effects, but it is widespread for women to run Anavar-only cycles.

Here’s a general guide to Oxandrolone bodybuilding doses for different experience levels:

Beginner

20-30mg is a safe starting point for first-time Anavar users who are nervous about side effects. While this is a good dosage range if it’s your first time using Anavar, some guys won’t see a lot of response at this level. As always, flexibility in adjusting your dose during the cycle is needed. Since Anavar starts working quickly, you’ll have a good idea of whether you’re responding to this low dose early.

Intermediate

50mg daily is the best standard dose to balance desirable benefits and side effects. Few Anavar users will find a need to take the dosage beyond 50mg, and most men admit that they don’t see the benefits they expected below 50mg.

Advanced

80-100mg is a high-range dose of Anavar. This can come with unpleasant pumps (like in the lower back) and other issues like cramps.

Female

Females running a first Anavar cycle should start very low to evaluate side effects. 5mg per day is known to be well tolerated in clinical use by many female patients. If a woman tolerates this dose well, the next step is 10mg; many will find 10mg daily to be the perfect balance. However, more than a few women confidently use 15 or even 20mg daily, which will enormously increase the chance of virilizing side effects.

Dosing Schedule, Half-life, and Cycle Length

Anavar has a half-life of about 10 hours²⁸. The ideal Anavar dosing schedule is a matter constantly up for debate, and in the end, it comes down to your individual preference:

• Some people like to split the dose into two or even three administrations throughout the day.
• Then, on the other hand, plenty of users would instead take it all pre-workout for a once-per-day administration.

This does mean you’re using Anavar essentially as a pre-workout steroid. In my experience, this is the best way to use Anavar because we don’t need (or even want) to maintain consistent levels of this liver-toxic steroid (no matter how mild) 24 hours a day. Plus, it gives your workout a nice boost.

You’ll also want to consider the time of day – some people find sleep issues develop with Anavar²⁹, so the way to minimize impacts on your sleep is to take Anavar in the morning.

The general rule when planning a cycle is that the higher the Anavar dose is, the shorter the cycle you should be doing. Now, not everyone will follow this guideline. Some like to live on the edge, while there are those of us who want to balance the benefits and risks. I think I’ll go to 8 weeks on Anavar if I’m taking no more than 50mg. I wouldn’t want to go beyond six weeks if any more than 50mg is being taken (rarely).

Likely Results

Anavar excels at giving you significant improvements in aesthetics – leanness, hardness, dryness, and, in short, getting ripped and shredded. But they’re not the only results to expect with this steroid. Anavar will help maintain your performance and strength ability even on the most limited of calorie-deficit diets. Critically, your results are going to include the preservation of your existing lean muscle. Anavar helps prevent you from becoming catabolic – where lean muscle is lost as energy.

You should not expect significant muscle gains – Anavar is not a bulking steroid, but it can promote some lean gains while simultaneously losing fat. Women can gain in the 10lbs range, while men tend to see smaller gains under 10lbs.

Anavar should also not be looked at as a fat burner. Where its fat loss effects excel is where you’re already lean. Anavar will help you shed some last pounds before a contest, dry out, and harden your physique. And that’s where Anavar shines: As a pre-contest late-cycle steroid to prep your body to be as dry, hardened, and shredded as possible within just a few weeks.

The real power of Anavar exists in its ability to help you retain existing muscle tissue while you burn fat during a cutting phase. Anavar will boost the rate of fat burning while bringing about a hard, lean, and tight physique with increased vascularity. Potential results you can expect to see during and by the end of a cycle include:

• Weight loss (fat loss) during diet phases without the loss of muscle tissue
• More defined, harder, and tighter muscle definition
• Increased vascularity thanks to a tighter physique and decreased fat
• Less fat gains in the off-season thanks to Anavar’s powerful anabolic properties
• Some gain of lean muscle tissue in men with no water retention. Females can expect impressive but not over-the-top muscle gains.
• Some noticeable increases in strength, power, and speed make Anavar appealing to athletes who want these benefits without the attention-grabbing muscle gains of other steroids.

The lack of risk of water retention is a major advantage of Anavar and a huge reason why it’s such a popular and potent cutting compound, including for competitive users.

Anavar Cycles

Few steroids will have us closely looking at both male and female cycles, but Anavar is an exception.

• Women will frequently use Anavar as a single-cycle compound with exceptional results – typically in the 5-10mg range for 6 to 8 weeks; I’ve heard of some women using Anavar for over 12 weeks.
• Men often include Anavar near the end of a cycle with other AAS to promote dryness and vascularity in a cutting or recomp cycle.

Anavar is very often stacked with one or more other steroids. If Anavar is the main steroid you want to use, you’re still almost certainly going to stack it with at least a form of testosterone as a testosterone replacement during your cycle.

However, more advanced users will go further than this, using one or more other compounds at performance-enhancing doses alongside Anavar. This is a useful strategy, particularly for cutting and shredding (where Anavar excels). However, it is not likely to be used in pure bulking cycles because there’s a limit to just how high your dose of Anavar should be before health risks kick in.

Anavar Cycle for Men

Most men will tell you that Anavar is a mild steroid for the male body. This is certainly so regarding muscle gains – few men will use Anavar to gain mass at a high level. Some lean gains are indeed possible and will form an aspect of your results, alongside fat loss:

• The simultaneous fat loss and (mild) gains form the basis of results for male users.
• By the end of a cycle, men will find noticeable improvements in definition, muscle hardness, dryness, and vascularity.
• Men using higher doses will notice excellent pumps in the gym (sometimes unwanted).

Diet and current body weight will determine how far your fat loss can go, but a 5lbs loss of fat over a cycle when you’re already lean will improve the physique.

Inexperienced users will share their negative Anavar experiences, but so often, this revolves around the fact that a man didn’t use a testosterone base when on an Anavar cycle! Using a test base with Anavar is essential, just like any AAS.

Other negative reviews from men unsurprisingly complain about Anavar being too “weak” to bother with. This is a matter of expectation and not understanding of how, when, and why to use Anavar to make it worthwhile. High dose usage elicits plenty of complaints: Lower back pumps, insomnia, and muscle cramping are common signs that a male should consider lowering the dose.

If you want a good cost-benefit ratio using Anavar, you need to balance the dosage, cycle length, and any choices for stacking. A common option is simply a testosterone and Anavar cycle combined with a solid workout plan and a good diet. You can run these two compounds alongside each other for a 12-week cycle:

• Testosterone: Up to 300mg weekly for 12 weeks
• Anavar: Up to 60mg daily for 12 weeks or the first eight weeks, depending on your goals.

You can expect amazing results without water retention with this cycle. The best testosterone esters are Testosterone Enanthate or Testosterone Cypionate, with once-weekly injections. PCT can be standard Clomid for 20 days – first 10 days at 100mg daily, beginning two weeks from the end of the cycle. Drop this to 50mg daily for the last ten days of PCT.

Anavar-only Cycle

Because of the relatively high testosterone suppression that Oxandrolone causes in dosages used for bodybuilding, it’s always recommended that, at the very least, Anavar is stacked with Testosterone when men are using this steroid.

This is not a concern for women who can proceed with an Anavar-only cycle at the recommended 10mg daily dose. Most cycles will utilize testosterone past the 8-week Anavar cycle length, extending to 12 weeks with testosterone before beginning post-cycle therapy.

Anavar will probably not suppress you at a dosage of around 50-60mg/day for four weeks (I’ll do at least 6-8 weeks cycle myself). A small, steady daily dosage (20mg/20mg/20mg) gives me better results!

For PCT, use 50mg/day of Clomid for three weeks, and you should recover quickly. Start your Clomid PCT 5 days post-cycle.

Beginner Anavar Cycle

A beginner can safely run an 8-week cycle (the maximum recommended length) at a dosage of 30-50mg daily. Even as a beginner, it’s always beneficial and advisable to combine a testosterone compound for the entire duration of the cycle, as well as for several weeks following the end of Anavar use, to avoid the adverse effects of low testosterone production.

