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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Episodes
106 episodes
How Do I Plan My Next Goal? AKA 'Sublime 23 - Pt. 4'
The final episode of this mini-series-inside-the-bigger-series where Chaders discusses the results of his personal-best-beating attempt a week later! Chade talks about how he'll prepare for next time, what he'll change from the first time, and ...
How Does It Feel To Face My Goal? AKA 'Sublime 23 - Pt. 3'
This is it!! If you've been following The Big Lad on socials or heard the last 2 episodes of this limited run of Diary Of A Big Lad you'll know that Chade's been preparing to take on his biggest challenge yet!*, beating his 5k Running Record (2...
How Do I Overcome Setbacks When Trying To Beat Personal Best? AKA 'Sublime 23 - Pt. 2'
Challenges! Pitfalls!! Setbacks!!! Stomach bugs!This week, in the second of the 4-part Diary Of A Big Lad mini-series-inside-the-main-series, Chade O'Brien takes us through some of the things that have set him back in the build up to bea...
How Do I Beat My Personal Best At Running A 5k? AKA 'Sublime 23'
Welcome back!In part 1 of our special 4 part series of Diary Of A Big Lad, Chade takes us through his new project ‘Sublime 23’, aiming to beat his personal best on a 5k run. Chade’s given himself 11 weeks to shave the time o...
Tom Barkham Interview
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!), competed in everything from darts, to food challenges, to box...
The Good One Hundredth Episode
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 'Diary Of A Big Lad'!
Doing Is Believing
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 evening!
The Big New Year Plan - Damp January
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 or may not be made of Vibranium).We hear how Chade's plannin...
A D.o.a.B.L New Year Workout
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 infamous morning routine, so this week, he thought it...
Diary Entry - New Year 2024 (going into 2025...)
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 at the last year. Chade's come a long way since Christmas last year, 2024 ha...
Christmas 2024 - Chade O'Brien in 'Die(t) Hard'
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 acronym that’s helped him achieve his goal (and will hopefully help you!)....
Diary Entry - 12 Days Of Big Lad
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's doing 12 days of fitness challenges to help get him through the ...
Big Lad (Chade) vs Big Man (Santa)
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 this late stage to keep things going in the right direction.Late for ...
Diary Entry - Losing My Gymnasium
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 challenge without the heavy hitting exercise that comes with regular g...
Using S.M.A.R.T Goals To Reimagine Existing Goals
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 actually doable (or in this case, DoaBL). If he fails, he gets no Christma...
Progress Part 9: Making Progress Amidst A Challenge
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 regarding their personal challenges (Spoiler alert!! It's not looking good ...
Perseverance
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 yours.
Diary Entry - Guide To Starting A Podcast
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 how Nico's is!As you may remember, Nico's Challenge was to write, re...
Diary Entry - Progress On Chade's Challenge
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 following, if Chade should fail this self imposed challenge, the forfeit is...
The Challenge Begins
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 punishment of which they will go into detail of here.From 4:40 there's...
Big Lad's Big Challenge
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 sure they get it done! Also this week, Chade mentions how much weigh...
Diary Entry - Back To Basics
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, Chade talks to us about going 'Back To Basics'. With his diet sliding into old...
Becoming a Dad...Again!
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 then gives Nico a whistle stop education on what happens when a child is born...
Diary Of A Big Dad Pt. 2
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, challenges (mainly faced by his wife) and joyous relief of spending the ...
Diary Of A Big Dad Pt. 1
Chade gives us 3 live diary entries in the build up to his son being born!! There's pacing, jitters, and an informative update of where the mind might go in times of pressure with regards to one's overall life goals. A fascinating slice of life...