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If you want to be on the top of your game for the very physically taxing sand season, you shouldn't take the cardio out of your routine, cardio is ALWAYS good to do no matter what the sport. It seems to me that you need to sit down and figure out exactly what your priorities are. Become a better volleyball player, or a jacked up beefcake. Each has its ups and downs but figured out what is more important to you because there is a huge difference. My freshman year in college our "captain" was a big strong guy, could probably out lift me in roughly anything besides legs (I am also a soccer player) he would swing so hard but because of the excess weight and lack of range of motion he could not contact the ball at the proper spot so all he would do is hit it hard off the gym's back wall. Because I could hit on top of the ball I could hit much harder than him, and he is much stronger than I. Did I mention I am a setter? Needless to say we were excited when he graduated.