This paper deals with the initial boundary value problem for the nonlinear viscoelastic Petrovsky equationutt+Δ2u−∫0tgt−τΔ2ux,τdτ−Δut−Δutt+utm−1ut=up−1u. Under certain conditions ongand the assumption thatm<p, we establish some asymptotic behavior and blow-up results for solutions with positive initial energy.