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
Sweat, Sizzle, and Calorie Shizzle
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After letting us know which important item of clothing he forgot to take to the gym this week, Chade discusses his relationship with calories. Nothing seedy, (we save th…
New York: Big Lad On The Big Apple
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The roles are reversed as Chade interviews Nico about his recent trip to New York. Did it affect his health and wellbeing routine, or did the whole thing sink to the bot…
Progress: Part Deux
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It's the second episode where we put a spotlight on Chade's progress. It's been roughly 10 weeks since we last checked in and a lot has happened (mainly more episodes if…
AI: Machine Learning, Human Sweating
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There's no AI in Muscle, but there is in Gain!!
That's right, it's the inevitable episode where we must come face to screen with the weird, awkward, AI scripted episode …
Bitesize Big Lad: Challenge Big Ladeka
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In this Bonus episode, the lads do a quick roundup of how they're getting on with their challenges, How have you been getting on with yours?
They also take a look back t…
Bitesize Big Lad - Push Ups
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In this first episode of a series of shorter, more compact hits of Big Lad goodness, Chade has a little word regarding press-ups (after the comment mentioned in the prev…
The Fasting And The Furiousing
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This week Chade discusses what he's learned about intermittent fasting, (and how it's been going for him). Chade also explains the importance of eating a correct amount …
Big Lads on Bots
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An unexpected detour into...well...you'll hear...
‘Diary Of A Big Lad’ is an Osborne Road Production featuring Chade O’Brien and Nico Diodoro. Theme tune written and perf…
Biohacking: Diary Of A Biohacker
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Chade discusses his recent readings on biohacking and training your bod to work for you, but not before the challenges he faced completing his 'Couch to 5k' (and how he …
Quick Wits and Quick Fits
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It's another experimental week for the The Big Lad as we tackle accusations of waffle by providing this weeks theme, 'Speed', in a special one-off format of a straight s…
Environment: From Veggie Shortage to Fitness Victory
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Chade talks about the importance of finding the right environment to achieve your goals and how you can use different surroundings to your advantage. Whether it's about …
Procrastination: Pro-gress or Pro-crastinate?
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Things get a bit emotional as we take a step away from the usual format and start what will become a tradition of every 10 episodes checking in with Chade and dive deep …
The Habit: An Unexpected Journey
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Getting into the habit this week. Chade talks about how picking up small habits and swapping them with existing bad habits is easier than it sounds. He also discusses br…
Exercise Made Easy (Make It Easy)
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Don't feel like exercising? Neither does Chade sometimes! This week he takes us through how he makes adding exercise into his daily routine something to look forward to …
S.M.A.R.T-y Pants
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'Goals, goals, they're good for your heart. Goals, goals they make you smart' - Chade O'Brien
This week Chade tells us the advantages of considering switching gyms, answe…
Portion Control: Portions Are A Virtue
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This week Chade and Nico discuss portion sizes and how sometimes less is more and more is less. They then discusses cup sizes (in terms of measuring ingredients you dirt…
Meal Prep: Meal. Just Prep It
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Chade discusses the personal advantages he’s found by ‘meal prepping’ (preparing meals in advance) while giving tips on how to start your own meal prepping routine (it’s…
Temptations Of A Big Lad
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Chade imparts the methods that have helped him resist temptations that could throw his progress off course as well as revealing how he's managing kicking a long term hab…
Bread: Get Bready For This
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The long awaited answer to the most common question...finally...Chade and Nico discuss...Bread.
Chade talks about the pros and cons of different types of bread and reveal…
Morning Routine: Mornings With The Big Lad
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Good morning!!
In this, (the dodgy SECOND episode), Chade takes us through his morning routine whilst discussing how small changes over a long period of time garner some …