An exercising apparatus and method. The apparatus has an endless sport mat with an outer layer made of elastic material and an inner layer made of a flexible abrasion resisting material, horizontally spaced rollers about which the endless mat is looped, including front and rear driving rollers, and at least three supporting rollers for supporting a selected middle body area of a user, and a rigid frame for housing the rollers. During three stages of advancement of the selected middle body area, (1) a portion of the endless mat is depressed between first and second rollers, (2) the depressed mat portion rotates the first roller and the endless mat is manually driven, and (3) the selected middle body area is massaged by the second roller while performing a propelling movement.