I feel I was getting a good balance on level of effort last 6 months or so. (Heavily influenced by Brian's insights) The intuition on the mats and in the gym was pretty good. Wasn't feeling crushed after workouts. What I DID notice was by Friday overall fatigue caught up to 3-4 sessions of BJJ and 3-4 sessions of cross training. Not enough: sleep, carbs, balance. Sleep is an ongoing challenge with a house of people who go to bed near 11 when my alarm is set for 445. Carbs: was a little shocked at how difficult it is to hit my carb and protein numbers, but fat was ridiculously easy. Balance: all the training occurred Monday evening through Friday evening. Training on weekends is no beuno due to family dynamics. This all fell off the rails 3 weeks ago with the work crisis. Zero training of any kind with 12-14hr days.