Open water swimming
Shapely legs: Breaststroke - often favoured by open-water swimmers - means the lower-body muscles do the lion's share of the work, giving the leg muscles a challenging workout. 4 stars

Weight loss: Not as good as you may think, possibly because it increases appetite: research found that swimmers gained an average of 2.2kg (5lb) when put on a three-month exercise programme for weight loss. 2 stars

Cardiorespiratory fitness: Professional swi...
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The Karachi Scuba Diving Centre (KSDC), established in 1989, is relatively unknown as far as its efforts for the promotion of scuba diving in the city are concerned. The centre is the brainchild of Yousuf Ali, member of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), master instructor and mechanical engineer from Karachi, who organises and promotes swimming, life-saving techniques and scuba diving through training programmes.

Ali, while talking, said that “our aim is to...
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