In 1996 and 1997, Lemire played defensive end for his high school football team, Lions de Chavigny.

In 2009, while Lemire was in contest preparation for the bodybuilding division of the World Police and Fire Games, he was injured and required emergency surgery, after which he began training for strongman competitions.

Sophie de Levrard, 8th place Quebec, ouverture du centre videotron, Inrury

In 2015, Fort Comme un Roc (English: Strong as a Rock), filmed during the 2013 season, aired on television.

This was a show about 5 Canadian strongman, Jean-François Caron, Louis-Philippe Jean, Christian Savoie, Paul "Shorty" Vaillancourt, and Maxim Lemire.

In 2015, Lemire had a return match during an XQW charity event, defeating Jack Dundee by submission with a move called the backbreaker rack.

On October 6, he was cleared from the hospital and was advised that his strongman and wrestling career might be over and that there was possibility of his never recovering more than 60% of the use of his leg.

On April 23, 2016, he made his return to the ring, in St-Basile Quebec, teaming with former WWE star Sylvain Grenier to take on Brody Steele and MG Animal.

On June 25, he make his GNW Great North wrestling debut in Pembroke, Ontario, in a no DQ match against Hannibal for the Canadian Heavyweight Championship.

On August 6, he defeated SOA Amin, after a Spear, in the main event of a show in St. Prosper de Beauce.

On August 19, he made his CRW Montreal-based promotion debut, winning, after 40 seconds, in a match against Simon Easton.

He later attacked Paul Rosenberg with a Spear and an F-5, allowing Velvet Jones to win the promotion Hardcore Title.