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The reason the contract and relax is because they move you arms up and down. When you straighten your arm, the bicept relaxes and the tricept contracts. When you pull your arm up ( flex ) the bicept contracts and the triceps relaxes.

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Adrenaline and cortisol get into your blood stream which make blood vessels open wide, letting more blood flow to the muscle which then put your muscles on alert. or tense.

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Lack of oxygen or, more likely, lack of removal of waste products.

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you get high blood pressure

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