Health and Fitness
Committed to creating a healthier Mid-South, the Memphis Grizzlies aim to increase access to health and fitness options, educating individuals about healthy life choices and inspiring individuals to make healthy decisions. In 2013, the Memphis Grizzlies became the first and only sports team to win the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition.
Girls Summit
The Girls Summit presented by Nike, introduces young women to career opportunities available through competitive sports with hand-on demonstrations and panel discussions. The event exposes girls to a range of movement, non-traditional and traditional sports clinics with hands-on demonstrations and panel discussions with former and current professional athletes.
Girls Summit 2023
With support from the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, we hosted the fifth annual Girls Summit presented by Nike. Approximately 200 middle school girls spent the day sampling both traditional sports and non-traditional sports including Basketball, Softball, Dance, and Volleyball. Nike also facilitated a sports bra fitting station to make a moment that can be uncomfortable for young girls and empower them. Lastly, the girls had the opportunity to engage in a panel discussion led by various female personalities who discussed the pressures of being a female athlete and how to advocate for women being their authentic selves while representing their sports.
Grizz Fuel
GrizzFuel educates youth on how to make proper decisions about their healthy habits with nutrition. It provides hands-on engagement that allows them to see and demonstrate the correlation between proper foods with increased energy levels, moods and improved immune systems and weight loss from the choices they make in their daily lives.
GrizzFuel Cooking Demo
The Memphis Grizzlies offer MSCS students the opportunity to take part in interactive culinary demonstrations. Various Grizzlies personalities join MSCS Nutrition Services team as they lead 30-minute cooking demonstrations. The students are taught the importance of health & wellness and are shown how food is grown; and how it fuels your body to live a better life mentally and physically.
GrizzFuel Cooking Competition
The Memphis Grizzlies offer MSCS students the opportunity to take part in interactive culinary demonstrations. Various Grizzlies personalities join MSCS Nutrition Services team as they lead 30-minute cooking demonstrations. The students are taught the importance of health & wellness and are shown how food is grown; and how it fuels your body to live a better life mentally and physically.
GrizzFit
GrizzFit is a “no-experience necessary” fitness program, designed to introduce students to different forms of physical exercise while educating and challenging them to make healthier choices in their everyday lives. The Memphis Grizzlies will host a series of GrizzFit sessions in Shelby County throughout the academic year to combat lack of access to affordable physical activity opportunities. GrizzFit features three, 10-minute workouts that may include a body weight workout, yoga/meditation, dance, or any other exercise to promote access to exercise without barriers.
