2006 World's Strongest Man

<p>Jon and Magie talk with Phil Pfister, the winner of the 2006 Met-Rx World's Strongest Man competition, about the strength, discipline, and resilience you need to compete in today’s world!</p> <p>Honors: 2006 World's Strongest Man, 1st Place IFSA Pan-American champion, a 4-time second-place America's Strongest Man, 3rd place Arnold Strongman Classic</p> <p>Phil Pfister was born in the city of Duluth Minnesota. His parents both worked as physicians, with his father working as an internist and his mother working as a pediatrician. Unlike many of the great strongmen, Pfister was not at all interested in sports as a young man. Throughout high school, Pfister did not pursue any athletic pursuits outside of skateboarding and jet skiing. He went on to West Virginia State College where he initially planned to study as a pre-med student. However, Phil lacked enough interest in the subject to dedicate himself to the coursework, eventually getting a Board of Regents degree and leaving the academic field.</p> <p>He continued on to become a firefighter. Phil enjoyed the idea of being a firefighter due to the freedom it allowed him to have for the rest of his life. It was at this time that Phil began doing what would bring him great success, strongman competitions. Training in the gym at his fire station Phil began to love training for the events. Making use of his competitive spirit, Pfister would achieve an impressive 4th place finish in the 1998 Worlds Strongest Man, his first shot at the legendary title. Competing again in subsequent competitions Phil couldn't quite overcome his competition, which included the likes of Zydrunas Savikas, Magnus Samuelsson, and the on-fire champion, Mariusz Pudianowski. Phil pledged during the Hercules Hold in 2001 that he would be the man to bring the title of World's Strongest Man back to America, a feat not successfully done in over 20 years (last done by the great Bill Kazmaier).</p> <p>Despite this bold promise, Phil would not be seen in the finals of World's Strongest Man for five ye