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The premiership backman, who has five more weeks to serve on his AFL suspension for gambling on a game, has already been exposed to double the training of his teammates in recent weeks.
He will now replicate the high-altitude training four of his teammates took part in back in June, with part-time Collingwood coach and former key forward Anthony Rocca set to travel to the US with him.
"He's heading over on Sunday, which should be great for him and hopefully he does a fair bit of hard training over there and he comes back ready to go," defender Ben Reid said on Friday.
"He obviously wants to go, which is great.
"It definitely helps you out fitness wise and if he can that extra bit into him, it's great."
Dane Swan, Darren Jolly, Brent Macaffer and Nathan Brown made the same trip earlier this season to overcome a collection of injuries and fitness issues.
Reid said it was evident the concept had its benefits, aside from the freak accident on the last day that saw Brown injure his "good" knee.
"Swanny has been going alright since he got back, I don't think he's had below 30 touches and he had 45 on the weekend," he said.
"If you look at it that way, it's good but they've all been saying they feel pretty good the way they came back and if Heath goes over and he trains as hard as they did, I guess it can only benefit him."
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On Thursday night, Collingwood vice captain Scott Pendlebury revealed details of a typical day in the life of Shaw as he approached the halfway mark of his eight-game sanction.
Pendlebury says the 25-year-old was being pushed to the limits in the absence of game time, and was paying the price for his off-field indiscretion.
"He's been getting a double dose. By the time we get to the club in the morning, you usually see him coming out of the gym or the altitude room sweating, and he has to get ready for training," he told 3AW on Thursday night.
"Then he trains with us and then he stays out a little bit longer and gets flogged some more, and then he gets to come in and do weights with us.
"Then after lunch he gets another touch up so he's definitely in a world of pain at the moment and I'm glad I'm not in his shoes."
Shaw was suspended for eight games last month for placing a $10 bet on Nick Maxwell to kick the first goal against Adelaide in round nine.
He also passed on the information that Maxwell was expected to start in attack to two other people, which resulted in an additional three bets being placed on the skipper to kick the first six-pointer.
He was handed the eight-game sanction from the League, plus six games suspended and a $20,000 fine, for his actions.
Last week, coach Mick Malthouse said he expected Shaw to be ready to play when his suspension ended in time for the first week of finals but he wouldn't enjoy the next month.
"He will be praying for the eight weeks to finish very quickly because you cannot belt him like we're going to belt him, and he knows it," he said.
"He must wake up every morning dreading putting his hand in his pocket and finding $10.
"He does a lot of training. He doubles it up, triples it up, spends time on bikes. Doing all sorts of things.
"Anything we can get, we can find, we give him. We've invented things for him."
Pendlebury said the extent of the training block designed for Shaw was to ensure he was fit enough to play when he was eligible. And it also emphasised the importance of obeying the League's rules on gambling.
"It's definitely to get him read for the finals. All the players know, looking at Heath and how hard he's doing it at the moment, we obviously don't want to be in that situation."
Jennifer Witham covers Collingwood news for afl.com.au. Follow her on Twitter at AFL_JenWitham.