Testosterone Enanthate is a long-lasting ester that can be used for a 12-week cycle alongside Anavar. Your testosterone cycle dosage will depend on your personal goals and how much muscle mass you’re looking to build; a 100mg minimum is suitable for testosterone maintenance purposes, and this can be extended up to 500mg during the cycle if building some muscle mass is a goal.

Any man can use the following Anavar cycle, as Anavar is one of the mildest anabolic steroids on earth:

• Week 1-12: 100mg/eod Testosterone Propionate
• Week 1-12: Clenbuterol at 40mcg/ed week 1-2, 60mcg/ed week 3-4, 80mcg/ed week 5-6, 100mcg/ed week 7-8, 120mcg/ed week 9-10, 140mcg/ed week 11-12
• Week 5-12: 50mg/ed Anavar
• Week 1-12 (optional): 4iu/ed HGH; 0.5mg/eod Arimidex

The following cycle is for the far more advanced steroid user:

• Week 1-8: 400mg/week Testosterone Cypionate
• Week 9-12: 100mg/eod Testosterone Propionate
• Week 1-12: Clenbuterol at 40mcg/ed week 1-2, 60mcg/ed week 3-4, 80mcg/ed week 5-6, 100mcg/ed week 7-8, 120mcg/ed week 9-10, 140mcg/ed week 11-12
• Week 5-12: 50mg/ed Anavar
• Week 1-12: 0.5mg/eod Letrozole

*ed – every day
*eod – every other day

Intermediate Anavar Cycle

More experienced users of Anavar often extend to the 50-70mg daily dose while sticking to an 8-week cycle. A testosterone ester should also be included in an intermediate cycle, and again, the dosage will depend on what you’re trying to achieve and whether this is a hardcore cutting cycle.

100mg of testosterone enanthate weekly for 12 weeks is enough to support the normal function of the hormone. By limiting testosterone in this cycle, Anavar is left to take on the primary anabolic role, bringing about lean gains and incredible fat loss and toning throughout the cycle.

Advanced Anavar Cycle

80mg to 100mg daily for eight weeks is an advanced Oxandrolone cycle, but more so for the advanced user will be the addition of multiple other steroids in a powerful stack.

A common addition to an Anavar cutting cycle is Trenbolone Acetate. Like Anavar, Trenbolone is a non-aromatizing and non-estrogenic steroid, so it does not cause any concern for water retention, making this a truly powerful combination for serious cutting needs and lean gains. 400mg weekly of Trenbolone Acetate for eight weeks will compound substantially on the results of Anavar.

Testosterone should be included in an advanced Anavar (Oxandrolone) cycle, even if at just a maintenance dosage of 100mg weekly with your chosen ester, with propionate or enanthate being common choices. A whole range of other steroids are commonly stacked with Anavar, including the powerful fat burner Winstrol, Equipoise, Proviron, Masteron, or Primobolan.

Advanced users who are determined to use Anavar at higher doses of 80mg to 100mg daily will usually be aware of the associated costs of this rather high-priced steroid, and this needs to be seriously considered over the full length of the cycle where costs can easily exceed $100 per week for high-quality Oxandrolone.

The following cycle is for the far more advanced steroid user:

• Week 1-12: 200mg/eod Testosterone Propionate
• Week 1-8: 200mg/eod Equipoise
• Week 1-12: Clenbuterol at 40mcg/ed week 1-2, 60mcg/ed week 3-4, 80mcg/ed week 5-6, 100mcg/ed week 7-8, 120mcg/ed week 9-10, 140mcg/ed week 11-12
• Week 5-12: 80mg/ed Anavar, 100mg/eod Trenbolone Acetate
• Week 8-12: 100mg/eod Masteron
• Week 1-12 (optional): 4iu/ed HGH; 1mg/eod Arimidex

*ed – every day
*eod – every other day

Once again, if you are sensitive or do not want to risk it, stick with the beginner plans listed above.

Anavar Cycle for Women

Anavar is widely accepted as the best anabolic steroid for females. It’s the most tolerable and the least likely to cause virilizing symptoms at low to moderate doses. For women first treading into the world of AAS, Anavar is almost always the FIRST choice – and often the only choice for those wanting to avoid virilization.

The standard dosage is 10mg daily. Some women will only take 5mg daily. In any case, Anavar will have a substantial effect on females at these low doses, particularly for:

• Gaining strength
• Gaining lean muscle

Women can expect excellent results from an Anavar cycle, including lovely strength gains. These should become more noticeable by about the third week. You’ll be lifting heavier weights and should find your lifting action improves with that strength boost.

Lean muscle gains will vary substantially among women, but over a 6-week cycle, some females can see excellent gains of up to 5-10lbs, even while losing some body fat.

Females have very positive things to say about their experiences using Anavar. No other anabolic steroid will give females such a positive experience (quite the opposite) – but few women who use Anavar come away disappointed. Positive comments from females center on the following:

• Strength: The amount of strength gained throughout the cycle and how this has translated into beating lifting’s PRs and increasing reps.
• Lean mass gains: Most women want to add muscle and use Anavar for bulking and recomposition cycles.
• Fat loss: On a calorie deficit, women will burn fat, harden their physique, and achieve excellent muscle definition.

Yes, there are going to be negative experiences from females. Naturally, these tend to focus on side effects, even when they’re expected:

• Issues like acne are often complained about.
• Females sometimes report sleep-related problems such as insomnia.
• Irritability, minor changes to the menstrual cycle, and hair loss are some of the other negatives that women report.

Some women also report an intense increase in appetite. In comparison, this can seem like a good thing and beneficial if you’re trying to add mass; a few females will find that it goes beyond the desirable limit of appetite – not much you can do here besides lower the dose.

As I mentioned, Anavar is one of the few steroids women can confidently use. Cycles should be limited to 6 weeks, and the dosage should be 10mg daily. Some women might want to go further and add another two weeks to the cycle while increasing the dosage for those final two weeks up to 20mg daily, but monitor for any potential side effects.

For extra strength gains, combine with SARMs such as Ostarine at 12.5mg per day for the first five weeks, then increase it to 25mg a day for weeks 6-8. Unlike men, women don’t need to do PCT, so there’s nothing else to do once the cycle ends.

This is just a simple example cycle for women using Anavar and combining it with other quality compounds. Anavar is desirable for fat loss, so your diet will be a top priority when using this steroid, and it will make or break your results no matter how effective Anavar is as a steroid.

What is the best part for women who use Anavar? No PCT is needed! Suitable health protocols should be followed after the cycle to support liver, cardiovascular, and hormonal health. Still, there is no need to engage in any post-cycle therapy like men do.

Advanced Female Anavar Cycles

Anavar at 10mg/day for 6-8 weeks is good, and you probably won’t have any side effects. As for the best time to take Oxandrolone, split it into two doses daily at 5mg/each (once with breakfast and again before bedtime).

The Anavar/Clen combo is good enough to get you some impressive weight loss results. Keep Clenbuterol to 50mcg daily and run it in 2 weeks on/2 weeks off pattern. Here is a solid Anavar cutting stack that includes Clenbuterol and HGH. The inclusion of HGH is not a must.

• Week 1-12: Clenbuterol at 20mcg/ed week 1, 40mcg/ed week 2-4, 60mcg/ed week 5-7, 80mcg/ed week 8-10, 100mcg/ed week 11-12
• Week 3-10: 10mg/ed Anavar
• Week 1-12 (optional): 2iu/ed HGH

The next cycle is for the far more advanced female steroid user:

• Week 1-12: Clenbuterol at 20mcg/ed week 1, 40mcg/ed week 2-4, 60mcg/ed week 5-7, 80mcg/ed week 8-10, 100mcg/ed week 11-12
• Week 1-5: 10mg/ed Anavar
• Week 5-8: 100mg/week Primobolan Depot
• Week 8-12: 10mg/ed Anavar
• Week 1-12 (optional): 2iu/ed HGH

While Anavar is perfect for cutting, for a woman, it is fantastic for bulking as well:

• Week 1-6: 10mg/ed Anavar
• Week 4-9: 100mg/week Primobolan Depot
• Week 7-12: 10mg/ed Winstrol
• Week 1-12 (optional): 2iu/ed HGH

*ed – every day
*eod – every other day

In terms of Anavar PCT for females, it’s simply not necessary; the female body will normalize with adequate time off.

