Author Archives: vivek gusani

"I'll rest once this project is done." We hear this from so many of our guests, and we understand why. Life in Dubai moves fast, the workload rarely slows down, and there is always one more call to take. However, the men who perform at their best year after year tend to share a few simple habits, and none of them involves working longer hours. Habit One: They Protect Their Sleep Successful men treat sleep as part of the job, not a reward f... Continue Reading

"Just one more set and then we'll call it a night." If you play padel in Dubai, you have probably said this more than once. The evenings are finally cooler, the courts are full again, and many of us are booking matches three or four times a week. As a result, your body often starts to feel the pain long before the racket goes back in the bag. Where Padel Affects the Most Padel has taken over the city,... Continue Reading

Notice where your shoulders are right now. If they have crept up toward your ears without you realizing it, you are not imagining things. There is a real biological reason behind it, rooted in how the human body has handled stress for thousands of years. Your Stress Muscles The trapezius muscles run from the base of your skull down through your shoulders and into your upper back. It is one of the largest muscles in that region, and it happens t... Continue Reading

Every man has felt it. That moment mid-handshake when a grip feels a little too soft, a little too tired. Most people write it off as nothing. But there is a growing body of research pointing to a real link between grip strength and how stressed your body is. Stress and Your Hands Grip strength is increasingly used as an indirect marker of stress, since chronically high cortisol is linked to muscle fatigue and reduced strength over time. One study looking at medical stud... Continue Reading