Push Ups

Random question I've received on push ups, the question simplified, are push ups better then the bench press? 

Weighted push-ups are a suitable alternative, in fact I believe weighted push-ups are actually better than bench press due to the fact that push-ups are a closed chain exercise while bench press is an open chain exercise. The comparison between push-ups and bench press is basically the same as the comparison between pull-ups (closed chain) and lat pull downs (open chain). Where the problem lies is that push ups can be hard to add weight to over time, one way around this is to alter the repetition range used for the push ups, this shouldn't cause many issues as it's only one exercise but non the less, if your able to increase the weight within a more efficient hypertrophy range then this would be ideal, once you can't do it within this range unless you actually include them both together, the bench press will take over.

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