• Soccer builds certain muscles more than others.soccer image by Snezana Skundric from Fotolia.com
  
  Soccer is a sport that requires speed and agility. Muscles can easily build up playing soccer because the players use them repetitiously during the course of the season. Players' exercise routines also focus on these same muscles and build them even more while the player is off the field.
  
  

Glutes

• The gluteus maximus is located on the left and right side of the body. The muscle begins along the pelvic bone crests and attach to the rear of the femur. The gluteus maximus is one of the largest muscles in the body. Its purpose is to move the legs away from the center of the body. Soccer players engage these muscles heavily running during training or playing soccer and it would be natural for them to build up easily over a short period of time.
  
  

Hamstrings

• Hamstrings are actually comprised of three muscles: the biceps femoris, the semitendinosus and the semimembranosus. The hamstrings begin just under the gluteus maximus and attach onto the tibia. Their function is to accelerate the use of the legs during walking or running by pulling the leg up and behind the knee and then helping it to lengthen out again and hit the ground. This movement would occur many times over and over again on the soccer field, building up the hamstring easily.
  
  

Quadriceps

• The quadriceps are a group of four muscles that sit on the front side of the thigh. The four muscles are the vastus medialis, the intermedius, the lateralis and the rectus femoris. The begin at the top of the femur and attach to the front of the tibia. The purpose of the quadriceps is to flatten out the knee and help the leg stretch out. This is done repetitiously while walking and running, causing the muscle to easily be strengthened.