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Oh for sure, and doing body weight stuff will provide a good foundation and help with recruitment.
And the best exercise is the one you enjoy and do regularly.
But if getting bigger is the goal, calorific surplus and weight training is the most efficient method.
Functionality is also a funny notion. When I was doing CrossFit I was probably my fittest in terms of practical crossover. I could run fast, I could recover quickly, I could carry heavy things, I was relatively strong and my capacity for work was higher than its ever been, but I was also training 6 days a week, and often twice a day - and I was in my early twenties. When I was doing Olympic lifting I was definitely at my strongest, I could sprint fast, jump high and far, I was flexible and I could put 100kg overhead. But I was carrying 15kg of extra body weight.
Now I run and climb - with almost no weight training. I generally feel good and strong enough.
The long winded point im trying to make (I’m a few cans deep), is that being strong and functional is a lot easier with weights. But it’s also not the be all and end all.