Baseline setting is a way to improve our ability to do our value based activities. The following steps will guide you to work out your baseline.

1. Pick a values based activity – this can be a physical activity or a cognitive task ie reading
2. Over three consecutive days, carry out your value based activity to the point your fatigue starts to increase. Stop there and make a note of your time / distance / number of pages etc.
3. Work out the average for your value based activity, this is your comfortable maximum
4. Baseline is 50% of your comfortable maximum
5. You can increase by 10% each week if it feels comfortable. Equally, you can come back to a lower baseline as needed.

Here is an example of baseline setting for walking:

We suggest starting with 1 or 2 activities and then adding another activity once they become part of your routine.