The Empowered Athlete

Winning ADCC Trials, Working Full-Time + The Power of Visualization w/ Black Belt Lyzz Mitrovic

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In this episode, I’m chatting with BJJ Black Belt and ADCC West Coast Trials Winner Lyzz Mitrovic. We talk about her BJJ journey, how she balances working full-time while being a high level competitor, her personal competition preparation routines, and more.

Based in California, Lyzz is a 1st degree black belt who trains out of Precision JJ academy and also has a full time job working as Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist for the California Department of Cannabis Control.

Lyzz Mitrovic started training martial arts in 2010. Beginning her journey with a Korean Japanese martial art called Hapkido, receiving her Black Belt in 2013. Wanting to learn more martial arts, she began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in February 2014. Quickly becoming an avid and tough competitor in BJJ. After numerous accolades, Lyzz received her Black Belt in March 2019 under Dustin Akbari. You'll usually find her on the mats at Precision Jiu-Jitsu Academy teaching and training, going for Gold in BJJ competitions, spending time with her Lovely Husband and cats or pursuing her other obsessions of Kombucha and Tabletop Gaming.

Some of her accomplishments at Black Belt include:

Adult Black Belt
ADCC West Coast Trials Champion 2024
NoGi World Champion 2023
NoGi European Champion 2023
NoGi Pan American Champion 2023
NoGi Worlds Silver Medalist 2019
Pan American Medalist 2024
European Medalist 2023
Master Worlds Champion 2023, 2022,2021, 2020
What You'll Learn:

  • What got her started in jiujitsu
  • Her experience fighting in the Adult Division as a Master’s Athlete
  • Her insight as to the biggest differences between the Adult and Master’s divisions
  • Her advice for Master Athletes who want to compete in the adult divisions, but feel hesitant or unsure
  • What her typical weekly schedule looks like as a competitor and full-time government employee
  • What her weekly BJJ training and conditioning schedule looks like
  • How she balances being a coach, working full-time, and being a high level competitor
  • The importance of self-talk and a positive mindset
  • Using visualization to achieve success in competition
  • Her specific pre-competition rituals and routines
  • What being a black belt means to her
  • Her extracurricular hobbies, aside from BJJ 
  • Her favorite submission and takedown
  • How you can connect with her

    • Episode Resources:

    Lyzz's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ms_daemonette/
    Podcast Links:
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bodybybossllc
    Anchor: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/638O1ZWIiBb
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1I51iEgw8qQ6QQpcG2zUK5?si=e6faa04317b24fa1

    Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-73Rr66-bvw

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