Category problem help !

[comander1987]

i have created a category named Fitness. And in the website page the category show a linkof "http://www.healthblogtips.com/category/fitness/"

so i change the cat=1

?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=1&showposts=8"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

into

?php $recent = new WP_Query("fitness&showposts=8"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

but when i post an article under that category, it automatically post the left , right and bottom.

What should i do about it? i don really get it.

If i change my permalink to the original where the category 'fitness' will show a link of http://www.healthblogtips.com/?cat=13
and
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=13&showposts=8"), it works ! how come it doest work when i change the permalink ?