Almost everyone on this board is a punk bitch when it comes to dosages. You need HIGH DOSAGE if you want to BIG gains! 2grams/wk will be my minimum for now on. All these cycles like 500mg/wk of test E with 400mg/wk of EQ/deca won't cut it. The only people that should be taking steroids in the first place should be people who already reached their natural genetic limit. So, to surpass that, you need a large amount of gear. I'm not trying to advocate everyone to do that, it's just how I personally feel.
About needing to take those dosages to maintain. I've been off that cycle since late august and right now I'm benching almost the exact same weight during the peak of my cycle and my weight is just 3 lbs below my peak too.
Right after my cycle ended my natural test was low so my gains and size diminished but now after 2 monsth of hard work my body has been able to adapt to the size and strength and now I'm able to maintain it naturally. So, come my next cycle I should be able to go even beyond what I was like during the past cycle and hopefully maintain that when I come off.