I swapped out weights for this five-minute Pilates arm workout—these are my honest thoughts

Woman sitting crossed legged wearing orange crop top and white shorts facing the camera with her eyes closed in an apartment setting with large windows behind her. .

I follow a fairly standard upper-body routine for my weekly workouts, using dumbbells for exercises like biceps curls and chest presses.

However, I've recently started experimenting with Pilates. While most of my Pilates sessions have been full-body routines, I came across a routine by instructor Lidia Mera that targets the arms exclusively.