Make Every Gym Session Count on the Court.
Your gym training should make you a better volleyball player.
Build the strength and explosive power to jump higher, hit harder and move faster with more control. Develop the physical capacity to keep performing when the match gets tough.
Armored Player System (APS) is structured, progressive physical preparation designed around the demands of volleyball.
3, 4 or 5 days/week · In-season + off-season · New training blocks every 4 weeks
Immediate app access · Cancel anytime · Gym access required
PROGRAMMED BY DANIEL MACIEL
Sports Science graduate · 20+ years in professional volleyball · Playing experience across 20+ countries
Players are already feeling the difference on court.
VASCO · PORTUGAL
“I’m jumping higher and spiking harder.”
ANGUS LAM · HONG KONG
“Now I can fully utilize my jump and spiking power.”
PHILIPP HENKE · GERMANY
“I’m doing things I didn’t think I was capable of.”
Individual experiences. Results vary with consistency, recovery, schedule, training experience and individual response.
You care about getting better at volleyball. But your body still isn’t where you want it to be.
Maybe you know you should be getting higher on your attack.
Maybe you’re tired of feeling slow when you need to move.
Maybe you have the technique, but not yet the strength and explosiveness to express it the way you want.
Maybe you start matches feeling good and can’t produce the same actions as the game goes on or maybe you’re simply tired of wondering what your volleyball could look like if your body stopped being the limiting factor.
That’s the gap APS is built to attack.
What changes when your body gives you more to work with?
PLAY HIGHER
Give yourself more height to work with above the net and a stronger physical foundation for jumping.
MOVE FASTER
Build the force and explosiveness to get to the ball and react to the game more quickly.
HIT WITH MORE BEHIND IT
Develop the physical qualities that support a more powerful attacking game.
And when the next match, tournament, tryout or opportunity comes, you know you’ve been preparing your body for it.
Start training for the court.
A bigger squat matters only if the physical qualities you build can support the actions volleyball demands.
The goal isn’t to collect impressive gym numbers. The goal is for the work you do there to show up when you jump, attack, move, land and compete.
Train the physical qualities your volleyball depends on.
FORCE
Build the strength base to put more force into the floor and handle the physical demands of training.
EXPLOSIVE POWER
Learn to express that force quickly for explosive takeoffs, attacks and court movements.
REACTIVE ABILITY
Absorb and reproduce force quickly when the game gives you little time to reset.
DURABILITY
Prepare your body for the repeated jumping, landing, hitting and training demands that accumulate throughout a volleyball season.
You can’t change your height. You can train what you do with it.
If you’ve ever felt too short at the net, wished you could contact the ball higher or felt like you’re leaving jump height on the table, you already understand why physical preparation matters.
APS develops force, power and reactive qualities behind explosive jumping while integrating them into a complete volleyball physical preparation system.
Your best physical actions shouldn’t exist only at the start of the session.
Volleyball asks you to jump, land, move, react and attack again and again. Your preparation has to respect those repeated demands across practices, matches and tournaments.
The next opportunity doesn’t ask if you feel ready.
A tournament. A tryout. A chance with a better team. A match where your team needs you or simply another weekend where you want to play better than you did last time.
You can’t control when every opportunity comes.
You can control whether you’ve been preparing for it.
You need to know what to train next.
What exercises. How much. How hard. What to prioritize. How to progress. When to push and when your volleyball schedule means you need to adjust.
That’s what APS gives you.
Open the app. Your training is already planned.
COMPLETE SESSIONS
Exercises organized in order with sets, reps and RPE targets.
DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS
See how each exercise is performed before you start.
TRACK YOUR WORK
Record training, weights and history so your work has continuity.
EXERCISE SUBSTITUTIONS
Use available substitutions when a programmed exercise needs an alternative.
WEEKLY DIRECTION
Follow the instructions for the block instead of assembling your own plan.
NEW BLOCKS
Move into a new training block every four weeks.
Immediate app access · Cancel anytime · Gym access required
Your volleyball schedule and physical preparation shouldn’t fight each other.
A week with multiple matches should not look like a week with no competition and your off-season shouldn’t be trained like the middle of a tournament schedule.
APS includes in-season and off-season options so your training can change with the demands of your volleyball calendar.
IN-SEASON
Keep physical preparation in the plan while accounting for practices, matches and recovery demands.
OFF-SEASON
Use periods with fewer competition demands to push physical development differently.
Your training is already planned. You just have to execute it.
3 / 4 / 5 DAYS
Choose the weekly option that fits your schedule.
NEW BLOCK EVERY 4 WEEKS
Your training continues to progress instead of repeating the same plan indefinitely.
IN + OFF SEASON
Use the option that matches the phase of volleyball you’re actually in.
VOLLEYBALL-SPECIFIC DEMANDS
Strength, power, reactive ability and durability are developed as parts of one system.
INDOOR + BEACH
Use APS alongside your indoor or beach volleyball training.
TRAINHEROIC APP
Sessions, demonstrations, targets, tracking and instructions in one place.
APS is not personalized 1-on-1 coaching. It is an ongoing volleyball physical preparation system with multiple weekly options, in-season and off-season programming, exercise substitutions and new training blocks every four weeks.
USD $37/month · Cancel anytime · No long-term contract
Getting better is hard when your body keeps getting in the way.
Volleyball places repeated demands on your knees, ankles, shoulders and trunk. APS includes strength and durability work as part of the system rather than treating it as an afterthought.
The objective isn’t to prepare you for one good workout. It’s to give your physical training a structure you can use throughout your volleyball year.
Start without having to build the plan yourself.
1 · JOIN APS
Get access to APS through TrainHeroic.
2 · CHOOSE YOUR OPTION
Follow the 3, 4 or 5 day option that fits your training week.
3 · TRAIN + TRACK
Open the session, follow the targets and record your work.
4 · KEEP PROGRESSING
Follow the current block and move into the next block as programming updates.
The gym matters when players can feel it on the court.
TERZIC · MACEDONIA
“It helped me seeing how much different I can be when I am actually very well prepared for the season.”
ALESSANDRO · ITALY
“I’m faster than ever and I was jumping higher. My spikes are faster and very, very powerful, more than usual.”
TIAGO PEREJON
“I felt a huge improvement in my jump and in how I perform on the court.”
KAUAN
“Jumping doesn’t take the same effort anymore and vert has gone up almost 20cm.”
ANDREI
“I honestly couldn’t believe how much I improved in just one month.”
These are individual experiences, not a promise of the same result. Progress depends on consistency, recovery, schedule, experience and individual response.
APS is for the player who wants to find out how good they can become.
Maybe volleyball is the career you’re chasing.
Maybe you’re trying to earn your first real opportunity or become a starter.
Maybe you want to be one of the players your team can rely on when the match gets difficult.
Or maybe you’ll never be paid to play and you simply want to find out how good you can become.
APS is for the player who isn’t satisfied with leaving that question unanswered.
APS IS A FIT IF…
You have gym access, you’re willing to train consistently, you want structure and you want your physical preparation to support your volleyball.
APS IS NOT A FIT IF…
You want a magic exercise, guaranteed results, no-gym training, or fully individualized 1-on-1 programming.
BUILT BY SOMEONE WHO NEVER STOPPED BEING A VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
Physical preparation built around the reality of the sport.
I’m Daniel Maciel, a Sports Science graduate with 24 years in volleyball and professional playing experience across 20+ countries.
I have lived through shoulder and knee surgeries, long seasons and the challenge of balancing gym work with practices, matches and recovery. I built APS around that reality.
Each block combines strength and conditioning principles with the demands of volleyball, so your training has a purpose and a progression.
24+
years in volleyball
20+
countries played in
3.65 m
spike reach at age 37
START TODAY
Give your physical preparation a plan.
A planned training system for strength, power, jumping and the repeated demands of volleyball.
✓ 3, 4 or 5 days/week
✓ In-season + off-season options
✓ New training block every 4 weeks
✓ TrainHeroic app access
✓ Exercise demonstrations and tracking
✓ Month-to-month membership
✓ Cancel anytime
APS MEMBERSHIP
USD $37
per month
New training block every 4 weeks.
Billed monthly in USD. Cancel anytime.
Access while your membership is active.
Gym access required. Not personalized 1:1 coaching.
Frequently asked questions.
Yes. APS is designed for athletes with access to an equipped gym. Typical equipment includes barbells, dumbbells, cables, benches, resistance bands, medicine balls and weight plates.
Choose the 3, 4 or 5 day option that fits your schedule. Follow the block’s instructions and prioritize sessions around your practices, matches and recovery.
Yes. APS includes in-season and off-season training options so your physical preparation can change with the phase of your volleyball calendar.
Yes. You can join while a block is already in progress. Follow the current instructions inside the program and continue with the membership as new blocks are released.
APS develops physical qualities that matter across volleyball positions. It is not individualized position-by-position coaching.
No. APS is not personalized 1-on-1 coaching. It is a structured volleyball physical preparation system with 3, 4 and 5 day options, in-season and off-season programming, substitutions and ongoing blocks.
Free workouts and AI can suggest exercises. The harder problem is deciding what to train, how much, in what sequence, how to progress it and how that should change around practices, matches and the season. APS gives you an ongoing volleyball-specific structure.
You have access while your membership is active. APS is billed monthly and you can cancel anytime.
No responsible program can guarantee a specific jump increase or physical result for every athlete. Results depend on training consistency, recovery, schedule, experience and individual response. APS provides the programming and structure; you still have to do the work.
How much better could your volleyball become if your physical preparation stopped being the question mark?
You still have to practice. You still have to play. You still have to show up consistently.
APS can’t promise how many centimeters you’ll add to your jump, what team you’ll make or exactly how your body will respond but you don’t have to keep guessing what to do in the gym.
Follow a physical preparation system built for volleyball. Build strength. Develop explosive power. Train your jump. Prepare your body for the season and give yourself the chance to find out what kind of player you can become when your physical preparation finally has a plan.
ARMORED PLAYER SYSTEM · $37/MONTH
Immediate app access · Cancel anytime · Gym access required