I know this is the most unsatisfactory answer ever, but choosing a program will depend on where you are and what goals you have. I have no intention of doing the bodyweight lunges protocol. I don't need that type of endurance! So what goals are you currently working on, or where would you like to go?
This is also an unsatisfactory answer, and I don't always agree when other coaches say this, but I like the idea of starting the SE journey with S&S. Notice there is a template for an alternate S&S progression. Maybe push for the simple standard, or if you've already gotten it in the past, just rack up some training time with swings and get-ups, then transition. I would go to AXE (the program as written in the book, not the general heading). If you are proficient with H2H swings, go for it, but standard 1H and 2H is fine. These are two excellent GPP protocols.
After that? You could transition to 524. Very similar to AXE but focused on the snatch test. I've run this protocol twice, once doing 524 into 523, and once 524 back to back. I felt like a beast and just crushed the snatch test.
And after that?? Maybe 024 or 025, and then 060. So there is a bit of a progression. S&S builds to heavier AXE swings, then add in snatching with 524, then mostly snatching with 024/5 plus adding reps, then snatching and increasing density with 060. Reassess goals after.
This is just one way, and it comes from having just taken ATC (for a second time) and seeing the progression that Derek and Kenneth laid out. Think of your goals, and then think of progressing (NASA quote in the manual - ideally change one variable at a time and run it until it becomes constant, then change another variable). Hope it helps a little to shed some light.
