Anadrol

Anadrol (Oxymetholone) is widely considered to be one of the best bulking steroids available and is very popular because it works fast to help you pack on the gains at the start of a cycle.

Anadrol is derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and has a short half life of 8 to 9 hours so is a daily dosed steroid available in oral form.

While the benefits of Anadrol can be huge, the downsides also can’t be ignored so before you start using Anadrol make sure you’re aware of what it can do for you: both the good and the bad.

Anadrol benefits

Anadrol is useful in two main areas: starting off a bulking cycle, and for contest preparation where as an experienced user you want to fill out after a heavy diet and cutting cycle.

However for the average user, Anadrol is not going to be a cutting steroid because the effects are fast but short lived, so it is rather one that has its main use as a potent bulking compound. The main benefits of Anadrol are:

• Kicks off gains at the start of a cycle
• Increases your appetite
• Stacks well with other steroids

Kicks off gains at the start of a cycle
Anadrol acts fast so helps you bulk up very quickly while other injectable steroids in your cycle take their time to start working. Most people will combine Anadrol with slow acting injectable steroids in a stack for this reason.

Increases your appetite
This obviously helps you gain weight quicker because you will be wanting to eat more. However this is another area where careful dosage is critical because taking excess Anadrol can have the reverse effect of decreasing your appetite which will negatively impact your gains and performance. So if you want peak appetite while on Anadrol: stick to a dosage of under 150mg and preferably around the 100mg daily mark.

Stacks well with other steroids
Anadrol is rarely used on its own so it’s critical it works in synergy with other compounds and that is indeed the case. While Anadrol’s effects take off fast, your other steroids take their time to kick in.

Anadrol stacks well with just about any other steroid out there, and the most common stacks include any form of testosterone (all Anadrol users should be adding testosterone as a bare minimum), and works particularly well with Nandrolone based steroids and Trenbolone, while it’s very commonly stacked with the powerful cutting steroid Winstrol.

Anadrol dosage

More is not necessarily better when comes to Anadrol. Studies have shown that you can hit peak gains with a dosage of around 100mg daily, with gains falling after this amount while side effects increase.

Therefore, the optimal dosage of Anadrol needs to be carefully considered so you’re getting the perfect balance of positive results without stressing the liver to the point where you cause damage, plus experience other side effects that would negate your gains.

Everyone will differ, but in most circumstances you will benefit greatly from a dosage of 100mg per day, while keeping to a cycle to 4-6 weeks maximum not only to prevent liver stress.

Gains with Anadrol are known to drop off after this amount of time so there is little to no benefit extending the cycle length, and instead allowing other steroid compounds to take over and continue to build on your gains for the rest of the cycle.

For this exact reason that Anadrol is so widely used as powerful kickstarter steroid at the start of a cycle to build mass quickly.