February is soon coming to an end. That means there is only 9 months left until MM World Championships this coming November. I only compete once a year because of my disabilities. Since I won 1st place at the Musclemania Canada's in the Physical Disability Category, I have now set my sights on the World Championships.

To me this will be my greatest challenge to date. What better way to prove to people that anything is possible, than going on stage for the whole world to see. I will be able to see for myself just how good I really am. Being on stage against the best in the world will be the ultimate test. I am going on stage to show everyone that here I am, someone with physical disabilities. Someone, who at the age of 27 has gone through over 20 operations, someone who the doctor's told was not allowed to do any physical activities. Yet, come this November, I'll be up on stage fighting against the best in the world for the coveted title of World Champion.
Now here's a run down of my training regime that will get me in shape for the Worlds. I have a 4 day program. 4 days of training, 3 days of rest. I have chest and leg exercises spread through out the days so that I can accentuate these parts.

My program goes as follows:

Day 1
Flat Barbell Bench Press
Flat Dumbbell Prone Press
Horizontal Fly/Cable Crossover
Incline Dumbbell Press/Fly
Round Bench Pullover
Alt Incline Dumbbell Curls
Standing Cable Curl E-Z Bar
Seated straight curl/concentration curl

Day 2
Alt Leg Press
Alt Squat Dumbbell with ball
Alt Leg Extensions
Alt Lying Leg Curl
Seated leg curl
Dumbbell Pullover Flat Bench

Day 3
Wide Grip Chins
Seated Cable Row (Overhand Grip)
Seated T-Bar Row
Alt Pull down Palestra
Reverse Grip Front Pull down
Lying Barbell Triceps Extension
Triceps Dips between Two Benches
Overhead Alt Triceps Extension

Day 4
Front Barbell Press
Wide Grip Upright Row Barbell
Alt Incline Side Raise
Alt Bent-Over Lateral Raise
Barbell Shrugs
Seated Leg Curls
Round Bench Press/Fly

I am working on bringing up my inner chest and my bad leg. For anyone that has seen me at a show, they know that one of my best features is my back. I have a 26” waist and a 40” lat spread. Once these parts are brought up, my symmetry will look even better.
I'd like to thank Musclemania for giving me this opportunity to write to you. I have received many emails from people telling me how my articles have inspired them to work harder and get to the next level in their training. Here are a few e-mails that I have received;

Hi there Ryan and congratulations on all of your achievements to date...truly awesome. I am a hospitality professional endeavoring to get back in shape as I approach my 50th birthday, I will use your example to inspire me to achieve my own goals in the future.

THANK YOU and best wishes!

Jonathan Paul Snow

I'm an illustrator, living in Montreal, and I've been training for 14 years, and still haven't yet competed. I normally like to surf the net and found your profile at Musclemania. Really inspiring! It motivated me more to take my training to a new level, doing it naturally of course. I see you've trained at Gym zone, might have seen you there. I train at power flex gym in St-Laurent. Anyways, hope to hear from you.

Patrick

Hi Ryan, great web site. I saw your Musclemania article and I must say it was truly inspirational. You are a good representative for the sport. Hope you'll be doing more shows. Good luck and train hard.

Jordan
Thank you all for writing to me. By doing so you in turn have inspired me to train harder so that I can hopefully win at the World Championships. When I go on stage I’d like to think that I’m there to represent all of you. I represent all those who have gone through hardships, all the people that were told that they could not accomplish something, all the people that are pictured to be underdogs. This contest is for you. Be sure to check out my website for more news and updates.

Until then,
Ryan Ortizo
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