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Renowned bodybuilder<\/a> and celebrity trainer Einar M\u00e9ndez has died at the age of 48.\u00a0<\/p>\n His wife, Yan, shared the news on Instagram<\/a> on Monday, Sep. 7, along with a video tribute. As reported by\u00a0PEOPLE<\/a><\/em>, M\u00e9ndez died on Sep. 4 after finishing a workout. Yan said the cause was a “sudden heart attack.”\u00a0<\/p>\n “He was strong, resilient, kind,” she said in Spanish. “Everyone who knew him knows exactly who Einar M\u00e9ndez was. At his wake, not a single person came to hug me tight, sharing an anecdote.”<\/p>\n In her tribute, Yan also fired back at commenters for “speculating” on the cause of Einar’s death.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Let him rest in peace,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Einar boasted a following of over 46,000 followers on Instagram, sharing updates from his life and training sessions. He trained several celebrity clients, including Marthy Debayle, a television presenter in Mexico. Yan added that Einar was extremely “dedicated to his work.”<\/p>\n “He wanted to help many people who didn’t have the means to learn training technique,” she said. “He wanted to start a foundation to help everyone without resources.”<\/p>\n Einar and Yan shared three daughters. She said they are all “in deep pain with a void that will never, ever be filled.”<\/p>\n Debayle, who trained with Einar for nine years, shared her own tribute<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We’re all still in shock,” she wrote. “He left us suddenly, at the gym, doing what he loved most: coaching.”<\/p>\n She added, “I’m going to miss you so much. And I know there won’t be a single day I train that I don’t think of you. I’ll remember our talks. Your scoldings. Your messages reminding me that we were training that day. The laughter while you stretched me and I swore. The way you pushed me when I swore I couldn’t go on.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe Bodybuilder Leaves Behind 3 Daughters<\/strong><\/h3>\n