I didn't even cycle it, I took if for nearly a year off and on. I was young and foolish, but I went from being able to bench 225lbs 3-4 times to benching 315lbs 7-8 times for a few sets and could bench 405 a couple times at age 20. But to be honest I was on and off from the age of 16 until just after my 21st birthday. I never did any PCT even for test(I would never recommend that) but the guys I rolled with just cruised and really never went off, so monkey see monkey do sadly. Worst I remember from back then when I went off test having some libido issues for like a month when I went off test. At that point all I would run was low dose anavar (20-40mgs) with high doses or creatine(10g a day, so basically a constant "loading" dose) I figure I'm lucky I didn't have permanent damage and am not infertile or worse. As far as I remember I was around 180lbs before using gas, at my peak I was around 230lbs but not extremely lean. Sad to think about, I was getting oxavar at a price you wouldn't believe from someone who got prescribed it for years, he never used it and would basically give it away for other stuff. I went through a phase where I freaked out and never wanted to touch the stuff again and flushed more oxandrolone than most people have ever seen or taken. I would not still feel comfortable running anavar without a test base or without pct. However I would be comfortable taking a lower dose of 100-200mgs of test a week, running anavar at 30-60mgs per day along with a clean high protein / moderate carb diet and plenty of creatine for 12-16 weeks, of course with PCT. This is based upon the results I saw running anavar solo when I was younger. Would I prefer to run test at a higher dose? Yeah, but I don't doubt for one second the strength and muscle building capabilities of oxandrolone.