I too had trouble putting together phase 1, but many of my weeknesses have been fixed, so I must have done something right. I will try to answer your questions.
1) The mobility sequence stretches are for all 4 phases. You should be doing the third one for phases 1 through 3, and then on phase 4 you switch between sequence 1 and 2 depending if it is upper or lower day (I don't have the book handy so I don't know which was which).
2) For you weeknesses: Don't worry about a ratio with your core. I would do 4 or 5 of the core exercises listed in the book for phase 1. Do 2 sets of 8-10 reps. for each. Also, for the situps, make sure to stretch you hip flexors really well. For me, my hip flexors were overpowering my abs and holding me down when I was trying to sit up. Do the lying hip stretch in the book 4 times/week using 30 second holds. Do 2 times on each side. For your rotators, do the I. R. broomstick stretch (3-4x/week, 15-30 sec. hold, 2x each side). In addition, pick exercises that work your rotators and postural muscles 3:1 as compared to your chest. For example, I did cuban presses, reverse flyes, and prone rows for my postural muscles/rotators, and did bench presses for my chest.
3) For trunk rotation, simply do the stretch 3-4x/week for 15-30 sec. If you are less flexible on 1 side, do an additional stretch for the right side.
4) This depends on the extent of your weeknesses (i.e. your overall score). I used the scoring chart in the book, and based my workout around the workout for the fictional guy with minimal issues. I did the number of sets and reps. that were listed in that sample workout. If you have any other questions, please feel free to let me know.
Good luck getting the program together.
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