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The video talks about the coiling method that I myself use although I used ellipses than circles. Kind of like what this guy is doing

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To practice the coiling method I screenshot them and trace over the form with the coilings. You can print it out and trace it if you draw traditionally but digitally make it easier to do. Draw some horns also help and again trace pictures of goats or art that have it. My friend said that he learned it drawing rollercoasters because it has built-in coils so it is much easier to visualize the coilings.

There is also a box exercise where you draw a really big box in your face and draw a small box at the other end of canvas. Then draw boxes inbetween with the same form but getting smaller and smaller. The exercise is originally a perspective exercise so you can add the boxes rotating after you get comfortable(while getting "smaller"). Do note the boxes is not actually smaller but just getting further and further away.

Learning foreshortening is like learning to ride a bike. You will struggle a lot then suddenly it just clicks. You can improve after that "click" but it is like trying to raise 1 to 10 while you were trying to raise 0 to 1. It gets much easier after reaching that 1.

I suggest learning to draw the head first as that is often the most important part of a drawing and it is important to nail that down. From there move to neck, shoulder, arms and simple hand shape, then move to pelvis, legs, and feet. Feet and Hands is okay to start with simple shapes and study them separately since they are really hard to draw and need time to learn them separately.

This is a 'formula' my teacher suggested to me:

1. Draw head

2. Learn a body part attached to the head and draw that body part independently

3. Draw head with the added body part

4. Repeat 2&3

Do note some think it is better to learn the general shape of the human body first then go into detail into each parts individually.

The books I recommend is How to Draw drawing and sketching objects by Scott Robertson, Figure Drawing by Michael Hampton, and Force: Either Anatomy or Figure Drawing by Mike Mattesi. Scott Robertson's book are a general drawing guide which is super helpful, Figure Drawing is about Anatomy and figure drawing, and Force is about making your figure drawing more expressive and creative.

As for learning the anatomy itself tracing the bones helped me alot. After you are comfortable with the bones add muscle then try to draw it without any help. There are also many guides online teaching anatomy. This might be controversial but I suggest not paying money for it since I think the free anatomy lesson are just as good as the paid ones. Proko on youtube is great and I think there was one here that was really helpful too.

As for hands I recommend instead of drawing hands itself, first draw a mitten and draw fingers underneath it(kind of like a x-ray). or start just drawing finger bones. Then when you got the general shape down try drawing the hand.

What I did is import the image in https://line-of-action.com/article/muscle-tutorial-from-the-punchline-is-machismo in clip art studio or you can use any other digital drawing or even print it out and trace it on the paper. I trace over the muscles to get a feel of the muscle then I draw the bones on the side and fill out the muscles on it. Proko on youtube and Aaron Blaise on his website are great but I found it hard to get into when you are an absolute beginner. After you get the feel of the muscles go study each individual muscle to know the smalls details, the small bumps etc. You can do that by watching proko's muscle series or take Aaron Blaise's course. Get the Blaise quick though because it is only 1 dollar right now.