To increase strength/ improve workouts; to perform in the few sports I do time to time, maximize what athletic shelf life I have left before im completely an old man. I primarily lift, run some, mix some Muay thai. In all train avg 5 days/week. Its really only what I look forward to in a day. Pushing the weights, adding more, feeling the pain and pump is an addiction. I dont care about libido or impressing anyone. Im older and I was stuck. Not gaining. Longer and longer recovery. I know how to eat and train- done it all my life. But im not tolerant for sides. I cant get sick for the work I do. You could make the case not to use AAS and you'd likely be right, or that Test would push me even better. Honestly I feel 10 years younger with the var and increased 15-20% most my sets and Im happy with that. I realize there will be some loss and aging relapse off cycle but I kept gains from stuff when younger being very committed.

Well you couldn't be anymore wrong. Regardless of goals, if you are going to do this right then using an oral only (even one as mild as var) is not the way to go. The whole thing about sweating and acne, irritability etc, is a BS excuse bro. Sorry but if you are using an aromatize inhibitor the way you're supposed to with a test cycle then you WON'T have these problems at all. In fact, when administered in the correct intervals depending on ester, and using an AI at the appropriate dose, side effects will be non existent. I know all about cycling incorrectly. NOBODY was as misguided as I was. I was a kid following instruction. I had no idea what I was doing and neither did the person coaching me. But my goals were not to be Ronnie Coleman. They were to be more aggressive in my training while maintaining weight and getting stronger. Guess what I did? I shut down my natty production pretty damn hard. Lucky for me I was able to bounce back. I was young. But the entire point of this is Viking is 100% correct. Regardless of your goals, using an oral only is going to accomplish nothing. You may get some positive side effects. But I'd like to talk to you about 2 weeks after the cycle and see how you're doing. In fact, your negative sides will be increased as well. You're talking about acne and irritability. Blood pressure and sweating. You think that testosterone is the only thing that will cause this? You're way off base here and it sounds like you don't want to pin. If you were really concerned with your lipid profile then you would use testosterone with an aromatize inhibitor. You can't tell me that it is unhealthy to do so. There is a growing industry centered around the use of testosterone to bring men and women back to healthy lifestyles. They're called anti aging clinics. My wife works for an ob/gyn. They are even giving women testosterone/estrogen pellet implants for menopausal symptoms. Brining their bloods back to healthy levels. Making them feel young again. Healthy again. Motivated. Etc. This seems to be what you're going for. But you choose anavar only? That is not wise and unfortunately you're going to learn the hard way. That "mild oral" is not for grown men who are trying to live a healthier lifestyle. It's for boys who aren't reachin puberty on time and a temporary solution to kick start it for them. The only anabolic drug given for what you are looking for is Testosterone (hgh aside). This is just my $0.02.

You've shut down your natural test by running anavar only, for potentially not a lot of progress. Without a test base your libido may get hit, and your much less likely to keep any significant percentage of your gains. You've also got a potentially messy recovery with your insufficient pct protocol you've detailed.

Viking isn't giving you a generalised one size fits all bro science line here. There's a lot of experienced guys that have run stupid cycles in the past, (including me!), that you guys can hopefully avoid the same mistakes. There's youngsters on this forum we don't want picking up on bad use of AAS, which is what an oral only cycle is in our experience.

So you disagree that an exogenous test source is in order as a base to steroid cycles right!... you can answer yes/no its your choice i certainly aint going to engage into an argument with you here with something that is the rule in the world of AAS.

But i think a blanket one plan fits everyone statement is myopic in my opinion.

Well my man!.. its looking like you have never read much of my stuff on eroids, i am the man that preachs for custom cycles and PCT protocols, always shunning the "one size fits all syndrome"..... to conclude here, i dont think many eroiders will be coming to you for anavar cycle advice without a test base, that my man is a BIG NO! NO! around here.

But why use AAS if your goal is to just get into shape? I was in shape long before I ever considered using AAS