Michael Chabala
Fitness Partner
Fitness partner Michael Chabala is a former Major League Soccer player, and founder of Sphere, the innovative fitness company based in Houston, Texas. A former NCAA Division 1 collegiate soccer player at the University of Washington, Chabala was drafted to the Houston Dynamo in 2006, where the team won back-to-back championships in 2006 and 2007. He was traded to Portland in 2011 and then to Washington, DC in 2013, before finishing his pro career with his final season back home in Houston in 2014. When the lights went down, he struggled to connect with friends, keep inspired and maintain his physique while working through the arduous transition. Michael decided to play back to his strengths and created a workout that matched the intensity, team mentality and exhilaration that soccer provided, and also allowed him to connect to people and help them reach their fitness goals. Chabala and his team at Sphere offer Four Seasons guests POWA, a unique 30-minute high-intensity workout, with four classes weekly. In addition to these scheduled sessions, he is available for private individual and group sessions.
