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Your baseline steps

Your baseline steps are the number of steps that you are currently doing before you begin your program. You can use your baseline steps to set goals as you aim to build more activity into your daily life.

Get started using your pedometer with the following easy steps:

  1. Put your pedometer on first thing in the morning
  2. Clip it to your belt/pants just above the hip (in line with your knee)
  3. Take it off last thing at night, just before you go to bed (remember pedometers are not water proof!)
  4. Record your steps and reset the pedometer back to zero
  5. Repeat this for 4 days (2 weekdays and 2 weekend days)
  6. Total the 4 days worth of steps and divide by 4
    Example
    Weekday 1: 7 600 steps
    Weekday 2: 8 200
    Weekend 1: 5 400
    Weekend 2: 5 900
    Total steps for 4 days: 27 100
    Divide the total steps by 4: 6 775 (this is your current baseline steps)
  7. Enter this amount into your personal log as your baseline steps.

You can now set your baseline steps.

You can now use your baseline steps to set yourself some step goals - see our 'Setting Your Goals' section for more information. Remember that even if you are not reaching 10,000 Steps each day, you will reap the benefits from a small increase in your daily step count.