Im sorry id have to disagree with SD/Mdrol as being the holy grail of DS's
Phera (pplex) was the sh*T!!! Great for mass.
Mdrol only gave me 5 lbs and vascularity...With insane mood swings and a flaccid penis for my entire PCT.
Pplex hands down for mass and strength. Ive used M1T, anadrol, mdrol, hdrol, old school 4ad/1ad and pplex was awesome. Less sides than other orals and great for a bulk
My first phera bulk was 30mg for 24 days. Gained 10 pounds, gained 20 pounds on my bench, other lifts up around 10 pounds, legs were up around 15 pounds. Gains were low quality and bloaty (partially because I was bulking with high carbs)
My first SD bulk was 10/20/20/30. Gained 15 pounds, gained 55 pounds on my bench, up 10-20 pounds on other lifts, around 25 on legs. Didn't lean out but didn't get fatter, gains were better quality.
Each time I experienced no sides other than occasional backpumps. Each time I had trouble retaining the gains because they were so fast.
For me, SD blows Phera out of the water. I should have run the phera longer but anyway, the gains from Superdrol were much better considering the LBM gained, and the strength was incredible. Phera is good stuff though I love it but I was just sharing my experience.
Right now I am finishing the last couple weeks of a recomp by stacking Phera and SD together (i'm at 20SD and 30PP). And when used in combination the results are pretty cool, I think phera improves vascularity more than SD, but SD increases my strength faster. SD hits faster, Phera needs to be run longer.
5 pounds and vascularity doesn't even sound like Superdrol to me at all. I gained 5 pounds in like, the first four days (blew up with glycogen at first, muscled visibly swelled). I think you should try another clone. But hell it could just be how you respond to Superdrol. I know we're all different.
What do you think of running lower dose (10mg) twice a week for a longer period of time - like 12-16 weeks.
I think this shouldn't be done for reasons B5150 was mentioning in a similar thread about long oral cycles and it's cholesterol. Even at a low dose, it's possible for HDL and LDL to be negatively impacted a lot, over 10-12 weeks I think it could build up. I've never seen bloodwork for it yet so i honestly don't know, but 10-12 weeks with Superdrol, even pulsing, is something I wouldn't try.
I want to try pulsing Superdrol for 8 weeks and I won't go over 8. For me 8 weeks is the limit on orals in almost any way... Besides, say, a Bold base or 1,4ad, but still 8 weeks is usually plenty.