Author's Note: For real, NO-BS information on using steroids be sure to check out Straight from the Underground (my recommended underground steroid handbook). Everything in this book is based on first-hand experience, not theory.

Anavar vs. Other PEDs

We could compare Anavar with a long list of AAS and other PEDs if you’re trying to choose the best compound for your next cycle. Here, I want to focus on lining it up against two other popular cutting steroids, plus a famous fat burner.

Anavar vs. Winstrol

Winstrol is rightly worshipped as a brilliant cutting steroid. But it can pose challenges compared to Anavar. Winstrol is famed for causing joint discomfort and pain. Anavar has a benefit here and can even have a more positive effect on your tendons and joints.

I’ve seen plenty of comments about Anavar users experiencing joint pain – this can be another unfortunate consequence of “fake” Anavar. Anavar is the clear winner if avoiding joint discomfort is a priority.

While Anavar can certainly enhance vascularity, it will rarely be at the level of Winstrol, where both vascularity and the grainy type appearance are more prominent than what we get with Anavar. Every user will have a favorite between these two: I like the pumps and increased muscle I get with Winstrol, but I love the joint benefits and extra energy Anavar delivers.

Anavar vs. Winstrol (Women)

The other very popular cutting steroid for women, next to Anavar, is Winstrol (Stanozolol).

• Both will help you burn fat and build lean muscle
• Both are oral steroids (Winstrol also comes in injectable form)
• Anavar and Winstrol do not aromatize, so there’s no estrogen conversion and no water retention

Despite the similar benefits of both steroids, most women will still want to choose Anavar because it’s a somewhat less potent steroid than Winstrol when it comes to side effects.

Winstrol is more likely to allow a woman to gain a more substantial amount of muscle compared to Anavar. Don’t get me wrong: Anavar can provide some nice lean gains, but Winstrol can take it to another level and give a woman a considerably less feminine result. This might be desirable for some women, but Anavar’s anabolic effects will be more than sufficient for others.

Winstrol is likely to cause virilization effects in women, including voice hoarseness³⁰, acne, changes in menstrual periods, and growth of facial hair. Females would need to use very low doses of Winstrol to avoid these effects, in the 4mg to 10mg daily range.

Winstrol is much harsher on the liver compared to Anavar, even though they’re both oral steroids. This side effect alone will be enough for many women to steer the choice to Anavar over Winstrol. So even though Winstrol is excellent for fat loss, muscle retention, and improving definition, its risk of side effects is much greater than Anavar, making it a much less ideal option for females.

Anavar vs. Masteron

Masteron is another popular AAS. It comes with some benefits over Anavar, but ultimately, your goals will be the decision maker on which to choose. Masteron is an injectable steroid, and it’s the safer one to use for longer cycles.

Masteron is ideal for running for an entire cycle, while Anavar is best used as a finishing steroid in the final weeks. Just as with Winstrol, Masteron typically results in a higher level of vascularity and a grainer appearance than Anavar does.

Masteron is known to be a better mood enhancer than Anavar, but this effect can be very individual-dependent. Most Masteron users will also see a higher boost to the libido than is usually experienced with Anavar. On the downside for Masteron, it dries out the joints and can cause joint pain, whereas Anavar can be joint supportive to a degree.

Anavar vs. Clenbuterol

Clenbuterol is not an anabolic steroid but is a trendy fat-burning compound. Clenbuterol is often stacked with Anavar for serious fat-burning and cutting cycles, but it comes with risks that can exceed those of Anavar.

Clenbuterol is a stimulant, and while it has exceptional fat-burning abilities, it can cause a host of side effects as a result of acting on the nervous system and increasing body temperature – anxiety, cramps, jitters, and insomnia are common. While Clenbuterol suppresses the appetite, Anavar can increase hunger in some users. Clenbuterol should also be limited to 8 weeks, like Anavar.

You might think Clenbuterol is a safer option than Anavar – but this is far from the truth. I think Clenbuterol is MUCH less safe than Anavar and poses more of a risk to your cardiovascular health. The choice is easy for me between Clenbuterol and Anavar: Anavar every time.

Stacking Anavar

Stacking Anavar will almost exclusively be for cutting and recomposition cycles for male users. Females will often use Anavar to gain lean mass, as women will be much more responsive to the anabolic effects of this steroid.

At a minimum, all male users will need to stack Anavar with testosterone at a base TRT dosage to avoid the effects of low testosterone as a result of Anavar’s suppressive activity. If Anavar is being used as part of a longer contest prep cycle, it will often be saved for the final weeks of the cycle to get you as lean and shredded as possible.

Stacking Anavar with other steroids is the ultimate way to combine the benefits of multiple compounds to maximize your results. You can add other powerful cutting steroids like Winstrol if your ultimate goal is a shredded physique, or you can go the other way and ramp up your testosterone dosage or add other bulking steroids if gaining mass is your main aim. The great thing about Anavar is that it can be tailored for multiple purposes and is not just a cutting steroid.

An important thing to consider when planning your Anavar stack is the significant benefit of its lack of water retention because it doesn’t convert to estrogen. You can use this by stacking it with other compounds that don’t aromatize, like Trenbolone and Masteron. Such a stack can effectively have you not having to think about fluid retention at all unless you decide to take a higher dose of testosterone in the stack.

When stacking Anavar primarily for cutting purposes, your best options are:

• Masteron
• Trenbolone
• Primobolan
• Equipoise
• Winstrol

For hardcore bulking cycles, men are very unlikely to want to include Anavar in a stack because it would need to be used at unsustainably high doses, and there are much more powerful compounds to use instead. It is, however, useful as a moderate lean mass gainer for men and effective for women when stacked with Primobolan or Winstrol.

Regardless of what you’re stacking Anavar with, the cycle length of this steroid should still be no longer than eight weeks.

Stacking Anavar (Men)

At its most basic, Anavar is almost always stacked with Testosterone for hormone replacement purposes. This will be at a low dose, where the testosterone won’t contribute much to your performance. But to take it a step further, raising your Testosterone dose can bring about powerful anabolic effects with muscle and strength gains.

• Testosterone Enanthate: 300mg weekly for 12 weeks
• Anavar: 50mg daily for the first eight weeks

All of these stacks will require a post-cycle therapy protocol afterward. A standard PCT is Clomid at 100mg daily, starting two weeks after your last dose. Clomid can then be reduced to 50mg daily for the next ten days.

Another Anavar stack for men is a pure cutting cycle and includes another cutting-specialist steroid in Winstrol. Winstrol is one of the best cutting compounds available, and when combined with Anavar, it proves to be a potent duo for ultimate shredding.

• Anavar: 20mg daily for six weeks
• Winstrol: 25mg daily for six weeks
• Testosterone at a TRT dose of 100-200mg weekly should also be included.

Winstrol poses a higher liver toxicity and side effect risk than Anavar, so we can keep this stack short. Doses are around half that of what we’d normally use for each compound because they are both oral steroids.

Stacking Anavar (Women)

Females can obtain strength and lean gains at low doses, and stacking Anavar with another type of compound called Ostarine (a SARM) can bring about outstanding results with minimal side effects.

Because Anavar is quite a female-friendly steroid that women can use with minimal or no side effects, using it with Ostarine, which also comes with a low risk of side effects, is the ideal strategy for women. Notable strength gains and fat loss are possible with this stack.

