The Monday Piece - December Togo Update

This week's Monday Piece is on December Togo update! This little pup is such a delight and the most wonderful boy to have around. He's been totally spoiled over the festive period and as we've been in Tier One he's had some lovely guests pop over to see him too! This year has been hard for everyone - but this little one really brings love and joy to our family, I've included a few cute photos to maybe brighten your day too :).

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The Monday Piece - Itsu Bao Buns

This week's Monday Piece is on Itsu bao buns! Forget pigs in blankets – this year gyoza and bao are the new Christmas must-haves. Whilst this Christmas will be different to any other, that shouldn’t stop us from enjoying all our favourite party food, and so itsu - the healthy, Asian-inspired food brand – is here for all the finger food festivities.

Bao buns – fluffy, steamed Asian buns – have been a huge food trend in 2020, even appearing in Asda’s Christmas advert as a classic party food essential and starring in the Great British Bake Off.

They’re so popular that itsu – the number 1 bao and gyoza brand in the UK – has forecasted a YoY growth of +54% of their well-loved frozen supermarket bao’bun range. The brand has also reported that its popular gyoza range, available in supermarket freezers, has had a YoY growth of +135% as the public gyoza crazy for new foods and flavours.

Whilst we might be in our bubbles at Christmas, unable to dine or travel, itsu hopes people can still celebrate in some style with delicious Asian-inspired, restaurant-quality finger food :).

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The Monday Piece - At Home Insta Workouts

This week's Monday Piece is on at home insta workouts! With the gyms closed for long periods, and some fitness fanatics not feeling safe enough to return despite them re-opening, online fitness really kicked off – especially live workouts on Instagram.

With that in mind, Golfsupport.com wanted to ascertain which 30-minute online workout is the most effective calorie burner.

They gave 67 people a Fitness Tracker each and asked them to complete one workout from the list per day and record the calories burnt. Once all 67 people had completed all the workouts, Golf Support took an average of calories burnt for each workout, and the results can finally be revealed!

Bradley Simmonds’ HIIT workout burned a whopping average of 412 calories in half an hour, making it the most effective workout on the list in terms of calorie burn. This is hardly surprising given the number of burpees on the agenda! Bradley also came in second place on the list in terms of people who said they would do the workout again (68%).

Following closely behind is Body by Ciara, whose workout burnt an average of 403 calories in half an hour, with 72% of people saying they would do the workout again. Ciara also came out on top in terms of music, with an average rating of 9/10.

In third place for calories burnt is Barry’s Bootcamp UK (386 calories per 30 min workout).

In last place is Pamela Reif, whose ab workout burnt a measly 97 calories. Pamela’s workout proved popular though, with 75% of people saying they would do it again (third highest percentage on the list),and an average rating of 8/10. Seems people love an ab workout – even if calories burnt are comparatively low!

National treasure Joe Wicks’s PE workout came relatively low down on the list in terms of calories burnt, torching 290 per half hour session. However, Joe came joint top in terms of enjoyment rating, an average 9/10 score :).

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