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Originally Posted by pavulon
I think you earned your mild hypertrophy on your bike. Take your bp med, wear your helmet and be happy. 
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I am with anesthesia on this one.
As you get older, you lose compliance, think stretchiness, in your blood vessels. When you cut someone open and watch their heart beat, the vessels expand as the heart contracts, storing some of the energy from the compression and moderating the pressure.
You are getting older