What Muscles Does Skating Work? Inline skating works a variety of muscles throughout the body. Its a locomotive sport, so the leg and lower muscle groups are worked much harder than others. The primary muscle groups used are the hips, buttocks, upper and lower legs (gluteals, quadraceps, hamstrings, hips, calf). Secondary muscles groups are the upper and lower abs, shoulders and biceps and to a lesser degree, muscles of the trunk to aid respiration (trapezius, deltoids, abdominals, anterior…
