Objective: When is the best time to aerate your lawn?

Which of the following solutions is more sound in terms of naive physics reasoning?

Choices:
-It's best to aerate your lawn just a month or two before your lawn's most active period of growth, so that the grass will grow back quickly and recover from the aeration process.;
-It's best to aerate your lawn just before or during your lawn's most active period of growth, so that the grass will grow back quickly and recover from the aeration process.;
It's best to aerate your lawn just before or during your lawn's most active period of growth, so that the grass will grow back quickly and recover from the aeration process.