• Anavar: 5-10mg daily for 6 to 8 weeks
• Ostarine: 12.5mg to 25mg daily for 6 to 8 weeks

Women who are comfortable with higher doses of Anavar and who don’t suffer virilization effects can consider adding another 5-10mg to the Anavar dose suggestion above.

Anavar + Winstrol (Cutting stack)

This is more of an advanced cycle as we’re stacking two oral AAS, which comes with risks. I wouldn’t run this cycle for more than six weeks or eight at the maximum. This is a friendly contest prep stack suited for hardcore users and competitors.

Benefits:

• Rapid fat burning
• Muscle gains and muscle preservation
• Strength gains (even while dieting)
• Pumps
• Joint support from Anavar
• Dry, ripped, hard, and vascular physique

Dosing:

• Week 1-6: Winstrol 20-25mg/daily
• Week 1-6: Anavar 15-20mg/daily
• Testosterone: 200mg/week

Possible Side Effects:

• Testosterone suppression
• Liver and kidney stress
• Increased cholesterol

Results

Fast loss of body fat and some nice muscle gains make up the core results of this stack. That’s not all: Vascularity and dryness will be incredible, and Anavar will help offset the joint issues caused by Winstrol.

PCT

A standard PCT cycle using Clomid at 50mg/day for three weeks.

Anavar + Trenbolone (Recomp stack)

Trenbolone is the best recomp steroid but also the harshest AAS we can use. Only run this cycle if you’ve used Tren before and understand how to handle its side effects. Although it’s an injectable steroid, Tren is known to be more liver-toxic than Anavar, so we keep this as a short cycle. This is a male-only stack due to Trenbolone being unsuitable for women.

Benefits:

• Muscle gains and fat loss
• Big strength gains
• Muscle preservation
• Good joint support from both steroids
• Fast recovery
• Full, hard, dry, and vascular physique

Dosing:

• Weeks 1-8: 20mg-30mg/day Anavar
• Weeks 1-8: 150mg-250mg/week Trenbolone
• Weeks 1-8: 200mg/week Testosterone

Possible Side Effects:

• Testosterone shutdown
• Increased cholesterol and blood pressure
• Liver and kidney toxicity
• Hair loss and acne
• Decreased cardiovascular performance (shortness of breath)
• Tren cough
• Roid rage and mood issues
• Insomnia

Results

More muscle will be gained on this cycle with Tren than is usually possible on a standard cutting cycle – just how significant your gains are will depend on what you’re trying to achieve with your diet plan. On the downside, Tren can negatively impact your cardio performance and hamper your fat loss efforts. This stack will take dryness and muscle hardness to a new level compared to Anavar alone.

PCT

A standard PCT cycle will often not restore testosterone levels following Trenbolone use, and longer-term TRT can be required. I recommend testosterone cruising for four months following this cycle, keeping in mind there’s no guarantee of T levels returning entirely back to normal after using Tren.

Anavar + Clenbuterol (Cutting/Fat-burning stack)

While this isn’t a stack I can strongly recommend (due to the risks associated with Clen), it is famous for those wanting extreme fat loss and can tolerate the stimulant-type side effects of Clen.

Benefits:

• Exceptional fat loss
• Potential muscle gains from Anavar
• Lots of energy
• Increased motivation
• Joint support
• Muscle preservation
• More strength

Dosing:

The dosing of Clen always needs to be tapered up to avoid results plateauing as your body adjusts.

• Weeks 1-4: Clenbuterol starting at 20mcg and increased by 10mcg every three days
• Weeks 1-6: Anavar 5-30mg/day (adjust dosage according to female/male user)

Possible Side Effects

• Testosterone suppression (men only)
• Stimulant effects: Racing heart, tremors, sleep difficulty
• Increased cholesterol

Results

Remarkable fat loss will be seen on this stack, and it will come on quickly. Expect an increase in energy and endurance, but the side effects of Clen can hurt your exercise ability (lowering the dose is ideal if you’re sensitive to stimulants). Anavar will provide the capacity to build muscle and maintain strength while dieting.

PCT

Women require no PCT. Men are less likely to run this cycle but will need a testosterone base (e.g., 200mg/week) and can follow with a standard Nolvadex or Clomid PCT protocol for four to six weeks.

Anavar PCT

Even though Anavar is often only used for 4 to 8-week cycles, this is more than enough time for your testosterone to become suppressed. Men always need a testosterone base with Anavar – a common beginner mistake is to assume an oral like Anavar doesn’t need a test base: Wrong! But that won’t cover you for PCT:

• Men will always need PCT after using Anavar, starting the day after your last dose.
• Enclomiphene is now my preferred PCT drug, but some will want to combine it with Tamoxifen for 4 to 6 weeks.

Anavar is hugely popular with female users, but women do not require the type of post-cycle therapy that men do after an Anavar cycle. Most females will stop using Anavar after tapering the dosage down towards the end of the cycle, and that will be it – while others will find that rebalancing the hormones is something they’d like to do by using natural supplements like Magnesium.

Anavar Side Effects

Although Anavar is a very well-tolerated AAS – including by female users – it still comes with the risks of side effects, which will affect you differently from the next person as part of your response.

And just like the positive results, the quality of your Anavar can play a BIG part in the types and severity of side effects. This is another reason we should avoid poor-quality Oxandrolone on the black market by only buying from reliable suppliers.

Short-Term Side Effects

With a short half-life of under 10 hours, Anavar is a steroid that doesn’t stay in the body long after you’ve taken your last dose. This means if you experience some nasty immediate side effects during your cycle, you can stop using Anavar completely, and it will exit the body (and those side effects should clear) or reduce your dosage.

Short-term side effects of Anavar fall into a few main categories:

Androgenic

The anabolic and androgenic ratings of all steroids are compared against the standard rating of testosterone, which has an even 100 for both. In comparison, Anavar comes with a far higher anabolic rating but a much lower androgenic rating of just 24 – which means its androgenic activity is significantly milder than testosterone.

But being based on a very powerful androgen in DHT, Anavar can come with the risk of androgenic side effects if you are someone who is already genetically predisposed to them. This means that if you have some male pattern baldness later in life, Anavar could bring this on earlier.

Guys who don’t have the baldness gene will not have to worry about this side effect. Exactly how much hair you could lose will depend on your genetics. If you know that your father or grandfather has male pattern baldness, sorry to say that there’s a good chance this androgenic effect will impact you while using Anavar³¹. There’s just no getting around your DNA!

Optionally, you can use DHT-blocking prescription medications to help prevent hair loss during Anavar use, although these can come with their side effects, such as loss of muscle, so speak to your doctor.

Development of acne and oily skin are the other androgenic side effects to watch out for. Again, these will develop quickly and severely in some people, while others won’t have acne. This is also thought to be genetics, so if you’ve been acne-prone in the past, there’s a high chance you’ll develop this side effect when using Anavar. Unlike baldness, which is usually permanent unless treated, acne should be reduced and clear once you stop using Anavar.

Estrogenic

Side effects caused by rising estrogen levels come about when a steroid causes the conversion of testosterone into estrogen (also called aromatization). One of the most appealing things about Anavar is that it does NOT aromatize and, therefore, does not cause estrogenic side effects.

These can be some of the most debilitating and physique-ruining side effects of steroid use and include bloating or water retention and gynecomastia. You can expect nice dry gains without estrogenic side effects unless you include other aromatizing steroids in your Anavar stack.

Testosterone Suppression

Anavar is far from the most suppressive steroid we can use, but it will still have some impact on your regular testosterone production³².

While you’re using the steroid, you won’t have symptoms of low testosterone. Still, as soon as you stop taking Anavar, and where no other form of external testosterone is being taken, you can experience a sudden drop in T levels – particularly as Anavar leaves the body quickly.

Symptoms can be widespread and serious and can include fatigue, depression, low libido, loss of muscle, and fat gain, to name just a few.

The higher your dose of Anavar, the more severe your testosterone suppression is likely to be. It can take several months for your testosterone to recover its normal function after finishing an Anavar cycle. Waiting for this to naturally happen is not an option because low testosterone is seriously debilitating.

