I will add some Sublingual Anavar (Pre-workout) when I will starting the Calories deficit to cut some weight for the summer to support the Energy in the Gym. planning to run 10mg pre workout daily for 12 weeks.
As written it might need explanation.
Here's my thoughts such as they are:
1. I've seen more than a few fairly recent posts discussing the use of a steroid as a preworkout. Considering the popularity of stim based PWO's I understand the logic. Thus: If a PWO is good then surely a steroid is better... I disagree. I'll address a few PED options (to be used sparingly if at all).
2. But you'll be on test / PEDs anyway. An oral PED as a PWO will give you a small (between 10-50mg if using a standard sized var pill) boost vs the amount of other forums of test (lets assume a TRT/Test Cyp for example). Let's say that TRT was 200mg a week (an average self TRT dose). That averages out at 28mg a day (it doesn't actually work like that but it's wayyyyy to complicated to work out an actual number lol)
3. What about the day/s you pin? Is there a boost then? What about the time? Or the time you train?
4. How quickly is it absorbed/digested etc? What about the actual design for it when it was created? That's orally (via the gut). If it was better sub-lingually that's what the pharma company would recommend. Sub-lingually might be (and probably is) LESS efficient. So, assuming ANY absorption you'd need to use more. It works thus (depends on the meds obvs) topical needs the most/highest dose, sub-lingual next, oral next and injectable the least to get an effective for 1-2 hour workout. And you'd still have the rest of the half life etc in your system.
5. One HUGE issue, which you touch upon, is being in a calorie deficit and then trying to have a kick ass workout. I've suggested elsewhere having a high percentage of your daily carbs around the workout. Stevesmi has (and we've both addressed it on podcasts) how little calories are used (circa 400-600 in an hours weight training) and how most bodybuilders would be better to train fasted (us lucky lifters can eat lol). I train in the morning after breakfast. Which is usually a bowl of cereal. My PWO is strong coffee.
6. On food. What you ate the night before if you train in the am will have an effect as will what you eat in the day if you train later. I've done (don't anymore) proper physical work and, providing I had a snack (100g oatmeal flapjack was the bollocks) between work (as well as a small black coffee) I was golden. F**ked when I got home though ha.
Now there ARE kinda hardcore options and I've used these but VERY, VERY rarely.
1. Ephedrine. Hell I still have a load of (probably old as fuck now) 5mg pills. But these are a stim and come with their own issues. I'd now only use them for a PR day. I use to use 5-15mg on leg days years ago. Never any other time
2. Cheque drops. Again day of a competition/max PR attempt.
3. Halotestin - MAYBE. Both Halo (at a high day dose) and Cheque drops (there was another I cant think of right now) should only be used for, VERY short periods of time. The potential risk vs reward with the above is high.
4. Might as well go balls out (this used to be done but was a crazy bad idea) and use adrenaline
I suspect 90% or more of those using an oral steroid as a preworkout are getting a mental boost rather than an actual boost - in other words a placebo. I've used Var solo and I've NEVER felt stronger within an hour of using it so why would I suddenly feel a boost using it as a preworkout. Still one of my fave orals.
There's also, in my case, how I use var. I use it for an increase in strength. Not as an energy boost when I'm cutting kcals. Heck, TBol might be a better option. Ditto GW. And both work well enough that you don't need to dose them just before.
Be sure to note the doses as part of an overall weekly intake even if you only train 3-4x a week and use something on those days. The human body can do a LOT of sub-maximal sh*t on little to no food. You can adapt.
One final thought on PWO stims and PEDS. The issue of using stims, then orals then whatever the fuck comes next is you've not got anywhere else to go short of sniffing coke etc. I've seen the younger users of stim talking about LIKING being wired to train. IF you still wanna try var and 'feel' it works use it ONLY when you absolutely gotta. Leg days is kinda obvious
If you look at my log you'll see what I know is a) a LOW volume sets and reps approach compared to most (and esp bodybuilders) and b) fkin heavy ass weights. The reality, rarely noted in my log, is it's fkin hard. I'll be muttering away trying to get my head space switched on and then do it. I can be, and often was back in the day, tired. But I'm only lifting even in an 8-12 rep sets for a max of 75-90 seconds. I do have the pleasure of longer rests between sets as a 'lifter' but my percentages of max a re a lot higher