I competed in Bikini (NPC) I placed 1st in Masters, 2nd in Open and 3rd in True novice. Not too shabby for my 1st time.
My goal is to crossover to figure because that is really where I want to be. Bikini is definitely not my gig. I am not good at acting over the top girlie.
I ran the anavar for 14 weeks at 10mg the entire time. 5 in the AM and 5 PM. I never did taper. When i started the cycle I was 135 with 17% body fat and when I was done I was 132 8% body fat. So I added a good deal of muscle even at a high calorie deficit.
It was Toro Labs liquid. Tasted absolutely terrible so I am looking forward to tablets this time.
As far as side effects I really didn't have anything too crazy aside from the typical lower back pumps and my rear delts would also get a crazy pump. A little acne when I first started but that went away after about 4 weeks.