planning my first cycle (test P and anavar)

[hobnob]

my first cycle was propionate 100mg eod and anavar 70mg a day for 8 weeks, gained about 20lbs and strength went through the roof and no sides what so ever

[Turkish Juicer]

my first cycle was propionate 100mg eod and anavar 70mg a day for 8 weeks, gained about 20lbs and strength went through the roof and no sides what so ever

I am assuming you did not use an AI in your first cycle since you didn't know about it?

You owed ''no sides'' (at least no ''estrogen sides'' in this case) to a series of coincidences: Test Prop dosed at 100mg EOD equals to 375mg on a weekly basis, which is rather on the low side and Anavar at 70mg ED, which is not only a DHT compound that doesn't aromatize but it also acts as a very mild anti-e as all DHT compounds do, apparently somewhat effective enough for the given dose of Test Prop in your case.

On a personal note, I did not use an AI when I cycled with 750mg Primobolan Depot and 375mg of Test Prop EW for 14 weeks (something I don't choose to do any longer, a thing of the past) and ended the cycle with zero e-related sides. Now, I am not necessarily recommending this practice to anyone, but it was clearly the double dose of DHT over Test that inhibited estrogen build up, as I firmly believe there cannot be any other reasonable explanation to this.

Again, would have been a pretty effective first cycle without the Anavar.