Jelly, 4 bytes
R»µ¡
R»µ¡
R Range. 2 -> [1, 2]
» Max between left arg and right arg. Vectorizes. -> [2, 2]
µ Separates into a new chain.
¡ Repeat 2 times. After another iteration this yields [[2, 2], [2, 2]].
Same thing but with a single monad and no need for the chain separator:
»€`¡