Meso Hassona (85kg, 19y/o, Qatar) - 260 Back Squat + 200 C&J (June 15)

[@olihd2423]

My favorite lifter at the moment. He is gonna be one of the best.

[@TurquoiseHammer]

He's on track for a medal at worlds now with the bans

[@kurtisbollard1231]

you were dead right

[@zydomason]

7:50 lol he even practices the victory stare

[@franciscovoeller3898]

That is one T H I C C B O I

[@alejandrobreghmann8249]

Meso sos un genio...!!! Fuerza sobrehumana y técnica perfecta... El ++++++ grande...!!!

[@TheYungDrPhil]

For some reason I love watching weightlifters that wear the same shoes as me, the Hookgrip Black&Red ANTAS. The best shoe on the market, for a good price! Thanks to you Hookgrip

[@hookgrip]

Thanks, glad you like them!

[@dt16faf]

Hey where are you guys from originally? Love your content by the way!

[@NorwichGrad97]

I like this kid. He is very nice.. And he's a great lifter.

[@MrCribbss]

wow, so smooth and no stomping

[@fabiobonetta5454]

Beyond strong

[@Kaikojo]

His Snatch form keeps up with the Chinese Team's, imo.

[@Kaikojo]

I bet it's the Anta's ;D

[@ImCaptainInsano]

Anyone know the translation of the yell that he does before he lifts?

[@hiamahmed7676]

Yalla.. it’s meaning let’s go

[@ramarathnamchandrasekaran1142]

Isn't it fares elbakh doing the lifting in the first half of the video?

[@hookgrip]

His full legal name is: Fares Ibrahim El Hassona El Bakh. Hassona is considered to be his last name. For instance, his dad goes by Ibrahim Hassona. So really if you were going to shorten it to two names, he would be Fares Hassona. But his nickname is Meso, no one calls him Fares. So he goes by Meso Hassona.

[@YoloPancake]

Thank you Hookgrip! I've been wondering about this for ages

[@timcurrie202]

Is that shirt coming out soon ?

[@hookgrip]

That was a custom shirt ordered by a guy in Qatar. He ordered 50something shirts I guess to sell in Qatar. No plans to release it as I don't think there's enough demand on the hookgrip store. One important thing to keep in mind is that we need to order a fair number of shirts to make it worthwhile to sell (ie, to get a low enough price) and when you add up the numbers, adding a new country tee is maybe $750-1000 in inventory. And with limited resources, we can't add every country or else we'd be out of capital for new products and restocking current products. So that's why we don't add every country. But any country shirt can be ordered as a custom shirt for $40. Email [e-mail] if you'd like to do so.

[@langan14]

*limited on time* *squats 200 for reps in 12 min*