Having a PCT plan ready to go for the end of your Anavar cycle is a simple way of avoiding low testosterone.

Long-Term Side Effects

Too many of us make the mistake of thinking very short term when using steroids: “What will the androgenic and estrogenic side effects be?“.

Understandably, you’re focused on those side effects because they can heavily impact your Anavar results (granted, some androgenic effects like hair loss will indeed be a long-term issue). But what’s even more important are the potential long-term side effects we might have to deal with as steroid users. What risk does Anavar pose for your long-term health?

With any steroid, there are several main areas of concern for longer-term side effect risks. Much of this will depend on factors that you can and can’t control, including:

• Your Anavar dosage
• Cycle length
• How frequently do you do steroid cycles
• Your genetics and age
• Any existing health issues

What should you be most concerned about regarding long-term side effects or health risks from using Anavar?

• Cholesterol: At medical doses, Anavar isn’t thought to pose any notable risk to cholesterol levels. Some people can see negative cholesterol changes³³ at the doses we will use Anavar for bodybuilding. If you have existing cholesterol issues, you should monitor your levels throughout all steroid cycles, even when using a compound as mild as Anavar.
• Kidney damage: Anavar is metabolized more through the kidneys than the liver, which is unusual for an oral steroid. This does cause the potential for stress and kidney damage³⁴ – and is one of the critical reasons why we limit the dosage of Anavar. Kidney damage is serious stuff, and you don’t want to risk it. Unless you already have kidney-related health problems (in which case you should not use Anavar at all), and provided you keep your dosage at a recommended level – ensure your cycles never exceed eight weeks and ideally have several months off cycle.
• Liver damage: All oral steroids, in particular, pose a risk of stressing the liver because this vital organ metabolizes them³⁵. Anavar is considered a lower risk to liver health than other oral steroids, but it is not without risks – especially if you have any existing liver health problems.

Anavar, unlike the other oral steroids, actually places greater stress on the kidneys than on the liver. While you can expect an increase in liver enzymes while using Anavar, for most people, this will be quite mild and should go back to normal once you stop using the steroid.

This assumes you are not using excessive doses of Anavar and not using it continually over a long period. In those cases, you can expect much higher stress on the liver, possibly causing permanent damage. Liver support supplements can help provide some protection to your liver when using Anavar or other steroids.

Most of these possible risks exist when you are taking very high doses of Anavar (well beyond what is recommended even for advanced bodybuilders) when you are running Anavar for much longer than the recommended eight weeks, and when you aren’t giving your body enough time to recover in between cycles.

All of these things are easily avoided with common sense and good cycle planning, and by doing so, you will greatly decrease your risks (although not eliminate them) of suffering any of the above serious health problems. These long-term side effects are much more likely to come about from any other more powerful steroids you might be stacking Anavar with rather than from Anavar itself.

Hepatotoxicity

One of the greater risks of oral steroids is how they can stress the liver, potentially causing liver damage or toxic hepatitis³⁶. Anavar has a modification to its chemical structure, known as 17-a-alkylation modification, which allows us to use this steroid orally. But compared to injectable steroids, oral steroids will take longer to clear from the liver, and that’s where the possible risk lies for liver stress or liver damage.

Once again, Anavar is considered relatively mild on the liver compared with other oral steroids as it passes through the liver faster. However, don’t discount the risk – your response and sensitivity levels can vastly differ from the next user for some individuals. It’s worth considering using a liver support product during your cycle.

HPTA & Testosterone Suppression

Anavar will suppress your testosterone at pretty much any dosage, and the higher the dose, the more suppression you can expect. The Hypothalamic Pituitary Testicular Axis (HPTA) can potentially become damaged with excessive steroid use, possibly causing permanent damage to your testosterone production in extreme cases.

You can avoid this by being sensible with dosage, and you must implement an effective post-cycle therapy plan ready to go at the end of your Anavar cycle to combat the inevitable low testosterone state that your body will be in by that stage.

Cardiovascular & Lipid Impact

Negative changes to cholesterol levels, as can be caused by Anavar, can heighten your risk of heart-related disease and even stroke. So, what can Anavar do to your cholesterol? In some people, LDL levels may be increased (this is the “bad” type of cholesterol), while the “good” cholesterol of HDL is decreased.

When LDL cholesterol increases too much, it can put you at risk of blocked arteries and raise your risk of heart disease. Eating a cholesterol-friendly diet is critical to minimize all risks, and since Anavar is mainly used for cutting, your diet is not likely to be a concern. Including plenty of healthy fats in the diet will add to risk reduction.

Women-Specific Risks

There are not many steroids that females can use without experiencing severe side effects that mostly involve the development of various masculine physical traits. This results from providing the body with considerably higher amounts of male androgen hormones like testosterone and DHT than would otherwise be produced.

Females naturally produce small amounts of testosterone, but when using steroids, this powerful androgen can quickly bring about a whole host of undesirable side effects for females.

So, while most steroids are almost completely off-limits for women to use unless they don’t mind these side effects, Anavar is one of the very few that are considered “female friendly.” Depending on who you ask, Anavar is THE most female-friendly steroid available today.

Nevertheless, at high doses, Anavar still poses a risk for women, but at low doses, females are known to use this steroid with minimal or even no side effects at all.

Potential side effects can include deepening of the voice, body hair growth, clitoral enlargements, and menstrual irregularities. Females can, of course, also see adverse effects in the areas of liver, kidney, and cholesterol.

There’s much more to know about the side effects of Anavar and all anabolic steroids, so visit my main side effects guide here.

Safety Overview

All anabolic steroids come with a lot of risks to your health. Because we’re using steroids for performance enhancement and bodybuilding, the compounds are being taken at doses much higher than if they were used for medical purposes. The higher your dosage, the greater your risk of adverse health effects.

From a medical perspective, health experts will always state that misusing any anabolic steroids comes with the risk of serious health concerns, such as:

• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Liver disease
• Mood and anger problems
• HPTA and testosterone production damage

Using Anavar at low to moderate doses is about as safe as it can get for anabolic steroid use. As with many other compounds, it is unknown for its severe side effects. But abuse Anavar beyond the recommended usage patterns, and you do set yourself up for an unsafe steroid experience that can and will damage your health.

Anavar Supplement

So, we know that Anavar is insanely effective at delivering outstanding results, but at the end of the day, steroids aren’t for everyone. Sure, we all want the results, but a lot of guys still won’t take the plunge into actually using a steroid like Anavar.

There are a great number of risks to long-term health, some of which we might not notice until much later in life. I’m not willing to take that risk anymore, and that’s how I came across what I believe is the number one legal substitute for Anavar – Anvarol.

Anvarol is my favorite cutting supplement. Ideal for cutting cycles, you’ll burn more fat while retaining lean muscle mass, giving your body a super lean and cut look. You CAN’T GO WRONG with Anvarol!! This is an affordable steroid alternative that will help get you lean!!

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Specific pros of Anvarol include:

• Noticeable mild diuretic effect similar to Winstrol
• Noticeable definition
• It doesn’t bother the stomach or liver or affect appetite
• It works pretty fast without any bloating and doesn’t bother your sleep
• Increased sense of well-being, energy, and increased recovery
• It costs significantly less per cycle than Anavar does

Does Anvarol have any cons? It depends on your expectations, but some potential downsides to consider include:

• It won’t give you as fast or extreme results as Anavar, but this is a fact of biology and how each substance works in the body. Anavar acts similarly to testosterone and DHT, so it directly and immediately affects hormones in the body.
• It’s best to use Anvarol for an 8- or 12-week cycle, while an Anavar cycle is usually shorter, no longer than eight weeks maximum for males and just six weeks for females.

Anvarol is like someone kicking on the afterburners in your body. When you begin supplementing with it, your metabolic rate takes off!! It feels like working out and doing cardio is brand new again, and the results begin taking off like you had just started the routine all over again!! Anvarol would be excellent for a guy looking to become healthier and add quality muscle mass to his frame!!

