Equipoise Dosage
Equipoise should be considered a fairly moderate strength anabolic steroid.
After all, Equipoise maintains the same anabolic strength rating as its parent hormone, testosterone.
This is very important to remember because testosterone has an anabolic rating of 100, and testosterone is the ultimate proto-anabolic steroid from which almost all other anabolic steroid analogs and derivatives are derived.
For this reason, testosterone is utilized as the baseline against which all other anabolic steroids are measured and compared.
This is a very important detail to remember when determining the proper Equipoise dosage or dosage of any other anabolic steroid.
With an anabolic rating of 100, Equipoise's anabolic strength is considered to be exactly the same as that of testosterone itself.
In other words, Equipoise is a fairly good compound for increasing muscle mass and strength, but with many other synthetic derivatives being given an anabolic strength rating of 2, 3, or even 5 times that of testosterone itself, many feel that paying more money for a synthetic derivative with the exact same strength as the parent hormone (testosterone) is somewhat of a waste.
Nevertheless, Equipoise itself can be a great addition to any cycle stack depending on your individual goals.
Medical Equipoise dosage
There is currently little to no data on medical prescribing guidelines for Equipoise dosage.
This is because Equipoise was only approved for use in humans for a very short period of time in the 1970s and was quickly discontinued after clinical trials.
Today, Equipoise exists only as a veterinary drug for animals and is not approved for human use by the FDA for any medical condition.
Beginner, intermediate, and advanced Equipoise doses
Equipoise dosages for physique and performance enhancement purposes tend to be in and around the moderate range compared to other anabolic steroids.
Basically, the average Equipoise dosage can be similar to that of testosterone, as both anabolic steroids have the same anabolic strength rating.
For beginners, Equipoise doses can be found in the range of 300 - 500mg per week, which is very similar to a typical beginner testosterone dosage.
Intermediate users can achieve excellent gains and effects with Equipoise doses in the 500 - 700mg range per week, but do not need to exceed 500mg, especially when stacked with other anabolic steroids.
Megadoses and very high Equipoise doses are generally never necessary with proper and complete individual nutrition and training.
Advanced users do not typically use very high doses for anabolic steroids such as Equipoise, but advanced Equipoise doses can typically be found in the 700 to 1,000 mg weekly range.
However, it is very important to remember that high and excessively high doses are not the definition of any type of advanced anabolic steroid user.
Always keep in mind that Equipoise has a low aromatization affinity, but as the Equipoise dosage gets higher and higher, the rate of aromatization increases, which increases the risk of estrogen-related side effects.
Equipoise Dosage and Usage for Women
Equipoise is a suitable anabolic steroid for female users as it has significantly lower androgenic strength than its parent hormone testosterone.
Female anabolic steroid users typically find an appropriate Equipoise dosage in the 50 to 75 mg per week range.
One issue with Equipoise that can be problematic for female users is that it has a very long release period and a very long half-life.
Women should be cautious as they may have difficulty regulating plasma concentrations of the hormone due to these characteristics of Equipoise.
It should also be understood that the very long half-life of Equipoise (14 days) after discontinuing use also translates into a very slow decrease in plasma levels and a very slow elimination of the hormone from the body.
This should always be kept in mind, especially when used exclusively by women, and if symptoms of an erection occur, the hormone should be discontinued immediately.
Proper dosing and timing of Equipoise
Equipoise contains an undecylenate ester that is chemically bonded to a 17-beta hydroxyl group in the steroid skeleton chemical structure.
This esterification gives Equipoise a half-life of approximately 14 days.
This is one of the longest known half-lives of any anabolic steroid, and due to its long half-life, Equipoise should be injected twice weekly, evenly spaced.
For example, 200mg injected on Monday followed by another 200mg on Thursday for a total of 400mg injections per week.
While once-weekly injections may be effective, twice-weekly injections are ideal to maintain stable and sustained peak plasma concentrations.
Expectations and results of taking Equipoise
Equipoise also significantly reduces estrogenic activity in the body, so (as long as the Equipoise dosage is kept reasonable and moderate) users can expect to experience steady, slow muscle mass gains without the undesirable extra water weight that usually accompanies the use of testosterone or other anabolic steroids (such as Dianabol), which have moderate estrogenic activity.
Those who decide to use Equipoise can expect the same muscle size, strength, and mass gains as testosterone with a lower incidence of estrogenic activity and androgenic side effects.
That said, the gains from Equipoise itself are mostly fairly solid lean mass gains with minimal water retention (depending on the dose) and can be a perfect addition to any bulking or cutting cycle.
It can even replace nandrolone in any stack.
Due to the reduced estrogenic activity of Equipoise, individuals can expect to see a significant difference in the reduction of water retention with Equipoise alone, rather than the elimination of potential water retention.
While moderate doses of Equipoise are unlikely to cause bloating or other estrogenic effects depending on user sensitivity, the risk of these estrogenic side effects actually increases with increasingly higher doses of Equipoise.
Increasing the dose means that the rate at which the anabolic steroid is converted to estrogen increases.
