so do you just stick with the "stength" roids then? like var, halo, etc?
No I go for the cheap, tried and tested steroids. No need for those drugs.
All you need is testosterone, trenbolone, nandrolone, dianabol, masteron, all long esters apart from last 2 weeks before comp, masteron is only used at this point but only if you're very lean and right on the edge of your ideal weight class which I am not lol, arimidex for estrogen, gh and insulin for recovery
At the moment all I take is 500mg of testosterone a week. It's all I need. I am gaining weight nice and slowly no need to turn freaky fast. I am focusing on cutting body fat and it's just to help shit along. No amount of drugs will make you strong really it's intelligent training and diet, the drugs are more for keeping things ticking along nicely and getting more muscular than you can naturally but again no need to gain really fast. When you can fast your strength won't increase at the same rate at all and your coefficient score will end up going down lol. I am competing in mid december so I'll start the tren at 75mg every other day 1st december along with a m14add/halodrol prohormone (can't get good dbol atm so this is cheaper than taking a few extra tabs)
When you get more advanced than I am you split between high anabolics and high androgens. So maybe 500-750 test e for 4 weeks then 400-600 deca (tiny bit of test or dbol) for 4 weeks alternating like that. Competitions ALWAYS fall on high androgen months for strength and you plan backwards like that. With the anabolics you train high volume and the androgens you lower the volume and ramp up the weight. Don't really see the point in taking any more than 1.5g of AAS (NI orals) a week unless you're truly a super heavy weight at the top of your game or going after WSM title lol