I used three pills per day for the first 2-3 weeks as directed on the label, but then I kicked it to 4 pills/day and ran the bottle out. When I use it again, I’m just going to start at 4/day. 2 bottles of Anvarol is all you’d need, but if you are going to use four pills/day for the entire eight weeks, then I think you’d need 3 of those in that case.

I kept a pretty good diet along with them since, after all, that is 90% of the process. But after using Anvarol alongside my diet, I can say it works!! The energy boost and strength retention combined with the cutting and water-shedding properties of Anvarol made for a great combination.

If you had to ask me today what the best legal alternative to taking steroids is, Anvarol is my answer. Take it from someone who HAS USED STEROIDS before and can compare results!! This supplement is much easier for your wallet, body, and recovery than most other products. If you decide to use Anvarol, I recommend buying it here.

Anavar Results

You won’t find a template describing the results you might get with Anavar. So many factors influence your results when using this (or any other) steroid.

Hopefully, no one out there thinks you can take a steroid and then sit back with your feet up, eating chocolate cake all day, expecting to transform into Vin Diesel magically. As long as you’re willing to work for it, Anavar can and does deliver satisfying results in most cases.

Anavar Results (Men)

Men on a cutting cycle with Anavar can expect a superb fat loss, and it will be quite fast because Anavar is a quick-acting steroid that you’ll only use for eight weeks max. Your physique will be more defined, with Anavar pushing water out.

The combination of fat loss and lack of subcutaneous water will give you that lean look. Holding on to it after the cycle presents a greater challenge than achieving your shredded physique during the cycle, and this is something you should plan for.

Anavar Results (Women)

In all but the most extreme circumstances, women wanting to achieve maximum leanness will focus on getting to 10%-15% body fat. But Anavar isn’t just great for fat loss for women, but even more so for sustainable and aesthetically pleasing lean gains with no or minimal side effects.

Fat loss is still likely to occur for women (unless your diet is very calorie-heavy). The fat loss combined with lean gains can result in an overall gain in body weight, but importantly, it shouldn’t be water weight, and the gains should be all muscle. Enhanced muscular definition is possible after a single Anavar cycle for women, even at lower doses of 10mg.

Strength Gains

It’s fun to check out before and after photos of people who’ve used Anavar, but this tells us nothing about any gains in strength they’ve experienced on the cycle.

Anavar is well known for its ability to boost strength. This steroid causes an increase in red blood cell production, which gets more oxygen to the muscles.

This gives you a noticeable increase in strength, as well as increased endurance and stamina. Anavar likely also increases ATP, directly contributing to more strength and endurance³⁷.

The result of this? The ability to lift heavier weights and work out at higher intensity. How much you can lift depends on each individual, but as a percentage, you can expect to be lifting 20% heavier or even more. That doesn’t mean pushing it until you’re injured – common sense rules should still apply, and extra attention should be paid to rest between sets.

Muscle Growth

Anavar is not a bulking steroid when it comes to male use. It has a high anabolic rating, but this doesn’t translate into powerful anabolic effects that can rival those of true bulking steroids (which are almost always injectables).

Anavar would need to be used at much higher doses than is recommended to contribute to a large amount of muscle growth in men, which is unsafe because it’s an oral steroid (it’s also much more expensive than many better bulking steroids).

Anavar can contribute somewhat to some lean gains, but for male users, it’s very unlikely to be a reason for using this steroid. Instead, the anabolic properties of Anavar are most valuable for men when it comes to MAINTAINING muscle when losing fat.

If you’re a male who wants to put on extra lean mass while using Anavar, the best and only way is to include another steroid in the cycle – even if it’s just testosterone at a higher dose (keeping in mind water retention will rear its head). Anavar will make men’s muscles much more noticeable, as subcutaneous fluid is pushed out and fat is burned.

Females can see a more noticeable gain in muscle when using Anavar. They won’t be turning into the Hulk (nor would most women wish to), but the increased definition is a certainty, and with muscle replacing fat weight, any body weight put on will be lean muscle.

Fat Loss

Anavar actively works to help the body burn more fat and burn it faster – all while protecting lean muscle from being burned up as energy. Exactly how much fat can you lose on Anavar? There are countless factors to consider along with the abilities of Anavar itself:

• What is your current weight?
• Your metabolism and genetics
• Your diet during the cycle (what you don’t eat will be just as important as what you do eat)
• The type, intensity, and frequency of your workouts
• Your Anavar dosage and whether or not you’re stacking it with other steroids

As you can see, estimating a simple loss of fat in pounds is virtually impossible. If you’re already very lean and are just trying to shred those last few stubborn pounds, you will be losing less than someone doing their first cutting cycle.

If your body fat is very high (or you’re a higher-weight person), it’s ideal to try and lose as much weight as possible before using a steroid – remember that Anavar isn’t a weight loss miracle drug. Ideally, you will want to already be around 15% body fat before using Anavar.

When you’re trying to get down to under 10% body fat without a compound like Anavar, you will feel like you’re hitting a dead end. It just gets harder and harder to cut down each percentage point at that stage without a boost, and that’s what Anavar is for.

Your goal might be to lose a certain percentage of body fat. It is possible to lose 5% of body fat when doing a simple Anavar and testosterone cycle. If you’re already at 10% body fat or less, 5% would be a very extreme result. You might consider a 3-4% body fat loss goal in that case. At a bare minimum, the male body needs a body fat percentage of 2% for organs to function properly.

Most male competitors will have between 3% and 5% body fat during competitions. Remember that these are the most extreme users, and they are likely to use other compounds alongside or instead of Anavar. Can Anavar get you these results? With hard work, it’s possible.

Maintaining this low body fat percentage can take just as much dedication, but if you want to compete, you will look at short-term fat loss before competitions. On the other hand, females require much more body fat to stay within the medically safe range: At least 10% body fat for women. The most extreme female physique and bodybuilding competitors have been known to drop to 8% body fat, but this is considered dangerous territory by medical experts.

Anavar is particularly good at getting rid of fat in more stubborn areas, and for women, this is normally around the thighs and buttocks. Although overall body weight may not drop or change much, this is due to muscle gain – fat is still being lost. On a proper diet, women can expect to lose 5-10lbs of fat on an Anavar cycle unless they are lean.

User Reviews

Finding legitimate Anavar results online is often a case of trawling various bodybuilding and fitness forums where real people post about their experiences and results with this steroid and delving into social media like specialized Facebook and Reddit groups.

Because Anavar is such a long-used and respected steroid, there is no shortage of people talking about it, whether that’s asking questions as a first-time user or sharing real-world reviews of exactly how Anavar has (or hasn’t) worked for them. This allows us to gain insight into how different people experience Anavar.

As expected, most reviews and experiences from real people using Anavar are positive. People report excellent results for weight loss, cutting, and preserving muscle tissue, which is where Anavar excels.

Any negative reviews people might share about Anavar can often be related to extreme beginners who either expect far too much from a very low dose of Anavar or those who have consumed too high of a dosage and are experiencing the associated negative effects, particularly low testosterone production where an exogenous source of testosterone isn’t added to the cycle to offset this problem.

Positive reviews

Positive Anavar reviews are heavily focused on all the best benefits that Anavar offers: Excellent fat loss, maintaining lean muscle while cutting, enhanced muscle definition, and boosted strength and endurance. And, of course, no side effects:

• Longer cycles between 8 and 12 weeks will have less impact on the liver compared to other oral steroids
• Unlikely to reduce your appetite
• There is no estrogen conversion, so you won’t need anti-estrogen drugs if you’re running Anavar solo.
• Excellent for muscle retention during a cutting phase where you’re on a calorie-deficient diet
• Stacks well with many injectable steroids
• No needles are required – just a simple pill to swallow
• Boosts endurance to supercharge your workouts
• Decreases recovery time
• It increases the base metabolic rate to help burn fat faster and enhance muscle hardness.

