College recruiting has become loud, expensive, and emotional.

In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, Joe LaLeune sits down with Dennis Joyce — better known as Laxdad — to break down what families consistently get wrong about college lacrosse recruiting… and what actually matters.

This isn’t a hype conversation.

It’s a real discussion about fit over logos, development over panic, and making decisions that still make sense four years from now.

Whether you’re navigating lacrosse, hockey, football, soccer — or simply making high-pressure life decisions — the principles in this episode apply.

Inside this conversation:

• The biggest mistakes families make with early commitments
• Why most showcase money is wasted
• How to interpret real recruiting interest versus noise
• Why system fit matters more than prestige
• The role of coach honesty
• And why patience may be the most underrated advantage in recruiting

If you value clarity over chaos, this episode will give you a smarter framework.

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Website: https://laxdad.com

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We train our bodies with reps, progressive stress, and structure — but expect our minds to handle pressure without the same preparation.

In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, Joe sits down with Annie Berezowsky of Birch Grove Wellness to explore what it actually means to train the mind like a muscle.

They discuss emotional reps, distress tolerance, nervous system capacity, and mental flexibility — and how these skills determine whether you stay steady or crack under pressure.

This is a grounded, practical conversation for high performers, athletes, professionals, and anyone who wants resilience that actually holds up in real life.

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Every Olympic year, injuries seem to show up at the worst possible time.

Athletes who have trained intelligently for years, supported by world-class coaches and medical teams, suddenly break down right when performance is supposed to peak. This episode explores why that pattern exists — not from a place of blame or criticism, but from an honest look at how training cycles behave under pressure.

In this solo episode, Joe unpacks why Olympic years place unique demands on the body, how accumulated stress and recovery debt quietly build over long timelines, and why injuries often appear late in the cycle rather than during the heaviest training phases. The conversation separates unavoidable, catastrophic injuries from breakdown-style injuries that emerge through load density, disrupted recovery, and compressed timelines.

Using real Olympic-year scenarios without naming or blaming, Joe connects what happens at the highest level of sport to lessons that apply to coaches, athletes, and anyone navigating high-pressure seasons in training, work, or life.

This episode covers:

• Why injury risk changes during Olympic years
• How pressure, travel, and recovery debt interact with training load
• The difference between accumulated injuries and unavoidable sport-related injuries
• What Olympic cycles reveal about peaking and long-term planning
• How the same principles show up during work deadlines, busy seasons, and compressed timelines
• What to watch for as the Winter Olympic events unfold

This isn’t an episode about doing less. It’s about understanding how stress accumulates, why margin matters, and how to protect recovery when performance actually counts.

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What if the reason you’re not getting better isn’t a lack of effort — but hidden stressors no one is looking for?

In this episode, Joe sits down with Carl Weston, founder of Raven Wellness and CHEK Institute faculty member, for a deep, grounded conversation on hidden health drivers like mold exposure, fungal overgrowth, parasites, and layered physiological stress.

Carl shares why so many high performers, athletes, and wellness-focused individuals feel stuck despite eating well, training consistently, and doing “all the right things.” We explore how environmental and biological load can quietly disrupt the nervous system, gut health, hormones, energy, and recovery — often without showing up clearly on standard labs.

This episode isn’t about fear or extremes. It’s about clarity, context, and intelligent sequencing — understanding what the body is communicating and how to rebuild real capacity instead of chasing symptoms.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why chronic symptoms persist even when labs look “normal”
• Mould exposure and why it’s more common — and more impactful — than most realize
• Parasites and fungal overgrowth: misunderstood, under-discussed, and often missed
• How hidden stressors affect training tolerance, recovery, and performance
• Why pushing harder can sometimes make things worse
• Carl’s approach to assessment, testing, and prioritizing what to address first
• What real recovery and resilience actually look like

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right but still not moving forward, this conversation will help you zoom out, reassess, and think differently about health and performance.

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Fasting has become one of the most talked-about tools in health and performance — and one of the most misunderstood.

In this episode, Joe takes a long-form, no-hype look at fasting: the good, the bad, and the unnecessary. Drawing from personal experience, current research, and decades-old wisdom, this conversation breaks down what fasting actually does in the body, when it can be helpful, and when it quietly becomes a liability.

Joe shares his own six-month fasting experiment, including daily time-restricted eating and a 72-hour water fast, and explains how his thinking evolved through exposure to researchers like Dr. Satchin Panda and Dr. Rhonda Patrick. The episode explores fasting through multiple lenses — metabolism, digestion, cognitive function, fat loss, hormonal health, sleep, performance, and recovery — while addressing common misconceptions and oversimplified claims.

You’ll learn:

• What fasting actually is (and what it isn’t)
• Why fasting can feel powerful at first — and why it sometimes backfires
• How fasting affects digestion, brain function, fat loss, and metabolic flexibility
• Why fasted training is often unnecessary for most people
• Who should not be fasting, including athletes and women trying to conceive
• Clear signs that fasting is no longer serving you
• How to use fasting as a short-term, corrective tool instead of a lifestyle identity
• Practical guidance on journaling, meal timing, and knowing when to stop

This episode isn’t about convincing you to fast. It’s about giving you a framework to decide — intelligently — whether fasting belongs in your life at all.

Because fasting isn’t the goal.

Function, recovery, and long-term health are.

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In this episode of the Three Phase Podcast, I sit down with Zachariah Miller, founder of Misfit Health and a fellow Chek Academy practitioner.

Zach and I took IMS2 together in person at the Rainbow House in California—an experience that goes far beyond movement education and into identity, awareness, and personal responsibility.

This conversation explores regenerative farming as a model for human health, the Six Chek Foundation Principles in real life (not theory), and what it looks like to step into new chapters when your identity begins to shift.

We talk about working with the land, rebuilding soil as a metaphor for rebuilding health, and why regeneration—physically, mentally, and environmentally—is the future.

This episode is for coaches, practitioners, and anyone who feels like they’re outgrowing an old version of themselves and choosing to live more aligned.

Show Notes

Episode Highlights

• Regenerative farming and its connection to human health
• The Six Chek Foundation Principles applied to real life
• Identity shifts and starting new chapters
• Lessons from IMS2 and the Chek Academy
• Why health is about regeneration, not optimization
• Parallels between rebuilding soil and rebuilding people
• Living the work instead of just coaching it

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachariah.miller
• Website: https://www.misfit-health.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MisfitHealthOfficial

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Work has changed. Stress has changed. Expectations have changed.

But the human body hasn’t.

In this solo episode of The Three Phase Podcast, Joe LaLeune breaks down why so many high-performing professionals feel exhausted, foggy, and stretched thin — even when they’re doing “everything right.”

This isn’t a motivation problem. It’s a capacity problem.

Using real-world coaching experience, Chek-aligned principles, and the Capacity Cup analogy, Joe explains:

• Why operating at “surface tension” makes small stressors feel overwhelming
• The difference between reducing stress and expanding capacity
• How recovery debt quietly accumulates over time
• Why motivation fails when your system has no margin
• How the Three Phase model (Accumulation, Intensification, Realization) applies far beyond the gym

This episode is for busy professionals, former athletes, coaches, and anyone who feels capable — but constantly “on.”

If you’ve ever thought, “I should have more energy than this,” this episode will give you clarity and a practical next step.

Key Takeaway

You don’t need more pressure.

You need more capacity.

Performance improves when the system underneath it can actually handle the load.

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In this episode, Joe sits down with Malcolm Chase to break down the Athlete Arc — the full evolution from athlete, to professional, to coach, to advisor.

Malcolm has lived every stage of the journey. From high-level competition to building RPM Lacrosse, his work has helped shape athletes not just physically, but mentally and personally. This conversation dives into the identity shifts athletes face, the mistakes that stall development, what truly separates high performers, and how great players transition into great leaders.

Whether you’re an athlete trying to level up, a coach building a system, or a parent navigating long-term development, this episode delivers real insight from someone who’s been through it all.

What We Cover in This Episode

• The early experiences that shape elite athletes
• The mindset shift required to compete at the professional level
• Why many athletes struggle during transitions
• Building RPM Lacrosse and a sustainable development model
• Coaching vs mentoring vs advising — and why the difference matters
• Lessons for athletes, coaches, and parents
• Malcolm’s vision for the future of lacrosse development

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About the Guest — Malcolm Chase

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His work spans athlete development, coaching education, and mentorship — helping athletes navigate not just performance, but long-term growth inside and outside the game.

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• Website: https://www.rpmathlete.com

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