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A portable foot operated exercise device includes a somewhat elastic fabric base having spaced apart foot sleeves on an upper surface thereof and removable sliding pads on the lower surface thereof. According to the presently preferred embodiment, the base is made of NEOPRENE™, and two pairs of slid

A portable foot operated exercise device includes a somewhat elastic fabric base having spaced apart foot sleeves on an upper surface thereof and removable sliding pads on the lower surface thereof. According to the presently preferred embodiment, the base is made of NEOPRENE™, and two pairs of sliding pads are provided. One pair is made of hard plastic and the other pair is made of fleece or a fleece-like material. The pads are preferably provided with a VELCRO? backing and the base is preferably provided with mating VELCRO? on the lower surface beneath the foot sleeves.

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1. A portable foot operated exercise device, comprising:a fabric base having an upper side and a lower side;two spaced apart foot sleeves located on said upper; andtwo sliding pads removably coupled to said lower side; wherein said fabric base is made of an elastic material, said lower side includes

1. A portable foot operated exercise device, comprising:a fabric base having an upper side and a lower side;two spaced apart foot sleeves located on said upper; andtwo sliding pads removably coupled to said lower side; wherein said fabric base is made of an elastic material, said lower side includes a plurality of VELCRO? strips, and said sliding pads each have a plurality of VELCRO? strips arranged to mate with the VELCRO? strips on said lower side.2. The device according to claim 1, wherein:said elastic material is NEOPRENE™.3. The device according to claim 1, wherein:said sliding pads are one of hard plastic and fleece.4. The device according to claim 3, wherein:said sliding pads are hard plastic.5. The device according to claim 3, wherein:said sliding pads are fleece.6. A portable foot operated exercise kit, comprising:a fabric base having an upper side and a lower side;two spaced apart foot sleeves located on said upper side; andtwo pairs of sliding pads, each pair removably attachable to said lower side, one pair being made of a relatively hard material, the other pair being made of a relatively soft material; wherein said fabric base is made of an elastic material, said lower side includes a plurality of VELCRO? strips, and said sliding pads each have a plurality of VELCRO? strips arranged to mate with the VELCRO? strips on said lower side.7. The kit according to claim 6, wherein:said elastic material is NEOPRENE™.8. The kit according to claim 6, wherein:one pair of said sliding pads are hard plastic and the other pair are fleece.9. A portable foot operated exercise device, comprising:a generally planar base mat having an upper side and a lower side;two spaced apart foot sleeves located on said upper side; andtwo sliding pads positioned generally beneath said foot sleeves, said base mat having a stretchable elastic web of stretching; wherein said sliding pads are releasably coupled to said lower side of said mat disposed between said spaced-apart foot sleeves which afford resistance to stretching.10. The device according to claim 9, wherein:said elastic web of material is NEOPRENE™.11. The device according to claim 10 wherein:said lower side includes at least two spaced apart strips of mechanically interlocking fasteners; andsaid sliding pads each have at least one strip of mechanically interlocking fasteners arranged to releasably mate with an opposite one of said strips on said lower side.12. The device according to claim 11 wherein:said sliding pads are selected from a group consisting of hard plastic and fleece.13. The device according to claim 12, wherein:said sliding pads are hard plastic.14. The device according to claim 12, wherein:said sliding pads are fleece.