THE OVER 60s QUALITY OF LIFE GUYS
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Understand Your Body. Understand What Matters. Know What to Do Next.
A structured knowledge system for healthy ageing, capability and independence — built primarily for the over 60s, but available to everyone who wants to invest in their Future Self™.
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Search topics such as visceral fat, balance, VO₂ max, protein, sarcopenia, HbA1c, memory, strength or insulin resistance.
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Carbohydrate Ingestion on Exercise Metabolism and Physical Performance
Comprehensive Review • 2026 • Noakes and colleagues; Endocrine Reviews Research Summary This comprehensive review re-examined more than 100 years of evidence from over 160 studies on carbohydrate intake, exercise metabolism and physical performance. The authors challenge the traditional view that depletion of muscle glycogen is necessarily the main cause of fatigue during prolonged exercise. […]
Explore Resource →Video Summary: What a Daily Push-Up Habit Can Do
An accessible look at push-ups as a strength habit, with options to adapt the exercise to your starting point.
Explore Resource →Video Summary: Five Muscle Groups to Strengthen After 60
A function-focused guide to strengthening the muscles that support rising from a chair, walking, stairs and reaching.
Explore Resource →Video Summary: The Single-Leg Sit-to-Stand Challenge
A demonstration of a demanding chair-rise challenge and simpler ways to build leg strength and balance.
Explore Resource →Video Summary: Get Stronger After 50 Without Wrecking Your Body
A practical look at strength training after 50, with gradual progression, movement quality and recovery at the centre.
Explore Resource →Download: The Hidden Damage of Sugary Drinks
An infographic about sugary drinks and how they fit into everyday nutrition choices.
Explore Resource →Download: Metabolic Syndrome — The Silent Driver of Chronic Disease
A visual overview of metabolic syndrome, its risk factors, and practical steps to discuss with your healthcare professional.
Explore Resource →Download: Lifestyle Debt vs Lifestyle Wealth
A visual resource on the long-term effects of everyday choices and the idea of building lifestyle wealth.
Explore Resource →Download: The 10 Pillars of Longevity and Healthspan
A visual overview of the 10 Pillars and how they support healthy ageing and everyday capability.
Explore Resource →Download: The 8 Daily Habits for Living Better for Longer
A downloadable guide to the daily habits framework used by The OVER 60s QoL Guys.
Explore Resource →Three Fifteen-Minute Postmeal Walks and Glucose Control
Small Randomised Crossover Study • 2013 • DiPietro and colleagues; Diabetes Care Research Summary This small study investigated whether the timing of walking affects glucose control in older people at risk of impaired glucose tolerance. Ten participants completed controlled study conditions involving either three 15-minute postmeal walks or one sustained 45-minute walking session at different […]
Explore Resource →SPRINT: Intensive Blood Pressure Control in Adults Aged 75 and Older
Randomised Trial Subgroup Analysis • 2016 • Williamson and colleagues; JAMA Research Summary This SPRINT analysis examined intensive versus standard blood pressure treatment in participants aged 75 and older. It found fewer major cardiovascular events and deaths in the intensive-treatment group within the trial’s selected population. The study matters because older age alone does not […]
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FEATURED LEARNING SERIES
What Happens in Your Body?
See how everyday food, drink, movement and lifestyle choices affect your body — from blood glucose and insulin to your Seven Health Types.
Our first collection explores healthy meals, common breakfasts, processed carbohydrates and sugary drinks, Coca-Cola and doughnuts, and alcohol.
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In-depth articles, guides and practical explanations. Explore Whole-Body Systems After 60 →
Exercise Library
Exercises, techniques, regressions, progressions and programmes.
Video Summary Library
Expert videos distilled into clear, practical lessons.
Research Library
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Expert Library
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Visual learning that makes complex ideas easier to understand.
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A LIBRARY THAT KEEPS GROWING
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New articles, video summaries, research, infographics and practical resources will be added continuously — organised around the Health Types, Pillars and goals that matter to healthy ageing.
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The Knowledge Library is designed to help you do more than read. Resources will connect to practical actions, your assessment priorities and your Health Journey.
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25 Elements. 125 Points. One Picture of How You’re Doing — and What to Work on Next.