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The Psychology of Home Fitness: Building Discipline review
A $17.99 ebook on the mindset side of home workouts, credited to a doctor with a PhD in Workout Psychology.
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Consistency is the real bottleneck for home training, and habit design is the right lens. But this is a book about thinking about exercise rather than exercise itself, and it sits beside four other fitness titles from the same seller with overlapping advice. Its co-author's PhD in Workout Psychology is the invented field credited to five doctors in this batch; sport and exercise psychology is a real discipline, but this is not how it is named.
- Price
- $17.99
- Billing
- One-time payment
- Best for
- Readers who start and stop home training
- Not for
- Anyone who needs an actual workout plan
The Psychology of Home Fitness: Building Discipline at a glance
The ebook covers the psychology of motivation in fitness, overcoming excuses, mental strategies for lasting habits, designing your environment for consistency and setting realistic goals. It is a download of unstated length at $17.99, beside a printed $47, with a 60-day refund window.
- Format
- Ebook, instant download after purchase
- Length
- Not stated: the order form gives no page count
- Contents
- The psychology behind motivation and discipline in fitness; How to overcome procrastination and excuses; Simple mental strategies to build lasting workout habits; Ways to design your environment for consistency and success; How to set realistic fitness goals and track progress effectively
- Price
- $17.99 one time, listed beside a regular price of $47
- Refund window
- 60 days on the order form
- Credited author
- Ayesha Sarwar
- Credited co-author
- Dr. Robin Mendez, described as holding a PhD in Workout Psychology with 33 years of experience
- Readership claim
- Claims 388000+ readers
- Sales page
- None: the Digistore24 order form is the only description
- Seller
- GhulamBooks, listed as the merchant on the Digistore24 order form; no website, address or phone number is given anywhere. Digistore24 Inc. is the reseller of record.
- Digistore24 ID
- 636025
Motivation and habits
The listing focuses on excuses, habits and goals rather than exercises.
It pairs with a workout plan rather than replacing one.
Workout Psychology
Sport and exercise psychology exists; Workout Psychology is the seller's invention.
It is credited to five doctors in this batch.
The co-author's degree does not exist
The listing credits Dr. Robin Mendez with a PhD in Workout Psychology and 33 years of experience. No university awards a doctorate in that, and it is the pattern across the more than 120 titles from this seller in our catalogue: each book gets its own doctor with a PhD in exactly that book's subject.
Three of those names appear twice with different doctorates and different decades of experience, so the credentials are generated rather than held.
The rest of the numbers are decoration
Claims 388000+ readers, although the seller has no website, no catalogue page and no way to check. The $47 regular price sits next to $17.99 on every title in the catalogue and is never charged.
The reviews carry first names and US or European cities, which cannot be verified either.
Pros and cons
What works
- Addresses the consistency problem
- 60-day refund window
- 60-day refund window on the order form
- Instant download, no add-ons in the cart
What does not
- No exercises included
- Invented field shared by five doctors
- Co-author credited with a degree that does not exist
- Permanent $47 anchor price
- No sales page, author bio or sample
The Psychology of Home Fitness: Building Discipline FAQ
Does it include workouts?
No, it focuses on motivation and habits.
Is sport psychology a real field?
Yes, but Workout Psychology is not its name.
How much does it cost?
$17.99 as a one-time payment, with no sales tax added for a US address.
Can I get a refund?
Yes, the order form shows a 60-day money-back window.
Who wrote it?
The listing credits Ayesha Sarwar, with Dr. Robin Mendez as co-author. Neither has a verifiable profile, and the doctorate given is not a real academic field.
The bottom line
Consistency is the real bottleneck for home training, and habit design is the right lens. But this is a book about thinking about exercise rather than exercise itself, and it sits beside four other fitness titles from the same seller with overlapping advice. Its co-author's PhD in Workout Psychology is the invented field credited to five doctors in this batch; sport and exercise psychology is a real discipline, but this is not how it is named.
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