James Perry said he tapped into 'dad strength' to get the job done for his son.
A 2-year-old boy in southeast England has gone viral on social media after his father shared a video of his son cheering him on as he lifted weights.
"Go Daddy! Go Daddy!" 2-year-old Thomas Perry can be heard shouting in the Instagram video as his father James Perry deadlifts a whopping 240 kilograms .The video, posted in late December, has since been viewed over 2 million times on Instagram, garnering more than 1,700 comments and over 240,000 likes.
"We live in a world where things are getting consistently easier," said Perry. "It's much easier to be sedentary. And it's important for me to show my son what it's like to be physically strong and physically fit," he said.Elsewhere in Perry's video, Thomas is seen pointing at a picture of Arnold Schwarzenegger on the wall. "Look, Daddy, it's a picture of you!" he says.
"I don't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I have no understanding of where this has come from. But he definitely thinks that Arnold Schwarzenegger and myself are both his daddy," said Perry.Father and son bike over 3,000 miles across the U.S. in 42 daysNear the end of the video, Thomas can be seen enthusiastically lifting a stick of his own, emulating his father's weight-lifting posture.
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