Swim Plateau & Open Water Confidence Breakthrough: From 2:33 to 1:47 Min / 100 Yards

Unstoppable With Shangrila Rendon · Mar 1, 2026 · 1h

Stuck at 2:35 pace with sinking legs?

Not confident in open water?

Worried about your next triathlon race coming up?

Carlos was too.

He’s a single dad of 3. Once weighed 350 lbs.

And swimming was his weakest sport.

But that didn’t stop him.

✅ He finished his first full Ironman swim in 1 hour 34 minutes, even though 2.4 miles was the longest distance he’d ever swum at the time.

Then, just 3 months later…

🔥 He swam 8.5 miles around Mackinac Island, solo and self-supported, with total confidence.

📌 During Training:

Only 2 open water workouts

98% pool-based training using Faster Freestyle Formula…