Here is an outlier from the past for you. My second cycle, it was 1988, No gear Amazon. You got what you could get. First cycle was 200 mg/w deca, dianabol 20 mg/d and a tail end of oxandrolone by SPA 10 mg/d as the deca ran out. 1 vial of hCG at the end. I put on 26 lbs and 50 lbs on my bench. I went completely off for 6 months and kept 1/2 the gains. I was martial arts, grappling, and weight training the whole time so was in shape throughout. Second cycle was laughable by today's standards. I got hold of a 50 mL vial of EQ 50 mg/mL. I shot 5 cc a week until it was gone as a solo compound cycle. I hardened up, leaned out more and my strength that i lost from being off returned. But, I didn't gain any new muscle or strength beyond my first cycle on that tiny dose but I was a fighter primarily, also working a labor job, and burning a lot of calories. But that tiny amount made me go from over trained and flat to full, strong and high energy with plenty of stamina. So EQ did what it was suppose to do. That's basically what EQ was made for, restoring vitality in horses. In middle age after coming back to this greasy kid's stuff I did a few Test/EQ cycles 500/600 or there abouts. They worked just fine. Then my dumb ass finally stumbled on Test/NPP/EQ cycling with massive food intake and put on 35 lbs, leaned out, switched to Test/Mast/Win and ended up being leaner at 215 than I was at 195 where I started. EQ and NPP work very well together. EQ has it's place but for maximum mass gaining effect for me it had to be part of the AAS scheme and not the driver. It seems to play well with other AAS. If you are young and training your balls off in a sport, weight training and doing road work and or working a physical job,using it alone like most of these things were designed to do, it will be a game changer but that's as far as restoring vitality, training capacity recovery etc, not really for lean mass gain.