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!
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Burning Calories: The Empire Strikes Fat
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Chade discuses some things that block your progress mentally and what you can do about overcoming them.
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Mindset - Pick Your Brain Not Your Nose
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Chade talks about what he's been reading regarding the '7 Levels Deep' methodology, and takes Nico through an imaginary case study of a person who's looking to improve …
Progress 4.0 - Don’t Look Back In Hunger, I Heard You Say
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40 weeks already!! To quote Owen Wilson...."Woooow!"
As usual with a 'Progress Episode', Chade reflects on the last 10 episodes and his personal progress throughout them.…
Musical Motivation: Sweating from A to Z
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Something a little different this week as Chade and Nico go head-to-head to name motivational movie soundtracks to help you get the cinematic pump you need on your worko…
Diet Denial: Ignorance Is Waist
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Chade discusses the danger of the 'ignorance is bliss' mentality and keeping yourself on the right track when surrounded by opportunities to make excuses.
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THERE IS NO TOMORROW!!
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Chade talks in depth about the difference between regretting what you did yesterday and making a positive change today. You’ll also hear about how Chade put together his…
Goals: Aim High, Fall Hard
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Chade discusses goals (not the football kind) and how you can get around obstacles that hinder your achieving them!
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Scale Wars: The Last Measurer (Measuring Success)
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Chade talks about his relationship with the scales, how they help, and how often they don’t. Chade also discusses BMI, and how various methods of tracking has helped him…
Bitesize Big Lad - The Cheat Meal Saga
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Chade talks about the balance of cheat meals, spontaneity and how he used planning to keep track of it.
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The Habit - Desolation Of Bad'ens
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This week we discuss Bad Habits, Chade also talks about the importance of listening to your OWN brain and body to find habits that work for you.
We mention two previous e…
Bitesize Big Lad - Big Lad Strikes Back: Recovery
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This little Big Lad nugget follows on from last weeks episode about injury. Chade takes the opportunity of his downtime to discuss recovery!
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Healing and Rest: Big Lad Down
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In the first ever episode recorded in the same room (hence the slightly odd audio quality), Chade talks about injuries, how he’s dealing with his, and why you should be …
Progress Part 3: Oh great….Progress again.
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Spirits are high in this, the third episode of the progress reports from Chade.
Over the last 30 weeks, Chade feels the benefits of seeing some aesthetic differences to h…
Heart to Heart with the Big Lad
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This week, Chade's all heart! A healthy heart is an incredibly important thing, and this week we're discussing why! Chade talks about the 5 second rule and of course giv…
Bitesize Big Lad - Hydration: Big Lad's Liquid Logic
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Chade's flying solo once again, water bottle in hand, to give everyone the run down on what he's learnt about the importance of regular intake of H2O. What's too much, w…
Supplements: This Is The Whey
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This (the longest episode so far of Diary Of Big Lad) is all about supplements. What Chade has found to work, what he's found doesn't and which question Chade's 5 year o…
Bitesize Big Lad - Q&A With The Big Lad
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You guessed it!
Well, the title told you...this week Chade's ridin' solo and answering some of the most frequent Q&As from across the Social Media platforms and the publi…
WHY IS LOSING WEIGHT SO HARD!?
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In by far the most chaotic episode of Big Lad yet, Chade tells a story about a new member of the gym which might help some of you parents out there, before he makes a ve…
Weights vs Cardio: Sweat It Out or Lift It Up?
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Chade discusses how his recently developed love of weights have been helping him achieve his progress goalsa and Nico makes more bad jokes than usual.
Books and Podcasts …
Bread Dead Redemption II
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Hold on to your butter knives as we grab another slice in this, the SECOND episode focusing on everyone's favourite fitness topic, bread!
Chade breaks down how his relati…