The cycle is goign to depend on what the person's experience & purpose is. You will find competitors going more aggressive based on goals & more experience. Although I don't recommend var or other AAS for people who aren't in competition and just doign it for personal reasons, your typical cycle is going to be 5-10 mg var ED, startign at 5 mg for a few weeks and watch for sides. Generally 5 mg should be enough, 10 mg should be the upper boundary. For women, low dose, longer cycle is the best approach, so a typical cycle would be 8-12 weeks. And that w/ an extremely tight diet, absolutely no drinking and lifting like a mutha.
Also suggest you look thru this board for other threads on this because we get asked this stuff all the time.