{"id":6536,"date":"2025-07-02T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:53:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:53:02","slug":"the-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noellewatsonfitness.co.uk\/staging\/6578\/the-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GULF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#027584&#8243; min_height=&#8221;41.6px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||21px|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-53px|auto|-28px|auto||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#e09900&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;25px&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#0c71c3&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|1px||||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Albert Sans&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIn19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.1&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A coach once said this to me. 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