Diary Of A Big Lad
When it comes to self-improvement, Chade O’Brien has seen and tried it all. From fad diets and personal trainers to chasing mystical fitness unicorns. However, after more ups-and-downs in the gym than Arnie’s dumbbells, 2022 saw Chade logging what genuinely worked and sharing his success on social media. This evolved into the 'Diary Of A Big Lad Podcast' – an ordinary 'big lad's guide to fitness, sharing nuggets of wisdom from his journey.
Join the North's sweatiest man (and his wobbly wingman, Nico) as they tackle a new fitness topic each week, sifting through the myths to discover what truly gets results. They run exercises, experiment with different methods and interview guests on their ongoing quest to not only finding the methods that work the best for them, but helping you hone in on which ones can work for you!
This podcast currently features no paid sponsorship or advertising.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Tom Barkham Interview
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In this very special Bonus Episode, Chade speaks to the great Tom Barkham!
A man of many talents, Tom has boxed, completed many a Swindon Santa Run (worth Googling!), com…
The Good One Hundredth Episode
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In this, the 100th Episode, Chade and Nico discuss what's gone well...and not so well over the last 100 episodes, their favourite bits, and what the future holds for 'Di…
Doing Is Believing
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A lovely little 3 parter where Chaders discusses the feeling we all get of deciding to have that get up and go, vs stay comfy and no-show! All done live throughout his e…
The Big New Year Plan - Damp January
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DAMP JANUARY!
Chade reveals his big plans for the new year (mainly…DAMP JANUARY!), we chat about the best kind of Christmas presents (namely Chades wedding ring which may…
A D.o.a.B.L New Year Workout
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Chade battles through a solo ep with the flu!
What better way to start the year than with Chade talking YOU through his morning routine!
There’s been much talk of Chade’s…
Diary Entry - New Year 2024 (going into 2025...)
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In this, the final episode and diary entry of the year. Chade talks about meeting his goal (sort of), his first Christmas as a father of two and then takes a look back a…
Christmas 2024 - Chade O'Brien in 'Die(t) Hard'
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Chaders and Nico bring you an extra large Christmas-Dinner-sized helping of the pod with this years very special Christmas Episode!!
Firstly Chade introduces a new acrony…
Diary Entry - 12 Days Of Big Lad
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Chade discusses how his self-imposed weight loss challenge is going (not too well) and what he’s doing to right it now he’s lost one of his greatest tools, his gym!
Chade…
Big Lad (Chade) vs Big Man (Santa)
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Still struggling with his plan to lose some serious poundage before the big 25th, Chade and Nico discuss a game plan that Chade (and you, dear listener!) can empty at th…
Diary Entry - Losing My Gymnasium
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At the worst possible time (the build up to Christmas), Chade finds himself without a gym! What can he do about it? How will he handle his lose-weight-before-Christmas c…
Using S.M.A.R.T Goals To Reimagine Existing Goals
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This week, Chade assesses his personal challenge (getting to 16 stone, or 224 pounds if you prefer), in 5 weeks and how he used SMART goal setting to calculate if it was…
Progress Part 9: Making Progress Amidst A Challenge
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In the 90th episode, Chade takes us through the last 9 weeks, including the build up to his son being born, his thoughts after his son being born, and the progress made …
Perseverance
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Things aren't looking good for Chade getting a Christmas Dinner! Chade explains how he plans on combatting not being able to achieve his goal and how it might apply to y…
Diary Entry - Guide To Starting A Podcast
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It's the first (and most likely only) solo episode featuring Nico on his own! Last week we had an update on how Chade's Challenge is coming along, this week, we'll hear …
Diary Entry - Progress On Chade's Challenge
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Chade gives us an update on how his challenge is going, he's fallen behind on some aspects, but perhaps it's not a bad thing...
For those of you who haven't been followin…
The Challenge Begins
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Last week the lads set themselves a challenge of achieving a personal goal by the 25th of December, the forfeit of failing said challenge being incredibly high stakes pu…
Big Lad's Big Challenge
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This week the lads throw down a challenge for themselves (which you can, and should join in on at home!) and Chade reviews the psychotic forfeit he's dreamt up to make s…
Diary Entry - Back To Basics
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As Nico's off ill this week, Chade treats us to another diary entry. Following his recent life changes and the last episode's discussion about finding a new routine, Cha…
Becoming a Dad...Again!
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This week, Chade takes us through his feelings about the first week of his son’s life and what changes it’ll make to his routines and the Podcast going forward. Chade th…
Diary Of A Big Dad Pt. 2
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The day is finally here! Chade is proud to announce the birth of a Little Lad, the newest addition to his family, his son!
Chade talks briefly about the excitement, chall…