Hi, I recently joined this site and am new to this. I have a question and thought this would be a good place to get some answers. I tried another board but thought it would help to get some more advice. I am 5 ft 6, 157 lbs and have been lifting for 2 years. When I started I was 144 and very slowly have gotten up 13 lbs without any supplements, much less steroids, in muscle mass. I changed eating habits to 5 meals spaced out rather than 3 and it helped. I saw most of my gains early n the first few months and than slowly later on. However, recently I have noticed I am having a difficult time gaining strength or mass and have been stuck for about a few months and when trying to move up to higher weights and not able to progress beyond a certain point and have just been maintaining. I mixed up my workouts but its still stalled. I am considering a steroid cycle to break through this wall. I will be taking an oral steroid however I am not going to be taking anadrol/dianabol cause of the damaging liver effects and because I dont want excess bulk that is mostly water retention and almost impossible to maintain once youre no longer taking the steroid. I read about andriol as a bulking cycle steroid and although not as effective or potent as the other 2 its is much safer and still seems to be able to add some lean muscle. Does anybody know about how effective this can be or have any experience with it?? I am not planning on stacking with anything since I am new to steroids, will this still be effective?? Also, what is best once I am off this to maintain the gains that I have made, at least as much as possible without getting hooked. I am willing to use another steroid as part of a cutting cycle to help with definition as well. Was considering a steroid called anavar, any advice?? thanks.