For the record I agree with you about pushups versus bench press. It's the difference between open and closed chain, and supported versus unsupported.
I do most of my upper body work with body weight exercises. But, I do add external resistance....at which point I think of it as no longer being a "body weight only" exercise. Perhaps that is overly pedantic.
I have no problems with body weight exercises. I just think that saying that they are better than weighted exercises is going to require a little more evidence and a little less assertion on the part of the OP.
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