A push-up exercise unit and device is described which may enable a user to move with his or her body's natural rotation to engage additional muscle groups with reduced stress on joints. The device includes a single molded housing with a circular lower base and an integral downwardly extending facing formed around a circumference of the lower base. The housing includes a pair of facing columns formed into part of the base of the housing and forming part of the facing at opposing sides thereof to receive an end of a handle there between. The device includes a fixed base support operatively attached to the housing, and a bearing assembly operatively attached within the housing to permit rotation of the contiguous handle and housing by a user with the fixed base support resting on a planar surface.