Episode 19: Lloyd Cooper

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Lloyd Cooper, Competitor, Coach and lover of short shorts. We touch on balancing life whilst competing at a professional level and learning to love the process. A truly fascinating interview and a recommended listen. Plus Lloyd sets himself a challenge.

Topic timings:

00:00:47 Do we deserve anything/ Are we entitled to anything Mentality

00:10:58 Enjoying the process

00:16:09 Focusing on your interpretation of events

00:19:21 Putting yourself in difficult positions

00:21:02 Specific sparring VS General Sparring

00:29:04 Being eager to work with higher belts

00:32:15 Pushing yourself physically

00:34:26 Winning the Euros and taking gratification in the process

00:38:03 The pitfalls of professional athletes replacing competition in their lives

00:42:29 Have you reframed how you treat competing?

00:45:53 Gripper Jiu Jitsu challenge up a mountain

00:47:03 Skydiving

00:48:48 Challenge Accepted, Running a Marathon in 2021

00:50:46 The social side of BJJ

00:53:24 How have you balanced work/family/BJJ life

00:57:36 Focusing on using your time

01:02:11 Advice you wished you gave your younger self

01:05:35 Approaching improvement

01:07:56 Quick Fire Round

01:35:20 Sponsors

Don't forget to check out Lloyd's sponsors:

https://scramblestuff.com/

http://www.xsguardmouthguards.co.uk/

and his own Page and Teams page:

https://www.instagram.com/gripperjiujitsu/

https://www.instagram.com/yorkshiregripper/