I purchased the ETK book and dvd when they came out and it is a fun program.

I really admire the simplicity of ETK and the routine you present here. I really appreciate that you have taken time to answer questions and I hope you will answer a few more.

First, I have a broad chest and I do not wish to develop it. I have replaced bench presses with overhead presses. As you say, the gains are slower but they are still gains. Do you have any additional comments about this specific change to the program?

Second, this program reminds me of Dan Johns “Rapid Ascent Program” and I wonder how you might apply this 1 lift a day to olympic lifts or if that is just ridiculous. I’d love to get some overhead squats and powercleans into a similarly stripped down routine.

Finally, I have never really grasped how to effectively alternate programs. So for example, in your response to Lance you proposed periods of strength maintenance, ETK, and strength emphasis. When you return to one of these periods, do you simply start where you left off with your numbers?

I thought I underestood the principal of cycling, but only as applied to one routine. So for example do the 80/20 routine for 4 weeks, adding 10 pounds every week. Then start over with 10 more pounds than your original starting poundage.

Now, if after that 4th week I instead start 4 weeks of ETK program minimum, where do my numbers start when I return to barbell work?

Thanks so much for your time. I see you have a new book out (PTTP Pro) and I look forward to reading it.