Look, everybody is different. I am sensitive to hair loss, have been on minoxidil for 15 years and hence I avoid all androgenic steroids.

The undisputable fact is that adding 500 mg exogenous testosterone (the usually recommended dose by the "gang-bang experts" here) to your cycle will elevate androgenic activities in your body far above the normal level, and it will further suppress the secretion of your endogenous testosterone, which will complicate post-cycle recovery. I can't tell you, how much, because you would have to do some blood tests (after the testosterone esters completely leave your body). But I am almost 100% sure that the suppression after 8 weeks would be nearly complete.

However, if you are not sensitive to androgens and if you have a well-prepared PCT, this shouldn't matter much. The combination of Anavar with testosterone would be certainly more effective both for strength and muscle size.

As for my feelings on Anavar, I usually feel great during the first 1-2 weeks. This is due to the effect of Anavar+still unsuppressed testosterone levels. After that time, the good feelings gradually disappear, because my endogenous testosterone falls down. I am a bit special case here, because I react unusually sensitively to Anavar and my testosterone is nearly 100% suppressed after 8 weeks. But I never feel badly on it. After all, the very fact that my performances are improving elevates my mood. On the other hand, I must confess that my libido is down at the end of the cycle (but I don't care about it much, because I use steroids for athletic purposes). I will never run Anavar for more than 6 weeks, though, because going from 0% testosterone to the normal level unnecessarily complicates my PCT.

In short, the dilemma, if you should add testosterone to your cycle depends on the reaction of your body. I can't tell you, how much suppressed you will be after Anavar and how you will feel. My friend-athlete is lucky, because his blood levels after an Anavar cycle are fine, and he feels great throughout the whole cycle.

If you are a competetive athlete, then the addition of testosterone could naturally raise your weight more than you would wish. In this case, running Anavar alone would be more practical. But at the same time, adding a small dose - 100 mg testosterone/week - should do nothing negative in this regard. So, you yourself must decide. You can now take Anavar alone, and if you don't feel well, you can add the small dose of testosterone next time.

I think that 50 mg Anavar/day should be sufficient for a novice. I ran 60-65 mg Anavar powder for the first time, and it was more than enough. However, this dosage turned out to be less effective during the next cycles. Now I normally run 80 mg/day.

Since Anavar has an 8-hour half-life, it should be divided into 2-3 doses.

My liver values after the cycle are usually elevated, but they never get out of the healthy range. Hence I didn't take any supplements in the past. But after several cycles with Anavar, I started to pay attention to it. I use either Essentiale Forte or milk thistle tea after the cycle. I now also use Omega-3 acids in capsules, 6 grams/day. I am really curious, how my blood levels will look like at the end of April.

Creatine is often recommended together with Anavar.

As for my PCT: I finished my 6-week Anavar cycle nearly 3 months ago, but due to an unhappy experiment with Ostarine powder, my current PCT is longer than I planned. I had very serious problems with PCT in the past - due to the harsh testosterone suppression. After every cycle, I tended to crash very quickly, despite the use of Nolvadex. I had big success with S-4 (Andarine), but it was too expensive and it is also a stuff with unknown long-term side effects. Hence I decided to make it as simple as possible: I gradually taper the Anavar dose down, and during the PCT I use at most 10 mg Anavar/day together with 1 mg anastrozole/day. After several weeks, I stop using Anavar and I run only anastrozole for several additional weeks. I tested it already twice, and it apparently worked. Now I even documented it explicitly by numbers:

My testosterone level was 65.5 ng/dl on 24th February.

On 28th March, after 4 weeks of taking 7.5-10 mg Anavar/day+0.75-1.0 mg anastrozole/day, my testosterone level was 188,3 ng/dl.

Currently I use 5 mg Anavar/day + 0.5-0.75 mg anastrozole/day. I will stop taking Anavar within the next 14 days. My next blood test will be done at the end of April.

I admit that the recovery is slow, but it pays off. I can normally train and even improve during PCT, and I don't lose any gains from the cycle. Furthermore, when I can well recover on a stuff that is so suppressive in me, then everybody can recover. This also means that people make unnecessary fuss about PCT. It may be far easier than they think.