Postby dodint » Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:45 am
Do what's comfortable to you.
I just recently I decided I want rhythm and structure to lean on, so I do a ride every other day. It sounds like a lot but really it's only 3/4 rides a week depending on how the days fall.
Beginner and Advanced Beginner rides are more about teaching you what Cadence, Resistence, and Output is. And how to use the bike. The routines themselves don't really get much more complicated until you do the specialized HITT/Hills/Climb rides. You could jump into any of the music rides, save for the metal rides, and probably be just as comfortable. The cadence and resistance are offered to you in ranges so you can adjust to what you need.
A better way to gauge the difficulty of the class is to look at the difficulty score. It's on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the hardest. Beginner rides are in the low 7s, music rides in the low 8s, and then specialty rides push into the high 8s and 9s.
You can look at the score on the details of each ride, or if you want an easier reference just sort all rides by 'Hardest' (or 'Easiest'). If you filter by 20-minute rides and instructors you've taken before the class list will shrink considerably. If you have it sorted by hardest you can then see the classes you've already taken alongside the other kinds of classes, now ranked in order of difficulty.
It sounds complicated when typed out but it's only a few button presses. You can do it on your computer, too, if that's easier. Your bookmarks will save across platforms.