Consider the physique of a top-level gymnast, one who routinely performs dips from the parallel bars or rings, and you’ll appreciate what dips can do for you. But when you go from rigid parallel bars that you find in most gyms to unrestricted gymnastic rings, look out! Your stabilizers are in for a shock. You won’t be able to strap on a hundred pounds like you did before. Start with just your body weight, and try to make it look like you’re not having an orgasm on these things! If you train on the rings for a while and then go back to parallel bars, you’ll notice a strength increase… and along with the strength comes the size!