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If you ask a bodybuilding coach the value of hip rotation, you might get a shrug and a talk about hip abduction, adduction and flexion.
If you ask a powerlifter about pistol squats, you are going to get a groan.
If you ask a physiotherapist about a conventional deadlift or dips with full range of motion, an eyebrow may be raised.
If you ask a Starting Strength coach or powerlifting purist about trap bars, you’re going to hear a groan.
Some functional training coaches will groan about double leg squatting with a barbell.
Ask a calisthenics coach about bench pressing and you’ll get a groan.
Ask strongmen about push ups and they will rightfully complain about how little range they can get due to their massive size.
Ask Olympic weight lifters why they don’t bench or kettlebell swing and they will look at you like you’ve lost your mind.
Ask Hyrox or Crossfitters about 1 rep maxes and they will stare at you like you are talking about a unicorn.
Gen-pop coaches will routinely swap out deadlifts with glute-hams and back extensions.
There are exceptions. There are physios who are power lifters, power lifters who are amazing at calisthenics, calisthenics chaps benching 150 kgs etc etc. Crossfitters who actually win events don’t just train CrossFit classes.
Every category of lifter will value the adaptations and outcomes their exercise choices produce.
This is a hugely subjective and personal choice. And one can never win an argument about what adaptations are worthy of pursuit.
Within the exercise science and training community, there are frequent arguments over how close to failure one should train, how often one should train, how much range of motion one should use, what exercises are actually useful, how dispensable are barbells or other implements. Everything is up for debate and almost every tool or exercise is dispensable. And there are many ways to produce results.
The only questions that are undisputed: