Skill matters. But in modern volleyball, your physical preparation has to keep up.
Jump higher. Hit harder. Move faster. Stay powerful when the match gets tough.
APS is a year-round physical preparation system built to develop the strength, power, jumping ability and durability volleyball actually demands.
Train for what the game demands, not just for bigger numbers in the weight room.
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APS is a year-round physical preparation system for volleyball players. Open the program, follow the training for your current phase, track your work and keep progressing.
✓ 3 main sessions + additional training sessions
✓ Strength, power, jumping and speed work
✓ Sets, reps and RPE guidance
✓ Exercise demonstration videos
✓ 4-week training blocks and progression
✓ Deloads and load management
✓ In-season and off-season options
✓ Important-match week adjustments
✓ Exercise substitutions and tracking inside TrainHeroic
Send exercise videos for feedback on your execution. Form review is for exercise technique feedback, not medical assessment, rehabilitation, individualized daily programming or unlimited 1:1 coaching.
You’ve already seen what the modern game demands. The question now is how to build those physical qualities without turning your training into more random work.
Watch the video to see how I think about physical preparation for volleyball and why the right exercises, dose, sequence and timing have to work together if you want your gym training to serve what happens on the court.
I’m Daniel Maciel. I’ve spent more than 24 years in volleyball and I’m still competing professionally at 38. For years, I trained hard. I was strong, muscular and disciplined, but hard work alone didn’t solve everything.
I’ve gone through knee surgery, shoulder surgery, injuries, long seasons and the challenge of keeping my body ready year after year.
The lesson wasn’t that I needed more exercises. It was that I needed better decisions: what to train, how much, in what order and how to make the gym serve volleyball instead of competing with it.
APS is the system that came from that process. I still use these principles on my own body.
At 37, I recorded a documented 3.65m attack reach in Italy and at 38, I’m still competing.
APS isn’t built around what looks impressive in the gym, it’s built around what helps a volleyball player keep performing on the court.
years in volleyball
countries played in
Spike reach at age 37
Real volleyball players. Real experiences with strength, jumping, movement and preparation that show up on the court.
Alessandro reported that the difference that mattered most was what he felt on the court: faster blocking, more speed and power in his attack, higher jumping and faster movement.
“Now I can fully utilize my jump and spiking power.”
“I’m jumping higher and spiking harder.”
“I’m doing things I didn’t think I was capable of.”
The goal is not only to lift more weight. It is to become more efficient at producing and applying force on the court, while tracking the work that gets you there.
Individual results vary. Progress depends on training consistency, recovery, schedule, experience and individual response.
THE ARMORED PLAYER SYSTEM
✓ Year-round volleyball physical preparation
✓ 3 main sessions + additional sessions
✓ In-season programming
✓ Off-season programming
✓ Important-match adjustments
✓ New blocks every four weeks
✓ Exercise demonstrations
✓ Progression and deload structure
✓ Training tracking through TrainHeroic
✓ Exercise substitutions
✓ General coach direction
✓ BONUS – exercise form review
per month
Cancel anytime · No long-term contract · Immediate access through TrainHeroic · Gym access required
No long-term contract.
Gym access is required.
Individual results vary.
The goal isn’t to win the weight room. It’s to build a body that lets your volleyball show up.
More strength when you need force. More power when you need to move. A training plan that changes when your season changes and the confidence of opening your program and knowing exactly what comes next.
That’s what APS was built for.
No long-term contract · Cancel anytime · Immediate app access