Positive reviewers will state that Anavar is the most well-tolerated steroid they’ve used. Still, it’s important to check out what dosage they’ve used so you can determine how the dose might influence your results and (lack of) side effects.

Negative reviews

All steroids come with some negatives, but Anavar is at the lower end of the scale when it comes to side effects and risks. Most of these will only be of concern if you’re using doses that are too high or using the drug for longer than recommended periods.

People who can’t wait to share their negative experiences with Anavar will almost always focus on side effects rather than a lack of results. This is understandable; after all, Anavar CAN indeed cause side effects in some people, and it’s never pleasant. Some users will be prone to acne and hair loss, and this makes using Anavar uncomfortable:

• Abdominal discomfort or nausea
• Acne or oily skin
• Possible mild loss of hair in men if you are genetically predisposed
• Headaches
• Altered liver enzymes (but not as severe as other oral steroids)
• Legal issues

Some of these users will stop using the steroid for these reasons. Others find that testosterone suppression is a lot higher than expected. Unexpected water retention is another occasional negative comment users make about Anavar – but these people are almost certainly victims of purchasing counterfeit Anavar.

Where to Buy Anavar?

Anavar must be sourced carefully to ensure you get what you want – correctly dosed and high-purity Oxandrolone (preferably pharmaceutical-grade). Availability and ease of access, legal situations, and pricing of Oxandrolone will differ across different parts of the world.

Availability of Anavar

You want the absolute best quality Anavar you can find, right? We all do. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of bunk Anavar being sold out there. Some suppliers around will sell steroids labeled as Oxandrolone, which contain a completely different (and cheaper) AAS like Dianabol.

Now you can imagine the effects you’d get if your Anavar were replaced with Dianabol – and it’s even worse for females because anything other than Anavar is not going to be as tolerable.

So, while Anavar is generally easy to find for purchase, although somewhat expensive compared to other steroids, this is one AAS that we do need to be extra careful when buying, thanks to the under-dosed and fake products circulating.

Pharmaceutical grade Anavar for Sale

The best source of Anavar is pharmaceutical grade, but it is difficult to get your hands on these days. The name Anavar is no longer used at all for pharmaceutical-grade Oxandrolone. Instead, it comes under several other names in various countries.

In the US, the brand name is Oxandrin. Very little Oxandrolone is produced for human medical use nowadays, so there’s hardly any supply of pharma-grade products. That means it won’t be cheap if you can find some (and be sure it’s legitimate and genuine).

Most people would find that the cost of pharmaceutical-grade Anavar would just not be worth it, as it is considerably more expensive than most other, more widely available steroids.

Underground lab (UGL) Anavar for Sale

The only path for most of us looking to buy Anavar is from an underground lab. The problem here is that you never know exactly what you’re getting, and with the cost of Anavar being so high, it’s not at all uncommon for products sold as Anavar from these labs to have a mixture of ingredients in them. Sometimes, they even include cheaper compounds, like Winstrol or Dianabol, or even ingredients that aren’t even steroids.

This can present safety issues, so you should only consider a supplier with a solid reputation for delivering a quality product. If it weren’t for the production in the underground labs of Anavar, it would be nowhere near the popular steroid it is today (and has been for many decades), as there are not enough genuine pharmaceutical-grade products in production.

Some of these labs even produce Anavar in a liquid form. In any case, buying Oxandrolone from an underground lab is still expensive, so if you spend that money, you must ask to locate the best possible source.

Is Anavar Legal?

Even though Anavar is what we consider to be a milder steroid compared to most others, it’s still an anabolic steroid. Anavar is a prohibited substance in any country that has made the use, possession, manufacture, and sale of anabolic steroids illegal – including the United States, Australia, and many European countries.

Other countries are considerably less strict regarding possessing Anavar for your personal use. The UK, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway are just a few countries with more relaxed anabolic steroid laws.

Note that this doesn’t necessarily mean it’s legal to import or sell AAS in such countries – laws differ. While personal possession might not cause you legal issues, you could find yourself in trouble if you’re caught trying to sell Anavar to someone.

The moral of the story?

Be aware of the laws in the country you’re living in or staying in when buying and using Anavar.

Typical Pricing

Anavar is one of the more expensive AAS. An Anavar cycle will usually cost significantly more than other oral steroids (like Dianabol, for example). And the most popular injectable steroids will always be cheaper – often much cheaper than Anavar.

This is one reason why men, in particular, will choose not to use Anavar – the high cost combined with the reputation it has of being “too mild” can certainly put you off. Still, we should remember that even a 4-week cycle of Anavar can produce results, which will keep costs down somewhat.

10mg tablets are the most common. Expect to pay up to $150 per 60 tablets of pharma-grade Anavar. UGL sources can cost more or less than this – prices vary considerably across suppliers, and so does the quality. I’ve seen UGL 10mg for 60 tablets near $200 or as low as $60.

Anavar FAQs

How long does it take for Anavar to work?

Being an oral steroid, Anavar starts taking action quickly in the body, but it also leaves the body quickly, and that’s why you need to take Oxandrolone at least once a day. The results we see with Anavar aren’t comparable to steroids that help you build mass quickly, where it can be noticeable in a short period.

Anavar’s effects of helping you sculpt a lean, hard physique can be more subtle. In an 8-week cycle, you can expect to see noticeable positive changes within the first one to two weeks, and of course, the better your workout and diet program, the better and faster results you will see.

Does Oxandrolone increase strength?

Anavar can boost your strength thanks to its high anabolic rating. One of its original medical uses was to increase muscle strength in patients with muscular wasting conditions, so higher bodybuilding doses will likely give you a fairly significant strength improvement.

Anavar is not widely known as a strength-enhancing steroid, but it excels in this regard, and one reason is that the ATP uptake in muscle cells is increased. You’re likely to see a great improvement in the amount of weight you can lift when using Anavar.

How long should I cycle Anavar?

A standard Anavar cycle will run for 6-8 weeks only. Depending on your goals, you might add another compound to extend the cycle for several weeks after stopping Anavar.

It’s strongly recommended that Anavar not be used for longer than eight weeks due to its potential to cause stress to the liver as an oral steroid. Even though it’s not as potent in this area as other orals, you will still want to exercise caution when using Anavar when it comes to liver health, and the main way to do that is by limiting your Anavar cycle length to 8 weeks or less.

What does Anavar do to your body?

Anavar is about three times more powerful than testosterone when it comes to anabolic effects, so it’s possible to see significant gains in strength, as well as some lean muscle gains. Anavar will help you lose fat without gaining water because it does not convert to estrogen. It has powerful anabolic effects on the body, but it has much reduced androgenic effects when compared to testosterone.

Does Anavar convert to DHT?

Anavar itself is derived from DHT (dihydrotestosterone), with some slight alterations to the structure of the hormone. This means Anavar can not convert to DHT because it is already DHT. Because it is a DHT steroid, it can bring about head hair loss in male users who are already genetically predisposed to male pattern baldness.

What is the half-life of Anavar?

Anavar’s half-life is around 9 to 10 hours. This makes it a fast-acting steroid, which is to be expected for an oral steroid. It also means you’ll likely want to split your daily dosage into two administrations to maintain optimal blood levels. However, it is possible to maintain a once-daily dosage schedule with no negative issues.

How much Anavar should I take a day?

Your Anavar dosage will depend on many things, mostly your personal goals and what other steroids you plan to stack it with. Beginners start with up to 50mg daily, and the most experienced users can often take up to 100mg daily – but such a high dose is not recommended for the novice.

Does Anavar cause kidney problems?

Using any anabolic steroids can put the kidneys at risk of damage. Your kidneys can become stressed when using Anavar. If you have no existing kidney problems, using low doses and short cycles of Anavar is unlikely to cause kidney damage. Still, if you use excessive doses and long cycles, you will be putting your kidneys – and other organs – at great risk of harm.

Does Anavar give you anxiety?

