I was spoiled in a gym growing up with Mike Francois, and even earlier David Dearth, and many others who were very open about what they did and others. I remember people would speculate the very specific cycles they ran (and don't get me wrong at the tail-end of prep it did get specific to help support "a look" for the stage). But, those guys just "bought stuff and took stuff". It's just like
@luki7788 said. Again, I'm painting with a broad brush, there are certainly those who detail everything, all the time and very specifically switch drugs at certain times. But for the large majority of the year, it's "I have test and Eq...I'll take that for a while and then switch when I want to switch at doses I know will work and if I need more...I'll take more".
I like the gear talk, it interests me but I'm not shitting you all when
I say almost all the "big time" guys I've been around literally have said "I take what I have, and up the dose or switch compounds when it feels right". That's the magic lol. It's not switching to primo at exactly 8 weeks after being on exactly 800mgs of eq for 12 weeks. Train hard take enough, switch compounds when you want.
I'm not hating on the gear talk, I actually like it and find it entertaining, always have.