Yea. At times I've seen where he's said he is growing a lot, which never happened in his life. There's NOTHING wrong with being a scrawny guy or having bad genetics per se, and you can still know what you're talking about (see Lyle McDonald). But this guy doing studies on failure training when he is unable to train to failure ever himself, well... he is part of a circle jerk in the the fitness community, which includes Layne Norton, who boost each others social media presence and overlook problems in their research methodologies. Lyle has declared war on this group lol. Like Brad was conducting studies on training volume as related to muscle fiber size and Brad was measuring the fibers himself, and when pointed out the problems with this said, "you can trust me." They would never accept such from any other researcher, but Brad is a "bro."
No one EVER said Lyle doesn't know what he's talking about, he has a towering presence in the "evidence based" weight lifting community, he's the OG above all. They get away with ignoring him saying he's crazy (he's admitted bipolar). I love the guy, even if at times I would've wanted to strangle his scrawny neck, if it weren't for guys like this there would be no one at all to keep anyone honest and accountable.
I think Lyle has started TRT. His arms have gotten noticeably bigger the last few years out of the blue. Unusual for a guy in his fifties.
I have four or five of his books, the only time I managed to get down to around 7% percent body fat natural it was with his stubborn fat loss solution (I looked like shit).
Always wanted to try UD2.0, but very difficult to do with an active social life.