Some users have reported experiencing anxiety-type symptoms when using Anavar. This is likely to be an individual response to the steroid and not something that impacts everyone.

Any steroids can cause a change in moods; after all, you’re putting hormones into your body, so it’s more than possible that fluctuations occur, which can cause symptoms like anxiety – especially if you’re someone who is already too anxious and has other mood disorders.

What happens when you stop taking Anavar?

There are two main things to watch out for when you stop taking Anavar: One is withdrawal symptoms, although these are not known to be common with performance use where cycles are short. The second is much more likely: A suppression of your natural testosterone.

Anavar is not the most suppressive steroid, but your natural testosterone production is likely to have taken a hit. This can cause symptoms of low testosterone when your cycle ends, including loss of muscle and fat gain. You can avoid this by doing PCT after your Anavar cycle.

How do you eat on Anavar?

You’re most likely using Anavar for cutting, so your diet will contain fewer calories than you’d normally eat because you want to burn fat. This will greatly depend on your goals and body type and how extreme you want your cutting cycle to be. But it’s a good start to measure your BMR using an online calculator.

This will provide you with a recommended daily caloric intake; when using Anavar for cutting, reduce your intake by about 500 calories under the recommended amount. This should contain high-quality protein and carbs (not refined or white carbohydrates).

What is the best Anavar stack for cutting?

Anavar stacks best with dieting. You can run it solo at 60mg/day for eight weeks. I’ll probably add 200mg/week of test enanthate to the cycle. Wait 14 days post cycle to begin recovery and use 50mg/day Clomid for 20 days and 0.5mg/day Arimidex alongside it.

Do you need PCT for Anavar?

Yes, all steroid cycles should be followed up with post-cycle therapy to both retain your gains and restore your normal hormone function. The PCT you undertake after using Anavar and the timing of it will also be determined by any other steroids you’re using. A basic PCT cycle should consist of SERMs such as Nolvadex and Clomid, which can be even more efficient when combined with HCG.

Is Anavar illegal?

Laws and regulations will vary across the world when it comes to buying and using anabolic steroids like Anavar. But in most countries, it can only be purchased on the black market, and Anavar is generally priced higher than a lot of other steroids. In the United States, it is illegal to purchase or use Anavar without a prescription from a doctor.

Is Anavar hard on the liver?

Anavar is a liver-toxic C17-aa oral anabolic steroid that causes stress to the liver³⁸. These changes in the liver do go back to normal once you stop using the steroid but using it for too long or at very high doses can cause liver damage. To avoid permanent damage to the liver, it is recommended to use Anavar for no longer than eight weeks at a time.

Does Anavar make you bald?

Anavar can produce some mild androgenic effects in men, and hair loss can be one of these issues for males who have a genetic predisposition to baldness. This is not a common side effect, however, and it’s the androgenic effects on women that are more of a concern that results in the growth of body hair; however, these can be largely controlled by maintaining a low dosage and short cycle.

Does Anavar shut your testosterone down?

When Anavar is used at dosages that meet the needs of bodybuilders, it does result in suppression of the HPTA (Hypothalamic Pituitary Testicular Axis), bringing about testosterone production suppression. The level of this is considered quite high and, as expected, rises the higher your dosage of the steroid is. For this reason, stacking a testosterone steroid with Anavar is always ideal, and post-cycle therapy is critical to restore normal hormone function.

Does Anavar build muscle mass?

Anavar is not known as a powerful mass-building steroid, and even at high doses (which is not recommended), it will do little to stimulate large growth in muscle mass when compared with other anabolic steroids. For this reason, Anavar is almost always used as a cutting steroid, which is the purpose it excels at.

Is Anavar safe for women?

Some women can use Anavar without any side effects. The higher the dosage goes, though, the more chance of women experiencing adverse effects from Anavar’s androgenic activity. These androgenic effects are known as virilization, or the attainment of masculine features, and can include a noticeable deepening of the voice and growth of body and facial hair.

If the steroid is stopped soon enough, these effects should reverse and go away. But if Anavar continues to be used, it can be harder to reverse or treat virilization effects the more they’re allowed to develop.

Is 25mg of Anavar a day too much for a woman?

Women shouldn’t use 25mg daily of Anavar. This is considered to be a very high dose for females, and it is most likely to result in virilization symptoms. 20mg daily is considered to be the maximum that women should take, but even this is a high dose.

Most female Anavar users will not require or wish to take dosages at such a high range, instead sticking to a range of 5mg to 15mg daily. This will be enough for most women to deliver exceptional fat-burning and body composition improvements.

Is Anavar or Winstrol better for women?

Anavar is by far the most well-tolerated steroid for females, unlike Winstrol. Oral Winstrol is still considered a relatively mild steroid compared to most others. Still, most women will find that Anavar is more well-tolerated when it comes to controlling the side effects. For women who wish to use Winstrol, the oral form only is recommended, and doses must be kept very low to avoid virilization.

Can females stack Anavar?

Most women will use Anavar on its own in a cycle, but it is also sometimes stacked with a fat-burning compound called Clenbuterol (not an anabolic steroid). Clen has powerful fat-burning properties and adds an extra kick to a cutting or contest prep cycle for women without the concern of the side effects that a woman would experience with other steroids.

Another compound that women will stack Anavar with is Primobolan. It is also a non-aromatizing oral steroid that can promote fat loss and lean muscle gains.

Is Anavar the best steroid for women?

Anavar is well known as the only anabolic steroid women can use with little to no risk of side effects – as long as doses don’t exceed 20mg per day. No other steroid is tolerated more by females than Anavar. However, some other compounds are also used by females, including Winstrol and Primobolan, as well as the fat-burning compound Clenbuterol.

The best steroid for women is an individual choice. However, most women are likely to find that Anavar is the one that gives them the best balance of minimal side effects and exceptional results.

Final Thoughts

Oxandrolone is an excellent addition to a cutting and conditioning stack and is generally a go-to steroid for these purposes. Why? Because it’s well known that Anavar hardens the muscles while also helping retain muscle mass while you’re getting rid of fat.

Other benefits of Anavar include enhancing stamina and energy because it boosts red blood cells. The joint benefits of Anavar make it stand out above other cutting steroids and is one of my favorite things about Anavar. Despite its reputation as a highly effective steroid, it’s still a relatively mild oral compared with other compounds.

Anavar can be considered the best oral steroid for both high-quality muscle gains AND muscle retention while dieting. Many guys reach straight for Dbol because it’s cheap and quickly delivers significant gains. But Anavar is widely accepted as a much better, more effective, and less harsh steroid than Dbol, and the good news is that the cost of it has come down in recent times, so pricing isn’t such a big deal when you’re deciding between Anavar and Dbol.

Compared to Dbol, Anavar gives you steadier gains that won’t disappear like they often do with Dbol. Sure, your strength gains will be a little slower with Anavar, but you’re unlikely to have the severe impact on appetite that most guys get with Dbol. In short, Dbol is like a big shock to the system, while Anavar is the slow and steady compound that rewards those more patiently.

When it comes to orals, we worry a lot about liver toxicity. Dbol can only be run for short cycles if you don’t want to stuff up your liver massively. Anavar will still affect liver enzymes, but not to the level that Dbol and other harsh orals do. You can run Anavar for up to 12 weeks without concern for the liver. Anavar is also a compound that can be used by females at lower doses with a much lower chance of virilization effects compared with other steroids.

No steroid maintains its popularity year after year unless it offers profound benefits, and Anavar’s popularity remains strong despite its limitations. It all comes down to knowing HOW and WHEN to use it. This isn’t an AAS where you must go out of control with dosing. Keep it moderate and keep your expectations in check, and you’ll find it hard to be disappointed. And it goes without saying: There’s no better AAS for females than Anavar.

I can’t mention enough times that the better the quality or purity of your Anavar is, the less of it you’ll need to take to get the desired effects and results. And that in itself can make or break your experience with Anavar.

— Furious Joe