Quote Originally Posted by kelownagirl View Post
I was looking at the Aero Base Builder series. If I only bought one, should I get #1, 2 or 3?
#5? #5 is a compendium of the first 4 and gives you more to play with. If you were only to buy one, that would be my recommendation. It has a little over 2 hours of material that you can choose the length of workout you want.

Otherwise, given that the aero bases can get kind of long, it depends upon your psychology--what is more likely to keep you riding?

Aero I and Aero II both use a single gear and cadence over interval set. Aero I starts with longer intervals (5 minutes) and gets progressively shorter (2 minutes). I find it easier to stay motivated to the end, but that's my personality. Aero II is the opposite. It starts with shorter intervals and progressively makes them longer.

Aero III uses longer intervals (20min, 15min, 10min, 5min?) but within each set he has you changing gears and cadence. That's rather nice. Aero IV does the same thing for an hour straight.

Yeah, I'm a groupie, but I'm not fast and not so fit so I spend a lot of time with the Aero Bases, although now that I'm on the second winter of this, I am starting to do more intervals.